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 SISTER By Rosamund Lupton First Published in 2010, Republished December 20, 2011 **** When her mom calls to tell her that Tess, her younger sister, is missing, Bee returns home to London on the first flight. She expects to find Tess and give her the usual lecture, the bossy big sister scolding her flighty baby…

Another busy week in the books for the Gorkow family.  Every day was packed and nearly every evening too. We managed to squeeze in our annual Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt for the kids.  They had fun running around the house, deciphering their clues to find books, movies and candy.  Pat got me a Colbie Caillat…

During the month of February, I am featuring games that our family has enjoyed over the years.  February is a great time of year to get cozy with your family and play some games.  I guarantee there will be lots of laughs and memories made.   SWAP is a card game that our family has…

Whenever we are in a mall with a BUILD-A-BEAR WORKSHOP in it, our family can’t resist going in.  The kids love looking at all the different animals and then spending all kinds of time looking at the different outfits they could get for their bears.  I have to admit, it is just a happy place…

  For the first time ever, we had to come up with our own Valentine’s Box for school.  Prior years we just had to contribute a cereal box or something and the kids made it at school.  But, this year, the options were wide open and we were able to come up with our own…

During the month of February, I am featuring games that our family has enjoyed over the years.  February is a great time of year to get cozy with your family and play some games.  I guarantee there will be lots of laughs and memories made.   I remember when the boys were little Pat couldn’t…

I just realized this weekend that Tuesday is Valentine’s Day.  It isn’t that it hasn’t been on my radar….it was just that last week was so busy, it kind of got pushed to the back of my mind.  I knew it was coming up, but now packages are going to arrive late in the mail…

Everywhere I look, I am reading about the death of Whitney Houston and while that is sad and shocking in and of itself, the death that has left me nearly speechless is the death of author, Jeffrey Zaslow. photo courtesy of www.JeffreyZaslow.com From the WALL STREET JOURNAL: Jeffrey Zaslow, a longtime Wall Street Journal writer…

During the month of February, I am featuring games that our family has enjoyed over the years.  February is a great time of year to get cozy with your family and play some games.  I guarantee there will be lots of laughs and memories made.   FEED THE KITTY by Gamewright is not one of…

During the month of February, I am featuring games that our family has enjoyed over the years.  February is a great time of year to get cozy with your family and play some games.  I guarantee there will be lots of laughs and memories made.   When the kids were little I especially liked games…