Word on the Street Junior Review by Crafty

When I received my March Awesome Pack, I mentioned that I wanted to review each of the games as we played them. We played Word on the Street Junior shortly after the box arrived; in fact we have played it several times, but I am just getting around to the review now.

Crafty on Geocaching

A few weeks ago, I went camping with my daughter’s Girl Scouts troop. We spent the weekend in a cabin about two hours north of our home with 30+ girls and their moms. On Sunday, before returning home, we visited Lincoln Caverns, where the girls learned all about geocaching. After the trip, I decided that, as a family, we would spend time this spring and summer checking out some of the local caches.

This is SWAG (stuff we all get) my daughter made to leave in a geocache.

Crafty's Son Makes His First Communion

I was raised Catholic. Two months after I was born, I was baptized. In the Catholic Church, baptism is the first sacrament of seven that individuals celebrate. Since both my husband and I were raised Catholic, we made the decision to raise our children Catholic as well; this meant they, too, were baptized months after birth. We also made the choice to send them to Catholic school, but eventually decided to give them an option.

When our middle son was given the choice between public and parochial school, he asked one question: “If we go to public school, can we still learn about God?” The answer was “No,” so off they went to parochial school.

Two years ago, our daughter, who was in second grade at the time, received two more sacraments: First Penance and First Holy Communion. About a month ago, our middle child, our eight-year-old son, made his First Penance as well. Now it is time for him to receive his First Holy Communion. In the coming weeks, we will begin preparing him, as well as our home, for this exciting event in his life.

Green Kid Crafts Review: Creativity Art Box

I recently received a coupon code to try out one of the craft boxes from Green Kid Crafts. I browsed their website to pick the perfect craft box for my son and me. Since one of the reason I am blogging and working with Boxy is that I needed to refocus my energy and that I am working to focus on my family and those who matter in my life, this company filled a need I had.

Green Kid Crafts is an eco-friendly green company run by a woman, and I am all for helping out companies run by women. Even more, I love a company that is eco-friendly. Started by a mom who is also an environmental scientist, Green Kid Crafts was a way for her to spend time with her kids without the extra work of getting the supplies and planning the projects. That certainly is one of my goals! I would love to spend more time with the kids, but the added time spent shopping and planning takes away from the time I actually have with them. 

After looking over the site for a VERY long time (it was hard to choose!), I settled on the Creativity Art Box. I figured this was perfect because it included supplies for us to get started and we could use our imaginations to create something really cool!

Ustyme Video Calling/Gaming/Reading App Review

The product Ustyme is an app for your iPhone or iPad. It can even be used via Chrome on your computer. This app allows you to add friends and then video call them to read books or play games together, such  as 4 in a Row (which you can purchase right from Ustyme in the app store). We were given the opportunity to review this app and, as the parent on this blog, I wanted to see how this would appeal to families (especially if one parent has to travel for work a lot or your extended family is too far for regular visits).

When I asked  my husband to download it so that we could test it out with the kids, his first question was the same  as mine: "How is this different than a FaceTime call?" Well, let me tell you what makes Ustyme different.