Mom, see, you were at the party and had cake! Your hat has gotten a little worn though. Time for a new party hat.

Laura certainly enjoyed her cake!

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And this is what happens after art camp when the family leaves home and comes back after a week. (Or maybe this is me after coming back after a week away!)

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The Handyguys Brian and Paul can make s'mores anywhere!  For more Wordless Wednesday, see WW HQ and 5 Minutes for Mom.

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"Look MOM! Monsters are REAL!" I first learned of this little make-your-own monster company when they followed me on Twitter of all places. I thought – how cute – and had to check it out.

See my review of these unique design-you-own CurlyQ Cuties on Reviewsings.com. My girls really enjoyed the experience of designing the stuffed pillow monsters and receiving the actual items in the mail! Although perhaps older than the intended audience, they were delighted with the funny creations and have been enjoying showing them to friends. Works for me!

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(Just saw a contest I HAVE to add: Click here to learn about the MAID FOR ME blogging contest where you win a year of FREE maid service! I could really use this service from Bid My Cleaning because I just really don't like to clean. I enjoy so much more in life but I do love a clean house and this would really be awesome.)

The holidays filled quickly with fun events, seeing lots of family & friends. At one event, a blogging event nonetheless, I got to ask two incredible bloggers (and friends) what they learned from blogging.

Colleen and Jo-Lynne

I thought video might not be considered wordless so I added in the picture ABOVE I captured from the video BELOW of Colleen from Classy Mommy and Jo-Lynne Musings of a Housewife, taken at the Graco-sponsored Christmas bloggers party held at Colleen's lovely house. (Thank you, Graco, for the awesome set of Rubbermaid! Good to see you lovely ladies again.)

Lots more great Philly Mom Bloggers and other local bloggers came by for a wonderful time of meet-and-greet & incredible treats and I feel terrible for taking so long to blog about it!

Untitled from sarah peppel on Vimeo.

TONS MORE Blogging Meet-Up Pictures will be flying around the Blogosphere when women from all over the country fly into Nashville for Blissdom '09 in a couple of weeks. Blissdom is the blogging conference created by the wonderful women of Blissfully Domestic. We are going to have FUN! Stay Tuned!

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UPDATE: Works for Me Wednesday Post on "Kid's New Year Resolutions" is HERE! The previous link to this post from last week's Wordless Wednesday loaded automatically in the Mr. Linky link form and I didn't catch it. I hate it when that happens but I appreciate your patience! Please go check out the correct link. Sorry again.

I am combining a product review with Wordless Wednesday. Is that totally terrible?

Disney has come out with a board game for Wheel of Fortune, using Disney movies as their theme. The online description reads:

As a mom of many toys, I'll say some games come along at just the right time. My girls, age 10 & 11, keep pulling out this game to play with each other and friends.

My girls' ages were perfect for this item since they have seen most of the Disney movies. A few still stumped them. To make it the most fun, you really do need a host or someone not officially playing to check the answer when people guess. If two are playing and someone has to check, that person is immediately out. The Disney Wheel of Fortune is easily put together but it was a little tricky taking apart for storage since the cardboard backing slips into tabs that need to come undone when you are putting the game away.

Regardless, the girls still enjoy this game. The price seems a little high at $25 but it does get the whole family involved and creates an opportunity to get away from the computer, TV and DS games.

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Carmel Loves Her Tummy Rubs! The girls and I play while Daddy is away! (But we still miss him so I am glad he is coming home Thurs.!)

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