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The Graco SnugRide Click Connect 40 and the #GracoSafety Event

October 22, 2012 by Arena Blake 3 Comments

Andrew is quickly outgrowing the infant carrier we’ve been using as a car seat, and we’ve been looking around at some different options that would fit our needs. Did you know that the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends that children stay in a rear-facing car seat until they’re 2 years old and 40 pounds?…

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Baby, Car Seat, Graco, Product Review

Queso Blanco

October 19, 2012 by Arena Blake 11 Comments

In the fall, Saturdays are reserved for one thing in our house: College Football. On any given weekend, we spend the day watching game after game after game. We often have other football fans over to watch the games, and I’ve developed a repertoire of Gameday recipes that I keep on hand for those days….

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Filed Under: Cooking, Recipes Tagged With: Appetizer Recipes, Cheese, Dip, Queso, recipes

Turn-by-Turn Navigation with the Samsung Galaxy S3

October 18, 2012 by Arena Blake 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, when we attended our five-year reunion at Texas A&M, we stopped in to stay the night with our friends in Houston. On our way, we realized that the GPS in the car was taking us on a terrible route that would lead straight into rush hour traffic. But luckily, we had…

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Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Phone, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, VZWA

A Day at the Dallas Pumpkin Patch

October 17, 2012 by Arena Blake 5 Comments

Last week, we went to a Dallas pumpkin patch with my brother and his family. I mean, that’s what everyone does during the month of October, right? We had a lot of fun and I think the kids did, too. Hall’s Pumpkin Farm and Corn Maze was so cool, with a corn maze for the…

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Filed Under: Dallas, Living Tagged With: Autumn, Fall, October, Pumpkin, Pumpkin Patch, Things to Do With Kids in Dallas

2012 Hot Holiday Toy List

October 16, 2012 by Arena Blake 2 Comments

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 Every year, Time to Play Magazine puts together a list of the Most Wanted Toys prior to the holiday season. They test and review thousands of toys, narrowing the list down to…

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Filed Under: Living, Parenting Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays, Present, Toys

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Arena is the wife of a Nerd and mom of a toddler who loves his Star Wars blankie a little too much. She shares parenting adventures, yummy recipes, and great photography on this Dallas mom blog. thenerdswife@gmail.com

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