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Gummies for Dummies
Read more →Yes we know sugar is terrible, and yes of course we are always telling our kids to eat less of it. But our kids recently found this recipe for homemade gummies that are so much fun to make and eat that we figured you might want to try it out. How to make Homemade Gummies (by the King of Random) All you need is Jello, gelatin, corn syrup and silicone ice cube trays. Back in the old days ice only came in cubes, remember? But nowadays you can make ice shaped like pretty much anything - robots, yetis, tikis,hearts, sharks...
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More excellent reviews from excellent bloggers!
Read more →The reviews for Treasure Hunt! keep on coming and they are all fantastic. “This has been one of my most favourite reviews in my five years of doing blog reviews,” says Jeanna Bellville at Momma’s Bacon. “All of the old letters, keys, maps, de-coding; it all felt so real….It’s an elaborate game, and any puzzle lover will find this highly entertaining and it’s MONTHS in the making. Impressive. Mail Order Mystery has lived up to its name and their phrase, ‘Extraordinary stories for extraordinary kids’ is something I agree with 100%” “So much excitement!” says Bethany Hankinson at Little Homeschool...
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Potential labour disruption at Canada Post
Read more →Updated August 30, 2016 As you may know, Mail Order Mystery is based in Canada, and Canada Post (which operates Canada’s national mail system) is currently in labour negotiations with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. Both Canada Post and the union are in a legal strike/lockout position. On August 25, the postal workers union issued a 72 hour strike notice and announced that they'd begin rotating job action consisting of a ban on overtime work. The start of that job action has twice been pushed back. And the union claims that it will have no impact on mail delivery at this time. Meanwhile negotiations...
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News from Mail Order Mystery
Read more →Hang onto your hats everyone, we have some REALLY BIG NEWS! We are almost ready to launch our brand new mystery - The Enchanted Slumber. A Knight, a Troll, a Librarian and a Dragon are in search of an Unsuspecting Hero to help them wake a Princess who has been asleep for 699 years. There’s no time to lose - as soon as she hits the year 700 - poof! That’s it! The Princess turns to dust. We have limited quantities for the summer so we will make sure you are the first to know. We’ll do a 48 hour...
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104 days of summer vacation???
Read more →Where exactly do Phineas and Ferb live that they get 104 days of summer vacation?According to my calculations, we get 68. Sixty eight days for the kids to spend building a rocket, fighting a mummy, finding a dodo bird and giving a monkey a shower. Sounds good, right? It does sound good. But what will actually happen is that they will watch someone do that stuff on TV, play a lot of video games, bicker, complain about any family activity we plan and pester us for things we do not want to give them. All of a sudden 68 days...
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They grow up so fast!
Read more →We are excited and proud that we made it onto our first list: Mail Order Mystery is one of Working Mother Magazine’s 10 Great Gifts for Gradeschoolers. This list includes several “tween approved” gifts for grade-schoolers who are making the transition to middle school. If we do say so ourselves, we think a Mail Order Mystery makes great end-of-school gift. So congratulations to us and congratulations to all of you who have a not-so-little little one about to graduate from elementary school. It seems like just yesterday they were still in diapers, doesn’t it? Screaming with snot all over their faces, making you turn...