The List. Do you have one? While some lists are exciting or exotic, my list is well, um, functional.

I am writing about my permanently-afixed-to-my-refrigerator grocery list. Having resisted being so practical in the past, I realized that a running list of depleted grocery items was crucial once I became a mom and my ever-multi-tasking brain needed help. [more]

So R loved his first day of school, declaring it "fantastic!" when I asked later that night. His teacher, who goes by just "Mrs. B," due to a long and hard-to-pronounce last name, seems wonderful and I chucked when I thought how appropriate since I call my boys "R" and "G" on this blog.

So as R is embarking on his elementary school days, I was thinking how you really never are too old to learn something new. Heck, it's what keeps us young, right?

Well, to that end, I have a couple of kitchen tricks that were recently shared with me that I wanted to share with you. [more]

Parenthood is full of firsts...first smiles, first teeth, first steps, first, first, first. But somewhere along the way, you begin to count the "lasts" too.

We've been doing a lot of lasts here in the Sweet Pea Family, but one big milestone last for G is that he is done with diapers. Yes, my sweet G decided it was time to use his last diaper, as he is officially, in his words, "not a baby, a big boy!" This is a very welcome "last" indeed. [more]

Months ago, a good friend from my old neighborhood, emailed me about The Grocery Game. This friend happens to be a smart and sassy shopper, so when she started to explain that this website was a way she was saving tons on her grocery bill, I listened intently.

The Grocery Game promotes its services as a way for busy shoppers (read: women) to arm themselves with the power of "Teri's List," a list of all the advertised and unadvertised shopping specials for a particular store, in combination with your local coupons, to maximize your savings. [more]

I know it is cliche, but I can hardly believe that summer is ending so soon! Next week R embarks upon elementary school and kindergarten, so I'm soaking up these last few lazy (okay, so any day with children isn't truly *lazy*, but you get my drift) of summer before the school bus beckons.

A cousin of mine shared this fun snack idea with me earlier this summer. The original recipe uses boxed Jell-o, but we used natural gelatin and juice to achieve our snacking fun without any additives. Need use for your already-bought Jell-o? More on that tomorrow... [more]