Here are a few signs to let you know a child's parent might be a blogger... 6) The child says their parent "has imaginary friends too." 5) The child is no longer excited about getting new toys in the mail. 4) You get out the camera and the child automatically stops to pose. 3) You ask the child what their parent does all day and they respond, "sits on the computer." 2) At the park, the child does a new trick on the monkey bars and yells, "hey mom, you should post that!" And the #1 sign a child's parent is a blogger... Their school work looks like this: What would you add to these signs? … [Read more...]
Toys In The Dryer, Then and Now
Toys In The Dryer is 1 Year Old!! One year ago today, Toys In The Dryer published our very first post, Introducing Toys In The Dryer!. We are both proud and excited that we have made it to our 1 year blogiversary. We have grown leaps and bounds over this past year and we can not thank our readers enough for helping us do that! Did you know we've published 265 posts so far?! It doesn't really feel like it to us!If you've been following us from the very beginning, you know that a few things have changed over this year: We had a (very) brief period where we had a Mom of the Week meme. After only two weeks we decided that MOTW was not going to be very popular. Why we gave up after 2 weeks when we were less than 2 months old is beyond us, but we changed to Fun Stuff Fridays. FSF became popular in it's 21 week run averaging 220 link ups per week in the end. However, we feel that FSF has run it's course being similar to many other linky parties out there. We now bring you Pin it, … [Read more...]
Frequently Asked Questions!
Since we get asked the same questions over, and over, and over (and over, and over...) again, we thought we'd FINALLY do a Frequently Asked Questions post! It's about time, huh? 1) Are you two sisters? No. Glad we got that out of the way. Now we can move on. 2) But you look so much alike. Are you sure you aren't related? No. We mean, no, we are not related, and yes, we are sure of it. 3) How did you come up with the name of your blog? Funny story: We were talking on the phone trying to decide on the name of our blog. We wanted something that we always yelled at our kids when they were bored and getting into trouble. Suddenly Lindsi said, "Hang on a sec..." Jamie heard Lindsi say, "Can you PLEASE get your toys out of the dryer! I am sick of finding toys in the dryer!" When Lindsi got back on the phone, Jamie said, "That's it! That's the name of our blog!" 4) Why did you start your blog in the first place? We had both been blogging on different blogs for … [Read more...]
Mommy Blogger, What I Really Do…
Inspired by all the "What People Think I Do" photos floating around the internet, I decided to make my own about being a Mommy Blogger. You will need to click on the photo to make it bigger! … [Read more...]