Keeping Halloween Fun For Teens

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Growing up, Halloween seemed simple. You decide on a costume and go trick-or-treating through the neighborhood. Today, with the need to be more aware than ever about where we take our children, there’s some really great options for the entire family to participate in. These often incorporate both traditional Halloween activities (trick-or-treating) as well as [...]

Homemade Granola – Waking up to Omega-3′s

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I always love when a brand gets behind real nutrition for families! I know it seems like all major food brands should be, but alas, that often isn’t the case. Sacrificing nutrition for the sake of cutting costs and “improving” flavor (really?) is what most brands are all about. As you all know I’ve been [...]

The Daily Nursery Rhyme

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Oh so often, through my day to day tasks there’s a certain couple of nursery rhymes that pop into my head. They are striking because typically they go perfectly with what I’ve been doing that day. As I go to and from store, school, etc that lovely nursery rhyme with the piggies going to market [...]

Little Cleaners

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Ok, I will admit it right here and now, teaching kids to clean is not an easy task for most of us. I for one am not good at keeping an upbeat attitude when it comes to cleaning. If i was, I think I’d have a much better chance of having perfectly angelic little children [...]

The Fun Part

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Although I can remember plenty of times when recess was not my favorite thing (I disliked rain, sometimes the games weren’t fair, etc.), the break from the monotony of classroom activities was always so refreshing. My twins (5th and 6th sons) just started Kindergarten. Their first day of school was so exciting they stumbled all [...]

Snippets from Life With Twins

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Here’s a few moments from life this week with our lovely little 5 year old twins Bugs and Monkey… When a 5 year old thinks they are an adult, it’s scary! When two think they are it’s even scarier! But, when the two 5 year olds then proceed to explain to their parents that there [...]