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Shopkins…What Every Mom Wishes She Had Invented!
Shopkins! What in the world are Shopkins? Well...currently, they are the tiny toys that are taking over my house - every shelf, every table, every window sill is filled with rows of Shopkins! Shopkins are a product from Moose Toys, a toy company run by Manny Stul....
Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffee House – A San Diego Gem!
Our trip to San Diego was a bit of a surprise - at least for me and the kids, and so was the Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffee House. Mark was headed out for a Podcasting conference, and we decided it might be fun to head out early with the kids since I had never...
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub, a New York Times bestselling author, and daughter of Peter Straub, a best-selling horror and suspense writer, has been on many lists this summer and many "Employee Picks" shelves that I've seen at several bookstores. The book was...
The Canon AE-1 Program – My Adventure with 35mm Film
Okay...so I went old school again - - I tried to shoot some pictures with my "new" Canon AE-1 Program 35mm film camera. Another eBay adventure. I really need to stay away from that website. I think I'm addicted to old, vintage film cameras. I love the way they...
Giant Bubbles and Water Balloons…All You Need for Summer Fun!
Bubbles, Bubbles, and More Bubbles As a child, I was always so very excited when I got a new bottle of bubbles. Just a plain, simple plastic bottle of bubbles with one bubble blowing wand that was usually stuck way down in the little bottle. Almost always, it was...
Review of Pretty Baby: A Novel by Mary Kubica
She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can't get the girl out of her head… Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman: she works for a...
The Yeti, the Frog Togg Chilly Pad, Harry Potter Illustrated Edition, and the Sony RX10 II
I know...I talk about a lot of things on Ballcapmom.com, but I always have some that I just need to do a special post about. Here is a list of 4 things I love right now. They are some of my favorites (some I've blogged about, and some I haven't...yet)! They are the...
Review of Hush: A Novel by Kate White
Okay folks, she did it again! Hush by Kate White is an excellent summer read!! In this exciting thriller by Kate White, Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief and New York Times bestselling author of the Bailey Weggins mystery series (If Looks Could Kill, A Body to Die For,...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Illustrated by Jim Kay
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone illustrated by Jim Kay, was discovered on one of my many adventures to the bookstore. I stumbled across it by accident because I turned down the wrong aisle, and it is now my new favorite book! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's...
Even Jimmy Fallon is Playing Pokémon GO!
Pokémon GO! A crazy little game that is taking over the world! Pokémon GO? Really? Didn't Pokémon fall off the "cool list" a few years ago? Well guess what...it's right back at the top now with their new app called Pokémon GO. My son is playing it, my nephews...