My post today is part of Family.com's Comment Mania! Contest. Basically, they'll give a prize to the person who leaves the best comment this week (on the full article, not this blog post), so be sure to go over there and check it out! Here's a sampling:

My oldest daughter Cassidy, then 6, stood stock-still on the stage. Her dark blonde hair spilled to her waist, curled at the ends and topped with a pretty bow. She… Read More

The first time I visited an Aldi store, the only thing I purchased was a bag of pretzels. I think it may have been that it was all I felt safe with at that time. I wasn't convinced that there could be any real quality behind such low prices. My husband's favorite snack at that time was pretzels, and he was quite picky about them. He not only loved those pretzels, he wanted to go back and get… Read More

See my take on recipes for English Onion Soup Inspired by Molly Weasley and Butterbeer , plus links to more of my Harry Potter-inspired recipes, at the bottom of this post!

At the end of next week the last book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released, bringing to a close 10 years of waiting. I find I'm chomping at the bit and apprehensive at once, I want to see what becomes of Harry,… Read More

Check out the links to more of my Harry Potter-inspired recipes at the bottom of this post!

In the beginning of book number five of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Harry is spirited away from the home of his abusive aunt and uncle at Privet Drive by a group of Aurors to Grimmauld Place, the home of his godfather, Sirius Black, and headquarters for the newly re-formed Order of the Phoenix. After… Read More

See my take on recipes for Hogwarts Pumpkin Juice and Hogwarts Express Pumpkin Pasties , plus links to more of my Harry Potter-inspired recipes, at the bottom of this post!

The countdown is ON! One more week until "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" opens in theaters. We are in love with Harry Potter here. It started for us when my oldest daughter got "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" for her 11th birthday. She… Read More

When it comes to summertime the days can seem interminably long, especially if you have kids that are clamoring for something to do. There is no better time than now to enjoy the outdoors, and not just with swimming, games and picnics.

When we homeschooled, I had the kids make nature journals. We would go out to the back yard (which just happened to be the side of a mountain at the edge of the woods) and they would pick something… Read More