We were shopping for curtains at JC Penney’s this week and when we popped down to the kids section there it was. The back to school signs seemed to be flashing like neon lights surrounded by loooooaaaads of supplies, backpacks,…
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30 Awesome Non-Animated Movies for Kids
It was an innocent question from my daughter in the middle of her first week of summer. “Mom, I know it’s not movie night, but can we watch a movie today?” I didn’t even think twice when I replied, “Sure it’s…
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What NOT to Do on an Airplane with Kids
Summer is almost here and most of us are planning those big summer vacations. Mount Rushmore, the beach, maybe even a mountain rafting trip? But before you get there you know what comes first? An airplane. Travel is really…
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15 Sneaky Recipes to Get Kids To Try One New Food
I’ve read probably every post ever written on picky eaters…and tried almost everything. We’ve picked a new color food each week, we’ve cooked together, and we’ve even let our children choose their meals. And through this one new food journey each…
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Why Art Matters
Art is sort of a big deal in our house. Since our first daughter was 22 months old she’s had a crayon in her hand. When Santa brought her an easel for Christmas at age two it was like the…
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Top 5 Tips for Coping with a Threenager
I was pretty surprised that the post I wrote on our threenager was a such hit globally. I didn’t coin the phrase, but was happy to learn that Emylia’s behavior is perfectly normal, and that threenager’s exist in France, Germany, Spain and…
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Teaching Tuesday: Top Winter Reads for Kids
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.[/dropshadowbox] Though the temps are still warm down here in South Florida, with the holidays almost here it feels like it’s time to teach about winter. Our…
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Teaching Tuesday: Pasta Pumpkin Project
It’s time to once again resurrect one of my favorite features….Teaching Tuesday. The holidays seem to always get me in a crafty mood, and this project was simple and fun…my favorite combo. We made this pasta pumpkin project in…
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Frozen Halloween Coloring Page
It’s that time of year where we buy way too much candy and raid Party City for the latest and greatest costumes. Yes Halloween. So while you’re trying to make that DIY Elsa, or convince your little monster to just…
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Things I Never Thought I’d Say – Part 2
I was recently published on Scary Mommy in what I thought was one of my finest blog posts of my budding internet writing career entitled…Things I Never Thought I’d Say. Was it poetic prose? No. Was it uplifting and inspirational? Uhhh…nope….
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