parenting • education
by Melissa Northway on April 26th, 2012 | No Comments »
This past January, Apple announced that it would be introducing a new iPad textbook experience and iBooks authoring tool that would present many opportunities to use this technology in the classroom. They started selling textbooks from McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin at prices comparable to the print, or as I…
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mom • family fun & traditions • family fun • family fun-traditions
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on September 3rd, 2011 | No Comments »
Family Fun—I was on Twitter late last night when I saw a tweet from my friend Aimee, from @Greeblemonkey:
What resulted was, perhaps, the best Twitter conversation ever, marked with the hashtag: #muppetnight.
I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep until I answered this question. Aimee…
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me • arts & entertainment • family fun • family fun-traditions
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on September 2nd, 2011 | No Comments »
Family Fun—In this economy where fewer and fewer people are qualifying for home loans, how can a home builder get 30,000 people through its model home doors?
Bangerter Homes, a Utah home building company, figured out how by building a full-size replica of the house from the Disney…
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giveaways!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on July 26th, 2009 | 454 Comments »
Do you and your kids love art, creativity, and all things Crayola? Then this giveaway is for you, because Crayola is excited to reward one winner with an amazing Crayola Creativitycast gift package, including tons of classic as well as new products, perfect for arts and crafts and back…
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#gno information!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on May 17th, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Did you know that moms control 80% of household spending for a whopping 1.7 TRILLION (yah, you "heard" me right, TRILLION) dollars in annual spending. Furthermore, there is somewhere around 86 MILLION moms in the US alone.
What does all this mean? Data supports that moms have influence. And now,…
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