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I recently had a chance to try out a new app for kids called Dot to Dot Zoo. Dot to Dot Zoo has been released on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and Kindle Tablet. This is the first in a series of Dot to Dot apps to be released from RouxBee. Dot to Dot Zoo allows children to learn or practice how to print their uppercase letters, finish dot to dot puzzles of animals, name them and learn fun facts about them too.

We’ve all thought it when we’ve seen a celebrity chef that’s slim – “How do they stay trim with a career like that?”

Allison Adato explores this in her new book Smart Chefs Stay Slim by interviewing America’s Best Chefs and getting lessons on eating and living from them.

I was thrilled to be able to read this book, as well as try some of the chef created recipes in my own kitchen.

Disney and Creative Genius Tim Burton (Creator of “The Nightmare Before Christmas”) Proudly Announce the Home Entertainment Debut Of FRANKENWEENIE Including an All-New Short “Captain Sparky vs The Flying Saucers” and Burton’s Original Live-Action “Frankenweenie” Short! ON BLU-RAY COMBO PACK, DIGITAL AND ON-DEMAND

If you are a Tim Burton fan, I suspect you have already seen this movie in the theater. But if cost or time prevented you from viewing it in October when it was released, I’m pretty sure you’re going to want to add this

I got the chance to try out some natural lip balms from an Austin, Texas based company; Elle Naturals. I’ll admit that I fell in love with these lip balms before I even opened them up, just from looking at the labels I knew I’d love them.

How could you not with ‘flavors’ like Mango Butter with Lime, Green Tea Butter with Peppermint, Shea Butter with Grapefruit and my personal favorite, Coffee Butter Vanilla Latte. Once I tried them though, it wasn’t just the flavors I loved but how they kept my lips soft too.

One of the reasons we personally love homeschooling is because of the way we can adapt our curriculum to our daughter’s particular learning methods. As a gifted learner who prefers not to read, we’ve seen proven academic results from using multi-media products such as computer software, CDs, DVDs and tablet apps when it comes to her education.

We recently had the opportunity to use Disney’s American Presidents App & DVDs in our American History course and this is what Amber has to say about it:

I recently signed up with Influenster and was deemed influential enough to receive their Holiday VoxBox filled with product samples to help with glamming up the party scene. If you’d like to be an Influenster too – you can apply to be a tastemaker for access to perks, products and offers – no blog required – http://bit.ly/Q7ZOvM.

These are the items that I got in my Influenster Holiday VoxBox and what I thought of them:

So as many of you know, we currently have our home for sale. It’s actually been for sale for much longer than we had hoped, the housing market where we live is still pretty weak, as is evident by all the Signs For Real Estate in our development.

Amid the waiting for the right buyer to come along, there has been a pretty humorous incident though.

Back in November we went to Canada for my brother’s wedding. Since we weren’t going to be around anyway, we told our agent to go ahead and hold a couple of open houses to showcase our home while we were away.

I have a smile on my face every time I walk into my dining room and this is why.

Well I don’t know how many of you made a New Year’s resolution, but I usually don’t only because I know that I probably won’t follow through with it! This year I decided to actually make one. Just one though, that way I won’t have so much pressure to actually stick to more than one.

Yes, like many it has to do with my health. Not so much a diet or weight loss, but more of a resolution to eat healthier. To incorporate more fruits and vegetables into my day, and eat more whole grains. And of course exercising more – just to be more fit in general.

May your dreams find their wings,
may life’s clouds be few,
may your future be bright and hope shine anew

To bless you and keep you
with joy far and near —

A beautiful start to a beatiful year!

— Hannah Ackerman