“Truly wonderful the mind of a child is.” Yoda (Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002))     My kids love to play dress-up and I love anything that encourages imaginative play! That’s where Anytime Costumes sweeps in like a Jedi and saves the day! Most people think buying of costumes only at Hallowe’en, but we have an assortment of costume for everyday play! Mostly they are all princess dresses for tea parties, so I was absolutely [...]

People tell me I’m unique…I try to be normal, but apparently I fail dramatically at that.  So being unique, I like to give gifts that no one else gives.  I remember one year giving my niece a bucket of dirt and some flower seeds for her birthday.  I remember her mother looking at me oddly and saying, “You gave my daughter dirt for her birthday?”.  All I could say was that it seemed like a good idea at time. Now [...]

I recently learned about a site called Educator.com. It has an extensive collection of online training programs.  Before I became “Mommy”, I was a Multimedia Developer and Computer Programmer.  From time to time I still do contract work and volunteer work and I am noticing that my computer programming skills are becoming quickly outdated. I really don’t have an interest in attending school right now while my kids are still little but I really don’t want to lose the investment [...]

I have a few papers to share with you. Back in February, (wow, time sure does fly) I created an owl and a few embellishments and frames to use to create Valentine Cards. These papers were all but forgotten and I thought I’d share them with you. There are two more coming, so check back soon. Our internet isn’t playing very nicely and I’m having issues uploading them. Paper 1 – Light Pink Paper 2 – Blue Terms of Use [...]

I was pretty skeptical when I read the title “Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes…in you and your kids!”, but lately the whining and bad attitudes in my house was starting to get way out of hand so I was willing to try anything to get it sorted out. Now I’d like to say all this whining and attitude was coming from my kids, but it wasn’t.  I have to say I was (am) part of the problem, [...]

Anyone who knows me, knows that I take a lot of pictures.  What exactly do you do with thousands of pictures of your kids?  You turn them into scrapbooks of course!  Digital Scrapbooking has become a favourite pastime for me, but the cost of printing the pages sometimes stops me from getting hard copies of my creations. I was thrilled at the opportunity to review MailPix and their softcovered photobooks.  I had been in the process of creating a scrapbook [...]

Recently I had the opportunity to review the nuNAAT NAAT Brazilian Keratin Collection. I thought these products were fantastic  and now I want to let you know about the nuNAAT Give One, Get One Giveaway! Enter for your chance to win TWO sets of the products, one for you and one for a friend! When entering, be sure to select my blog name “Penny Minding Mom” from the drop-down menu so they know who sent you. The nuNAAT NAAT Brazilian [...]

When I was asked to review Once A Week Cooking from OnceAWeekCooking.com I thought that it would be a wonderful opportunity to get suppertime at my house under control.  I’m not a great cook, and some nights the thought of cooking 2 and 3 meals for supper just is to much and we end up eating chicken fingers and french fries…not the home cooking I would love to feed my family. My family is picky. A typical meat and potato [...]

Living in the country means that we spend a lot of time in our car driving from place to place.  We spend a lot of time singing silly songs on the way to dance class, and I for one can not hold a tune in a bucket but it doesn’t stop me from belting out my favourite songs! Since we love singing in the car, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review the Friends in France French Sing-a-longs.  [...]

St. Paddy’s Day is quickly approaching, and there is no better way to express your inner Irish than with a humorous shirt from Funny Irish T-Shirts.  These shirts are incredibly comfortable, made from 100% pre-shrunk cotton. We ordered a large based on the sizing chart on their website (he normally wears a medium) and it was roomy enough to be comfortable but not so baggy that it looked sloppy. The collar and cuffs were roomy as well, making the shirt [...]