Praises of a Wife and Mommy

About BeginAgain: Welcome to the BeginAgain workshop! This is the place where we tell you all about us. To start, we are an imaginative toy company located in Fort Collins, Colorado. BeginAgain was founded on the principles, ideas, and inventions of Benjamin Barlowe, an early 20th century inventor from Fort Collins. Ben's fantastic tales and astute observations of his grandchildren, Zadie and Fuller, are the inspiration behind our products. His archive overflows with tinkered toys, playful mechanisms, and incredible stories filled with nostalgia, history, and lessons on how things used to be. Created by toymakers David Bowen and Chris Clemmer–two of the co-founders of Sprig Toys–BeginAgain is focused on thoughtful product design and imaginative storytelling for today's kids. It is our goal to inspire children with stories of invention, adventure, and good old-fashioned fun. BeginAgain toys teach through play and nurture the development of the whole child. Than...

Today was the day we set up Selah's Snack Shack and waited for customers to come.  :)   We had a RED, WHITE, and BLUE theme for the day since it is 4th of July weekend.  :)  On our menu 4 different Kool-Aid drinks, chocolate covered marshmallows, chocolate covered pretzels, red/white/blue Rice Krispie treats, and lots of cookies.  :) Everything tasted GREAT!  I am very pleased at how many random people stopped by, but you can also see the people who are trying their very hardest to avoid you with the no eye contact thing.  It's OK I understand life is busy.   I am very proud of my daughter for wanting to do this.  :)  I wish we had raised more money to fight Leukemia but either way I am still impressed with the sales and money that came from a 2 hour  lemonade stand.  :) :)  I think everyone knows someone who has battled CANCER now, it might not be an immediate family member but it seems tha...

DAY 14 CHALLENGE: ACT OUT A STORY  Today we're digging into your  imaginations  [as well as memory!]  and bringing a  story to real life! The story my daughter picked was "Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink."  Selah  received  this book as a birthday present from her Aunt and it is her new favorite.  (Her old favorite is "No David" and I am so thankful she did not pick that one!)  First the story starts will Pinkalicious looking in her piggy bank for money to buy gumballs.  She had no money so she came up with an idea to have a lemonade stand. Pinkalicious decides Pink Lemonade is the best choice and makes her version of Lemonade without her mom's help.  She adds watermelon, grapefruit, and purple beets to make it pink. She goes out to her Lemonade stand and starts selling!  Mr. Peabody comes over to buy a glass.   Sour face, "There is either too much of something or not enough of something else." ...