I received the Joey Bikes Thumper 8 Speed 20" Bike to help facilitate this review.  As always, all opinions are my own. A great bike is a classic toy/item that I personally feel every child deserves.  Back when we were doing foster care a couple years ago, it was crazy how many kiddos didn't have a bike of their own.  We had an awesome sibling set stay with us for a week and they were enthralled with country living and the space it afforded us.  No lie - the 6 year old boy Read more [...]

I received product to facilitate this post.  As always, all opinions are my own. A couple years ago when we started foster care, I learned something new.  Smoke detectors expire!?!  Perhaps that is common knowledge and I just missed the boat but it was news to me when our licensor told us this.  In retrospect, it makes sense.  A very important safety device that can save your life probably needs to be replaced from time to time, just like a child's carseat.  So we went through our entire Read more [...]

I received product from Mr IRONSTONE to facilitate this post.  As always, all opinions are my own. If you're like me, you probably know it can be hard to find nice furniture pieces that are also affordable.  Last winter and spring, we renovated almost our entire house.  On top of renovating a bedroom into a pantry, opening up our living room, and redoing our dining room, we also took out a wall to make an upstairs loft area.  This space used to be our foster care bedroom.  But since we closed Read more [...]

I received product to facilitate this Madame Alexander Middleton Doll Newborn Twins post.  As always, all opinions are my own. As a little girl, there was NOTHING better than receiving a beautiful new baby doll for Christmas.  It was my heart's desire!   So now that my little girl loves dolls, I want nothing more than to fulfill her wish too.  And I found that Madame Alexander's realistic, high quality dolls were the perfect choice! They are absolutely gorgeous, but also meant to be Read more [...]

I received product from Colgate-Palmolive to facilitate this post.  All opinions are my own. All my life, I've dreamed of having a big family.  When asked how big, I'd always say that I wanted a dozen kids.  Sadly, I ended up having c-sections so we had to stop at five.  While I love each of our five children dearly, I have no doubt that we would have continued to have at least a couple more had my doctor not been concerned about how thin my uterus was last time.  But since we also currently Read more [...]