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Usually, I hear the great summer anthem, “I’m Board” even though we just got back from the beach, the lake or something else fun. The great summer anthem rings through the house like an unwanted version of bohemian rhapsody. I will admit that during the summer, no matter how hard I try, getting them to read is a major battle. I’m so glad that I can grab a few “activity” books to keep on hand for when the anthem starts.
Fantasy Adventure Coloring Book
Enter an enchanted land of awesome ogres, legendary dwarves, and supernatural beasts. This imaginative coloring book will cast a spell on colorists of all ages, with fantastic visions of mythical creatures. Fantasy illustrator Eric Messinger presents dozens of detailed illustrations, ready to color with markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or gel pens.
Fantasy Adventure Coloring Book includes handy guides to coloring techniques like patterning, combinations, and shading. Guided Coloring Pages make coloring easy for beginners, with beautifully colored examples and ready-to-use color palettes. Each design is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper, and perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display.
Vera Bradley Coloring Collection
This deluxe boxed set provides four eye-catching Vera Bradley coloring card books in one attractive case! Printed on heavy cardstock with satin ribbon bookmarks and foil-embellished covers, each unique book offers 20 lovely coloring cards. The cards all feature authentic Vera Bradley designs, and detach easily from the book to share with friends. On the back of every card is the name of the design, a cheerful quote, and lines for personal notes. The Vera Bradley Coloring Collection is a wonderfully creative way to relax with simple beauty in the midst of our hectic lives.
Fun With Fidget Spinners
Become the ultimate spin master with this epic fidget spinner trick book. Work your way through 50 totally awesome tricks, ranging from beginner to advanced, plus cool games and challenges. Inside, you’ll find loads of tips and tricks for increasing your spin speed and time, plus tons of ideas for customizing your spinners to make them totally unique. Track your progress in the workbook section at the back of the book so you know which tricks you’ve mastered and your best stats. In no time, your tricks will go from super to the extreme!
A guide to the most popular spinners.
More than 50 great tricks and games from beginner to advanced.
How to care for and customize your fidget spinners.
Workbook for tracking tricks and stats.
Mind Magic
Everyone knows that most magic tricks are simply sleight-of-hand. Mental magic, on the other hand, can give the illusion of real paranormal powers. This dazzling collection offers a rich selection of mind-reading, spirit-raising, future-telling illusions, complete with tips on how to present them most effectively. Read palms with amazing accuracy, predict the future with tarot cards, conjure up table-tipping spirits, find psychic connections between people and their possessions, receive uncanny messages from the beyond, and even seem to know what people are thinking. Of course, it’s all in fun and all the explanations include the magician’s patter that goes with each trick–assuring that no matter how spooky the effect, the audience isn’t shocked or terrified, but delightfully amazed.
Geology Lab
Geology Lab for Kids features 52 simple, inexpensive, and fun experiments that explore the Earth’s surface, structure, and processes. This family-friendly guide explores the wonders of geology, such as the formation of crystals and fossils, the layers of the Earth’s crust, and how water shapes mountains, valleys, and canyons. There is no excuse for boredom with a year’s worth of captivating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) activities.
In this book, you will learn:
How to identify the most common rocks and minerals
How to maintain and display your rock collection
How insects are trapped and preserved in amber
How geysers and volcanoes form and erupt
How layers of rock reveal a record of time
How to pan for gold like a real prospector
Geology is an exciting science that helps us understand the world we live in, and Geology Lab for Kids actively engages readers in simple, creative activities that reveal the larger world at work.
What books do you have to keep your kiddos busy this summer?

Christmas morning, bright eyes, joyful hearts, hungry tummies…every year we tend to go simple with some cinnamon rolls, or pancakes, this year I’m making a yummy Frittata using Goldrich eggs.
There’s still not much work that goes into it, but it’s so good and will fill their little bellies while getting them ready for a full day of activity. My guys just love these Frittatas!
Ingredients
10 Goldrich Eggs
2 pie crusts
1 roll ground breakfast sausage
2 packages real bacon bits
2 cups cheese
1/2 pack o’brian hashbrowns
1/2 red pepper (diced)
1/2 green pepper (diced)
tsp salt
tsp pepper
Instructions
Cook up the breakfast sausage in skillet
Meawhile scramble up 10 Goldrich Eggs
Mix together ground sausage bits, bacon bits, cheese, hashbrowns, peppers, and salt & pepper in a large bowl.
Divide mix into two pie crusts
Divide Goldrich Eggs into two pie crusts
Bake at 400* for 30-45 min or until eggs are done
Your kids will love the delicious breakfast with the festive red and green in it! Of course you can make it without the pepper and it is still just as yummy!
This Recipe was prepared using Goldrich Eggs, a new sister company of Great Day Farms, now carried in Walmart stores.
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Every year we do the same old egg decorating and egg hunts…let try a few new ideas…
ART – is always a fun way to get keepsakes of your children growing, and let them get creative…if you need ideas Pinterest has tons…The best ones are using hand-prints or finer-prints to create…that way you can see their hands grow over the years, and it’s very personal!
BUNNIES – are always fun – I remember taking a picture with the Easter bunny every year. Now the hip trend is pictures with a real bunny, these are adorable keepsakes that you would be proud to hang up around the house, or share with friends, ask your photographer about Easter sessions, chances are they have a bunny waiting for you!
CUPCAKES – need i say more! except let’s get creative, not just with icing and sprinkles…let the kids get creative and have fun!
DECORATIONS – Decorations don’t have to be store-bought – try making your own decorations, they’re fun to make, cheep [free] and personalized!
EGGS – Yes we all die eggs, and most of us have experiences we want to forget..lol..but lets face it, kids love dyeing eggs!! Lets try something new this year, get creative, and have fun doing it!
FLOWERS – Let your kids help you make an Easter arrangement for the table!
GARDENS – Plant an “Easter Garden”
HISTORY It’s time we talk to are kids and let them know what Easter is really about…sure bunnies are cute, and eggs are fun, but the History is important!
IDEAS – Let your kids throw in some ideas on how they would like to spend Easter…they will enjoy the gesture!
JELLY BEANS! – I don’t know how, and i don’t care..lol..but Jelly Beans have become a tradition at Easter…
Place 3 packs gelatin, 16 oz. sugar and 12 oz. water in a pan. Bring the ingredients to a boil over medium heat, stirring as you mix them. Continue to stir for 20 minutes. Remove the pan from heat, and add 1/4 tsp. salt, 4 oz. orange juice and 2 oz. lemon juice. After the mixture has cooled a bit, stir in 4 tsp. orange zest and 4 tsp. lemon zest. Chill a medium-size baking pan, then fill it with the mixture and let it harden for 4 to 5 hours. Loosen the jelly from the pan with a knife, and dump it onto a cutting surface. Cut the jelly into small pieces, dusting them with cornstarch. Put them on a wire rack to dry. Pour the jelly pieces into the coating bowl attachment on your mixer, and add 2 oz. water and 6 oz. sugar. Turn the mixer on high for the suggested time according to the manufacturer’s directions, or until the shells have achieved the thickness and appearance you want.
KITE FLYING – With Easter being in spring it’s a perfect time to fly a kite, great addition to the Easter basket as well.
LUNCH – Have fun with lunch – try sending your kids on an Easter egg hunt for their lunch items!!
MONEY – Not much…try just adding a dollar or two to their baskets, and see how excited they get!
NOTE – Leave a note from the “Easter Bunny” in an egg…
ORNAMENTS – Get some fishing twine and cut different lengths…snap Easter eggs on it in different patterns, and hang them from a tree, porch, or even the ceiling in your child’s room!
PEEPS – Try some new ways to enjoy peeps!!
QUIET READING TIME – Take this time to read some cute Easter stories
RICE KRISPIE TREATS – There are so many ideas now…and these are always fun to make with the kiddos…
SCIENCE – Believe it or not…you can squeak in some science! Try these ideas out…
Naked Egg
Growing Peeps
TOYS – You don’t always have to put candy in the baskets…try some little toys they’ve been asking for…like hot wheels or spring time barbie…they’ll be just as happy
UMBRELLA – As a little girl I loved my sun umbrella…it’s super fun!
VIOLETS – For a fresh spin on an Easter bouquet try adding Violets!
WATER – Get some Mio, or just some old-fashioned food coloring and die your kids water…it’s fun and inexpensive!
XYLOPHONE FUN – Try this little fun – use your leftover egg die, still in the glasses, and make a fun colorful xylophone!
YELLOW – Wear yellow to brighten up the day … it will look Fab in you pictures!
Zzzzz – Get enough rest for all the fun that Easter brings!
Head on over to my Easter Pinterest page for more fun ideas to do this Easter!

Based on the bestselling novel by master storyteller Nicholas Sparks, THE LONGEST RIDE centers on the star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City’s art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple. Spanning generations and two intertwining love stories, THE LONGEST RIDE explores the challenges and infinite rewards of enduring love.
Starring: Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, and Alan Alda
Directed by: George Tillman, Jr.
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How many parties do you attend during the holidays?! I know New Years is especially a big party night…how about adding a little more fun…AwoX has this amazing Wi-Fi StriimLIGHT that will add a special element of fun to your party!
Who is AwoX?
AwoX manufactures electronic modules for consumer electronics, and final products for leading service providers. AwoX connected devices enable operators to serve premium audio and video services in the home.
What is the StriimLIGHT?
AwoX StriimLIGHT mini Color is a small format Bluetooth-enabled speaker LED that fills your space with music and a rainbow of colors. Enjoy streaming wirelessly from your Bluetooth-equipped music player in seconds.
Easy to integrate with its small size and E14 socket – Plays audio right from your Bluetooth music players, including computers and numerous types of smartphones and tablets – Infrared remote control for light on/off, sound volume setup and mute – Bulb: LED, 110-240v, fits standard E26 or E14 socket
– Speaker: 3 Watts, 200Hz-20KHz
I was so excited to check this out! I set it up while everyone was at work & school and then waited till it was dark out…then I turned off all the lights and hit play on my iPad…the music is extremely clear, and the colored lights are super fun. All the boys want one for their rooms now..lol..it has 9 colors to choose from and a automatic “flash” mode where it cycles through the colors…You can control the volume from your device or the remote.
Here’s a short video of it in “action”
I love this light/speaker and can’t wait to show it off this holiday season! Then just maybe, I’ll share it with the boys…
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