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Motherhood: A Day in the Life #4 – Shannon
When Fawn first put out the Bat signal for “A Day in the Life” guest posts, I first thought about writing it from my 11-year-old daughter’s perspective. She imagines I drop her off to school and then hurry back to my cozy kitchen – where the computer lives – and hang out all day, emptying the fridge of its contents and reading my blawgs (the modern day mom’s Days of Our Lives) until it’s time to pick … Read entire article »
Filed under: Frugal Fawn, Mommyhood
5 Tips for Saving More at the Grocery Store
Today’s blogger, Renae Chiovaro, and I were roomies at the Type-A blogger conference last summer even though we had never met before. Lucky for me, Renae is super nice, and we study many of the same subjects, like raising rowdy kids, saving money, and working with dentists! The price of groceries has been steadily on the rise over the last few years. Meat prices continue to rise as the price of grain increases. With a few … Read entire article »
Filed under: Frugal Fawn, Grocery Shopping, Guest Blogger
DIY I-Spy Craft
Sarah is one of the craftiest gals I know. She’s sharing a fun project idea that will make your kiddo’s day AND get the junk drawer clean in the process. Oh, and it’s a recycle/reuse project too. This girl is pushing all my happy buttons! Sometimes presenting something old in a different way is just the thing to get kids interested in it again. We had a bunch of colored rice hanging out in a bin that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Around the House, Frugal Fawn, Go Green, Guest Blogger, Mommyhood, Spending Less
Free Nabi Apps and Nabi Coins
Free Nabi Apps We picked up a couple Nabi tablets back around Thanksgiving to use in the new dental practice waiting room. In the meantime, we’ve been kid-testing and mom-approving them. While Nabi tablets are definitely super kid-friendly and very durable, we were somewhat underwhelmed with the choices for games, books and other apps that come in the included Nabi App Zone. Nabi has since been working on upgrading their App Zone with more apps and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Frugal Fawn, Mommyhood, Product Reviews, Spending Less
Free Ebook and Game for LeapPad and Leapster Explorer
Do you have a LeapPad, LeapPad2, Leapster GS, or a Leapster Explorer wrapped up under the tree? Or maybe your kiddos already have one of these tablets or gaming systems from Leap Frog? Well, here are a few freebies for you. First, if you haven’t already, grab the code for the Free Alphabet Soup game that I posted about last year. Second, here’s a code for a free Ebook, called “The Book of Super Awesome Stuff” by … Read entire article »
Filed under: Education, Frugal Fawn, Spending Less
Relish! Meal Planning Gifts and a giveaway
With the chaos of this summer’s move and everything that has gone on since, I had gotten out of the meal planning groove. But, I’m happy to say, over the past few months I’ve jumped back in and am wondering why I ever stopped doing it in the first place. Meal planning isn’t hard. In fact, it makes life easier. And at the bottom of this post, I’m giving away something that will make it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Frugal Fawn, Grocery Shopping, Homemaking, Mommyhood, Product Reviews, Spending Less
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