Friends, here’s wishing you a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa- if you celebrate. If not, happy end of December. Either way, I wish you a joyful closing out of ’14 and ringing in of ’15. I’ll see you guys in mid-January, cool? And don’t miss me too much- I can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and by clapping your hands real hard and believin’. Okay, maybe that last one is more “Tinkerbell” and less “Keely.” But you never know. {Read More}
The Razor Kixi Scribble Scooter Giveaway!
December 12, 2014 By 17 Comments
Disclaimer: Razor scooters generously provided me a complimentary Razor Scribble Scooter to review, but I haven’t been otherwise compensated. All thoughts, opinions, and envious feelings are entirely my own. The Razor Kixi Scribble Scooter A Razor, you guys! For my third and final giveaway this week, I get to give away a Razor scooter! A bitty and adorable powerhouse of a first scooter with- get this- built-in art. Think exhaust pipes but a heck of a lot cuter. It comes in {Read More}
A Big Ol’ (Awesome) Hasbro Giveaway.
December 11, 2014 By 11 Comments
Disclaimer: I was provided with a complimentary review pack from Hasbro featuring the games below, but all thoughts, opinions, and disturbing competitive streaks are entirely my own. *** Hasbro Wins Christmas Morning My loves, in this- our second giveaway for this week- I’m kind of ecstatic to offer up my three favorite Hasbro games. And if your kids (or you, I don’t judge) are anything like my “big” kids, these Hasbro games are pretty much going to be the Christmas {Read More}
A Museum Of Science Giveaway! Go Play, Chicago!
December 10, 2014 By 3 Comments
Disclaimer: I was given free passes to Chicago’s Museum of Science & Industry in exchange for my giveaway, but all thoughts, opinions, and terrible senses of direction are entirely my own. *** It’s no secret that Chicago has some of the best museums in the world. One of my absolute favorites- again, no secret- is the Museum of Science & Industry. I could spend days there. Even if there weren’t new exhibits opening all the time (which there are), I’d {Read More}
Chicago, Bring Back The Boot. (Please.)
December 8, 2014 By 9 Comments
To Whom It May Concern: Sirs and Madams of the Chicago Christkindlmarket planning committee, there’s something that you might not know. The main draw of the outdoor Christmas market- even more than jockeying for face space while purchasing miniature glass animals or peeking a look at the Santa hidden in this year’s workshop/eco dome(!?)- is the ability to consume an alcoholic beverage out of a ceramic boot. This year- similar to last year’s troubling turn of events- found us sans {Read More}
Tree-Getting. And Book-Selling.
December 1, 2014 By 2 Comments
Last night, after driving a combined 17 hours (split over two days), we decided to grab our Christmas tree. There was a bucket of evidence supporting this decision, but I will totally not go into detail here because YES, I understand how insane it looks on paper/blog (and feels in face/brain). It was Jasper’s first ever Christmas-tree-gettin’. He was thrilled. (Actually, can we get a close-up on that face?) We were all thrilled. And cold and tired and FESTIVE, DARN {Read More}
A Sticky Recap.
December 11, 2013 By 8 Comments
So what do you do when you can’t seem to find those prefabricated gingerbread house kits- and you’re quite certain you won’t be allowed to have your third child until you make a gingerbread house with your children- and you know you’re running out of time for Festivities? Why, you head to your neighborhood bodega. Except, being a bodega, it doesn’t possess crazy things like graham crackers. So you buy impossibly small Mexican cookies and a bucket of something that, anywhere {Read More}
Terrible Mom: Holiday Prep Edition.
December 2, 2013 By 27 Comments
Yesterday, I was kind of a jerk. I didn’t start out that way (and I certainly didn’t feel jerkish at the time)…but apparently the recipe for Jerk is: Christmas anxiety, decorating a tree with “help,” and nine months gestation. Nora really, really wanted to help me. And last year (when she was a babyish 3 as opposed to the completely grown 4 she always purports to be) I allowed her to choose a few non-breakable ornaments and shove them onto a [completely {Read More}
