Christmas Coloring Pages for Kids

A couple of years ago I shared 7 free Christmas coloring pages. That has been one of my popular posts. Kids, Christmas, and coloring must go hand-in-hand! So. I thought that I would share a few more coloring pages. Some of them are for younger kids. Some are for older […]

outrun the moon

Outrun the Moon – A Young Adult Book Review

It’s 1906. In San Francisco. In Chinatown. It isn’t easy being a poor, fifteen-year-old Chinese girl. But Mercy Wong is determined. Very determined! She knows that the way to overcome her family’s poverty is to get an education and start her own business — one that pays better than working […]

Gramma in a Box

NOTE: I was given a sample box for review but all opinions are my own. Have you ever gathered ingredients for a treat, boxed them up, and then sent them merrily along their way in the mail to your grandkids? I have. That was a lot of work. And time […]

Super Easy Halloween Jar

Ah. Halloween. It’s a time for orange and yellow crafts. Crafts with spiders, haunted houses, ghosts. And, of course, with ribbons. (All self-respecting Halloween crafts are decked out with ribbons, aren’t they?) But those crafts need to adhere to my mantra: easy, inexpensive, minimal mess, minimal clean-up. So a Halloween […]