End of Year Statistics

Every year I like to look back at my statistics. Maybe I can learn something. Maybe I can improve something. Usually I just end up looking up new places on the map. Here are this year's statistics.

Most people visit my site on a Thursday. I have new content M-F so I'm not sure why this is. People are also more willing to click on ads on a Thursday. Thank you for that!

My top 10 most popular posts has only changed slightly. I'm glad to see at least one post from this year made it. Usually it takes a couple of years before a post gets enough views to get into the top 10. Clearly, giveaways are the exception so I will try to have more of those.

Eye Droppers Jan 28, 2013
Car Seats, Baby Carriers Jan 3, 2011
Twin Pregnancy Jan 7, 2011
Lunchbox Giveaway Aug 8, 2015
MyCausora and a Giveaway Feb 8, 2014
Teething Necklaces Apr 27, 2011
Art with babies Feb 8, 2011
Wordless Wednesday Dec 12, 2012
Chiropractic Care Jul 25, 2011
Tummy Time Mar 2, 2011

Most of my readers found me on Google. Google.com, Google.ca, and Google.co.uk. I also had many come from facebook, so that type of advertising seems to be working. Twitter didn't even break the top 10. Probably because I have no idea how to use twitter.

Homemade zamboni is still one of the top searches that leads to my page. Making it to 38 weeks pregnant with twins is also a top search, but most of those are from outside the U.S. I have theories about that, but I will keep them to myself until I have done more research.

Now to the most interesting part. Who in the world reads this blog? The majority of my readers are in the U.S. This is logical since I'm in the U.S. Typically in the past the other top countries have all been English speaking, but not this year. Russia, Ukraine, China, and France round out the top 5. Canada and the United Kingdom come next, which I expected. Then the top 10 is rounded out with Germany, Romania, and Australia. I'm not sure what happened to India, which used to be one of my top countries.

So, please tell me what I can do better? What do you like? What don't you like? Clearly I need to look at my Thursday content more carefully since that's when everyone else is. I know giveaways are helpful and if you know someone who would like to sponsor them, please let me know. I am open to ideas and constructive criticism.

kid photographer

Since I did a post two weeks ago with photos from Sweet Daughter's camera, here is a post with photos from Sweet Son's camera.

Sweet Daughter showing off buttons.

Working on his silly selfies

These made him giggle

His favorites are when he turns the camera upside down. I left it flipped because I know he would correct me otherwise!

Merry Christmas!

It's finally Christmas morning and time to see what's in the stockings! He had asked for a garbage truck and she had asked for a Hello Kitty coloring book. We surprised them both.

The stockings are usually small toys. This year they both got a new card game (She got Top Trumps Wonders Of The World  and he got Top Trumps - Bugs). She got the motorcycle she requested. He got a toy garbage can, hehe.

There's the garbage truck he requested! If you attach the can you can press buttons to make it lift the can up and have it dump into the truck. This was a huge hit.

And there are her coloring books and a Hello Kitty fuse bead set.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

A Tale of Two Beds, part 27

Once again, here are the links to the previous tales. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Frustration, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part22, Part 23, Part 24, Part 25, Part 26.

Yes, this series gets a bonus part this month. This is the version where the goal is to find where they fell asleep. Am I the only one that has to play "find the child" at night?

This is level 1 - easy. He is in the hallway. Where else would he be?

This is level 2 - She is crammed in between the dresser and a wall. Doesn't that look... cozy?

This is the expert level. You can see the bed frame. You can see the mattress. I'll give you a hint, there is no child in this room anywhere.

There he is. Because why would you want to sleep on your bed, mattress, pillow, blanket, etc. Clearly those are building toys not for sleeping.