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I was recently asked me to take a look at Rice Krispies web­site and give my thoughts. (Yes, I’m on a cereal kick, Aunt Bea!) I have to admit, my first reac­tion was, “How excit­ing can a cereal web­site be?!”

(3 days of the flu can make you grumpy.)

You know what? It was stinkin’ cool. I’m say­ing that from a mommy POV, edu­ca­tor POV, and entre­pre­neur POV. My son, Grem­lin and I had a lot of fun going through that website.

My favorite parts were:

1. They have a sec­tion where you can pick a year and it will show you what the cereal box looked like. Does Gma want to remem­ber what her box of Rice Krispies looked like? Go ahead and pick 1932. It’s there!

2. They have a whole sec­tion with recipes you can do with your kids. Yum.

3. They have part­nered up with Play­ing for Keeps to cre­ate Oper­a­tion Spark. Oper­a­tion Spark gives advice (through an expert panel — which includes mom’s and dad’s) on how to strengthen the fam­ily con­nec­tion. Love that idea!

Gremlin’s Faves:

1. Look mom! Games to play! And I can paint! Book it! (4-year-old-ese for Book­mark it)

2. Knis­per! Knasper! Knus­per! I speak Ger­man! (Ger­man for Snap! Crackle! Pop!)

3. I think that girl goes to my school. She’s cute. Maybe I’ll marry her. (Gulp.…They use really fam­i­lies for their com­mer­cials on tv.)

I actu­ally had a lot of fun with Grem­lin. Hope to do it again tomorrow…