Guess what, Google bought Zagat! If that isn’t foodie news, I don’t know what is!
Of course this week’s real food news is Ben & Jerry’s Shweddy Balls ice cream. I find it both very interesting and weird all at the same time.
Guess what, Google bought Zagat! If that isn’t foodie news, I don’t know what is!
Of course this week’s real food news is Ben & Jerry’s Shweddy Balls ice cream. I find it both very interesting and weird all at the same time.
Life is all about focusing on the majors while enjoying the minors. So here in the NerdFamily we needed to celebrate a moment the seems to fall into both categories! After 10 years we here in the NerdFamily household are both diaper and pull up free (even at night)!!!! While it is a minor subject, it really is a big deal!!!

Ever since NerdPud was about 2 I have been promising that when she was out of pull ups at night we would have a party! So I took the kids to Smart & Final and let them pick out some food for our little party! There is almost nothing as entertaining as 4 kids aged 10-4 voting in the middle of Smart & Final about what they are going to eat. Well, they wanted Turkey Bacon Burgers, fries and Rocky Road ice cream!!!

Since it was over 100 degrees here we couldn’t send the kids outside for party games. (Around here kids don’t play out side between 12 and 5 due to sunburn and heat stroke.;) So we all played a few rounds of balloon volleyball in the playroom! We didn’t have to worry the balloons popping because we picked up some of the helium quality balloons at Smart & Final. In over a week only 1 has lost any air!

Of course when we set the table there had to be a party horn!!! We had a simple party meal that had the best components of summer! Turkey bacon burgers paired with great French fries, some delectable seedless watermelon and some salad to get just a little vegetable in;).
Then we moved onto the Rocky Road ice cream with swirly towers of whipped cream! Yum! We finished out our nerdy and fun party watching Prince Caspian! What better way could you think of to celebrate being a diaper free household?
Did you know that Smart & Final is 140 years old? I think that is a reason to celebrate to! And in honor of that this project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for #collectivebias! While Smart & Final may have provided me the motivation to celebrate in this #FirstStreetGrand event all the thoughts and opinions are mine!
I have never heard of this happening before but Babies R Us is doing at trade in event. Take in an old car seat, stroller, travel system, high chair, play yard, bassinet, walker, swing, bouncer, entertainer, crib or kid’s bed and you will recieve 25% off a new one! And there isn’t a limit to how many you can trade in!
As someone who had 4 kids and actually wore somethings out and had to replace them for #4, let me just say this is fabulous!!! We had to buy a swing just for NerdPud and it was very annoying;).
The event end September 18th so don’t delay!
Welcome to Twitter Party Tuesday!!! I love a good Twitter party but sometimes it is hard to find them! So I have decided to start a link up!!! So all of you who are hosting a Twitter party or just know where to find one please leave a link to the party page!!
This week’s featured party is Tech Tuesday Chat! Here are some of the details!
To participate:
Join us from 3-4 ET (12-1 PT) on Twitter
Follow the hashtag #win7tech
Follow @windows, @kristinalibby, @brandonleblanc, @benthepcguy, @msfthardware, @benreedpro and @windowsblog to make sure you get the whole picture.
Now add your parties or those that you have heard about! But this linky is just for party pages!!!
Labor Day sales are very traditional and it is great that Children’s Place has come through with a great one this year! There are some steps to take to get the absolute best deal!
First step, go to CVS and buy 2 $25 Children’s Place gift certificates and you will receive $5 in Extra Care Bucks.
Then you have a choice: shop online or in store. I recommend shopping online because you can go through Shop At Home and receive 10% back! Also they have free shipping tomorrow! And an online coupon for 15% off!
If you want to go in to the store make sure you still go by Shop At Home because the link to the 15% off coupon is also printable! So print it and take it in with you!
So here is the deal. If you are hosting a giveaway or have a post about someone’s giveaway just leave a link. Make sure this link is to the giveaway post itself and not just the blog or it will be deleted. If you listed it last week but your giveaway is still open, list it again! Also your link must be to something family friendly or it will be deleted.
So now you need to add your giveaways and go enter some giveaways! Let them know that Contesting Monday sent you!
Here are a few interesting bits I found around the blogoshpere this week!
Yea!!! It sounds like potatoes are going to be considered good for you again!
So is the way to a man’s heart through his stomach? If so, this cologne is perfect;).
HuffPo has a piece on a week in the life of Artisanal Butchers. I find that whole concept kind of fascinating.
Did you know that the FDA doesn’t have a definition of “Gluten Free”? That is mind boggling that there has to be a regulated definition to begin with. It should either have gluten or not!
Isn’t that gorgeous? It is a Black Hole eating a star and it is amazing. Thanks New Scientist!
Mashable has a great piece on the Ford Evos. It is the new Ford concept car that is supposed to be all about social networking! It has these awesome gulf wing doors. Check out the pictures!!
Collider has some pictures from Man of Steel, the new Superman reboot. It includes details about the new costume. I like the new costume! None of the underwear on the outside look;).
Here in the NerdFamily we are having fraction issues. The NerdBug and NerdPie basically understand them but haven’t gotten used to using them so there is a constant reminder lesson going on. We are really having challenges in multiplying, dividing, and reducing. So I have decided we need some dedicated fraction time! And why pay for a book when you know there have to be some great resources out there? Here are some of the awesome things I found!
Home School Math has some great worksheets! They have free worksheets that will work on multiplying and dividing factions (and mixed numbers) along with another option that works on reducing! Just scroll part way down the page of worksheet options to find it!
One of my all time favorite sources for fact math sheets, The Math Worksheet Site, also has a generator for reducing fractions.
Dositey has a great Fraction Mystery Game. The kids match the numbers to the clues. Not only is it great fraction practice but problem solving and that will help with algebra in the future.
CoolMath4Kids has a section explaining how to work the fractions. And then at the bottom they have a couple great games!
Hopefully these resources will help your kids either learn fractions for the first time or help them just hone their skills! Remember that education doesn’t have to be expensive!
Every month new coupons come out and often there are a limited number that will be printed. So if these are items you are interested in and hope to find on sale print them now!!!
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