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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One New Food – Mashed Potatoes
When I imagined One New Food a few months ago, I was super excited. I thought we had cornered the market on how to banish picky eaters from our homes forever! But usually all good ideas have been done before, and…
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One New Food – Snow Peas
I can’t believe it’s been three weeks since Lauren and I launched our One New Food campaign! It’s been a long week too with back to school, so long in fact that I almost didn’t try this new dinner. But I had…
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One New Food – Teaching Kids to Try New & Healthier Foods
To quote my co-worker and fellow Miami HEAT broadcaster Jason Jackson…IT…IS…TIME. Yes I’m finally doing it folks. I have decided to take back meal times in our home. Call it a food revolution (like Jamie Oliver), call it painful, call…
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