My Brain is on Vacation but it’s Suppose to be in the Office

Published on July 12, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, National Holidays

I love it when I sit down to write and all that comes to mind is “let’s crop some pictures and create a blog post” but honestly it works amazingly! So today my brain is still on vacation mode even though it needs to be in office mode, which means a picture story yet again

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Wordless Wednesday July 4th – Happy Fourth of July

Published on July 4, 2012 by brandyellen in National Holidays, wordless wednesday

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Celebrate the 4th of July With a Scavenger Hunt

Published on June 30, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, Events, National Holidays

The kids and I love coming up with creative ways to have fun that don’t cost a lot of money and the site Scavenger Hunt Riddles and Clues has really narrowed down fun with low cost kid friendly scavenger hunts! The one that I like the most and think is the most appropriate to share

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A bit of Mother’s Day History – Julia Ward Howe

Published on May 13, 2012 by brandyellen in National Holidays

Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May and this is a day for lavishing your Mom with flowers, presents and luxurious treatment. In history those who were more spiritual were more apt to celebrate and worship goddesses rather than mothers. Egyptians used to celebrate once a year by worshiping the Goddess Isis,

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Happy National Train Day

Published on May 12, 2012 by brandyellen in National Holidays, Product Reviews

Honk honk readers! I was reminded by Chuggington that today is National Train Day! How can you celebrate train day with your trainee? Well for starters if it’s a rainy day you can settle in the house to watch Chuggington DVD’s or pre-order the May 15th release DVD called Wilson and the Ice Cream Fair

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Easter Day at the Happily Blended Household

Published on April 10, 2012 by brandyellen in Brandy's Life, National Holidays

I don’t know what type of traditions you all have on Easter, but we have a tradition that involves a sneaky Easter Bunny hiding all of the kids baskets every Easter. The kids wake up and must find their baskets hidden in odd places around the house. This year, the big kids found their baskets