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Posts Tagged ‘funny’

Having One of “Those” Days? Six Ways to Lighten Things Up

In a house blessed with tweens and teens there are those days… and THOSE days. The ones that are extra hard. With challenging times in mind, here’s a collection of things for the tween/teen household to help get things back on a lighter track. Though I’d say that they’re all for the young at heart…

Got a teen making questionable choices? {And did you happen to read this month’s National Geographic article on the “beautiful” teenaged brain?} How about an in-your-face room accessory like this?

Recycled Felt Pillow by Alexandra Ferguson on Etsy {$99}. Click on Image.

 

Feel like you’re always running late? Own it and laugh! At least it’s temporary {and your lateness is too}.

 

The "You're Very Very Late" Temporary Tattoo Set from Tattly. {$15 for 8} Click on Image.

 

Having a Griswold Family moment? Hey, they happen!

Griswold Family Vacation T Shirt from Rock River Tees on Etsy {$15}. Click on Image.

 

Try having an all-too-serious conversation with a fingerstache. Impossible! Grab a Sharpie and make your own.

Fingerstache Temporary Tattoos from Perpetual Kid {$7.99} Click on Image.

 

Or, round up some “photo booth” accessories like these and have a family photo shoot.

6 Pack Dry Erase Thought / Speech / Word Bubbles From JeniJunk on Etsy {$23} Click on Image.

 

Just Part of a Downloadable/Printable Photo Booth Pack from Paper and Cake {$9.95} Click on Image.

 

And, I have to recommend this… the four of us sat on the couch and cried in hysterical laughter over this book. I have visited the Cake Wrecks blog too but I really think it’s funnier in book form. Note: several pages are questionable for younger kids. Makes a great birthday gift, too!

Cake Wrecks Book at Barnes and Noble {$10.57} or Elsewhere. Click on Image.

 

All for today. Oh, and have you seen the YouTube Video That Makes Me Laugh Every Time? {Not so much for the kids}. Wishing you a light and breezy weekday. xo

 

The YouTube Video that Makes Me Laugh Every Time

The comedic genius of the Flight of the Conchords is no secret, so you surely may have seen “Business Time” before {ADULTS only!}.  I revisited it just now, at the end of a very long weekday, and it had me in fits of laughter.  Again!  Just me.  In my bathrobe.  Feet on the coffee table.  With a piece of dark chocolate.

Where’s Mr. BOP?  Peacefully snoring, I do believe.