With the advent of handheld technology, there is absolutely no reason you should not be videotaping your kids every opportunity you have. Don’t wait for special occasions or holidays either – make sure you capture every day moments as often, these are the most precious. One of my favorite videos of my kids was actually… Continue Reading
Are you following lots of other NEW LINKY FOLLOWERS and leaving them comments? Have you tried the NEW awesome tool–Linky Followers It has so many amazing features (that GFC never had). If you have not signed up you should. (yes you can have both.) …and did I tell you its super easy and FREE! What better way… Continue Reading
I saw this on Pinterest and thought it was pure genius: So I grabbed my son and took a picture of him behind some glass for my phone contact and here is our version: Thanks guys at 9GAG! Now go take some pictures and have some fun! Continue Reading
When I graduated law school and landed my first job as a junior associate at a Long Island law firm (many moons ago), I worked for the real estate partner who had several unique perspectives on everything, including child rearing. If his kids forgot to do a chore, he would do it and charge them… Continue Reading
Welcome to Wordless Wednesday here on Long Island Chick. Please link up your Wordless Wednesday post below! Continue Reading
Remember breaking out that stack of index cards and writing your question on one side and the answer on the other? Reviewing them over and over again – how boring was that and do you really think it is effective? With the amount of knowledge kids are expected to amass these days in school, the… Continue Reading
So the clocks “sprung” ahead this past weekend and so our thoughts turn to those of Spring…Cleaning! Does that get you excited? Yeah I know, not so much. But, it is a good time to declutter and deep clean. Think of all the germs that have been gathering in our homes and incubating during the… Continue Reading
I am an admitted Pinterest fanatic and I wanted to share with you my favorite pins from the past week: Sweet Italian Sausage With Penne Pasta I do so love pasta and this just looks absolutely delicious! I have found so many wonderful recipes through Pinterest – can’t wait to try them all! Childhood Memories… Continue Reading
Never mind the calendar, Spring is here. I know that the first official day of Spring, or the Vernal Equinox, is March 20, 2012, but you can’t tell that to Nature. Also, we end Daylight Savings Time this Weekend and Spring Ahead the clocks (that part I am NOT looking forward to in the mornings).… Continue Reading
There is a new steamy novel that women are whispering about and scrambling to get their hands on: 50 Shades of Grey. Sounds innocent enough but women are turned on by this book – and are talking about it because of that fact, and because they couldn’t put it down. I saw a segment on… Continue Reading