http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight A Gaggle of Reviews Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:17:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mom Central is working with American Standard to run a contest for parents in the Boston area - you can win an American Standard heating & AC system with Accuclean. Why, you ask? Because no matter how clean your house is, the air is recirculated, and indoor air is more ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/06/24/contests-cleaning-allergies-and-air/ My reading choices vary by mood - some days I might want a suspenseful novel, and others a romance. Sometimes a mystery will hit the spot, and others a chick lit novel is more to my taste. If you are in the market for a novel that will ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/06/18/book-review-earthly-pleasures/ As the recession spreads, more and more people are affected. Town budgets have been slashed, and just as teachers need to buy some of their own supplies when the town gives them a smaller budget, the same is true for police officers. LA Police Gear has clothing, high-powered ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/06/18/even-the-police-need-to-outfit-themselves/ We have teamed up with the ????????Parent Bloggers Network and the Discovery Channel Store on two prior occasions, reviewing Paz's liftoff rocket and the game Rapelli. Both products were big hits in this house, and continue to be well-loved. Our newest collaboration is for the Solar Science Lab, ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/06/10/science-fun-and-the-sun-a-great-mix/ This week marks my first trip away from my daughters. I have come to stay with my grandmother and her husband to help them as she starts recovering from her stroke. Her prognosis looks good, but every difference between "before" and "after" is difficult. This is both one of ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/05/29/a-trip-down-memory-lane/ I've written several times about the fabulous books by Katie MacAlister. If you've been waiting for something great to read, don't wait any longer - Katie has a started a new series! If you liked the Aisling Grey Guardian Series, starting with You Slay Me, the Silver Dragon ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/05/21/book-review-playing-with-fire/ We are a family which loves to play games. Card games, board games, outside games, and other games that seem to defy description. When Parent Bloggers Network was looking for someone to test the Discovery Store game Rapelli, we were happy to give it a try. The ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/05/19/playing-rapelli-with-rapt-attention/ Spring and Summer have arrived, so it's time to break out the outdoor games! Gamewright has been our favorite source for games for the past year and a half, and with its new releases, it looks like that trend will continue. (and not just because they send us ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/05/15/have-a-ball-outside-with-boochie/ We live in a world filled with creepy-crawlies. We've also become more and more aware of them each year. From dust mites to mosquitoes, seemingly nuisance pests are wreacking more and more havoc. Then, each spring moms are starting to cut their boys' hair to make it ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/05/14/momcentral-tour-licemd/ I spend a lot of my time with my girls and pups taking pictures, which we post in blogs and on flickr. The joy of digital cameras is that you can delete the bad pictures, and crop the images so that the pics you select are exactly what you ... http://ourgaggleofgirls.com/spotlight/2008/05/12/kinzin-share-photos-with-your-kin/