This Zucchini Spaghetti Recipe is one of Four things parents can do to kick start the best year of their children's lives! is a sponsored post. As a new year unfolds there's a mantra we all repeat: I can't believe Fall 2021 is already underway-wasn't it just the beginning of summer vacation?! This year feels so monumental as it has already held a few life-altering … [Read more...]
No one tells you that the hardest part of motherhood is when your kids grow up
I really believed when I was smack in the trenches of arguing with my husband about not wanting him to buy the no-frills diapers- since my kids ALWAYS leaked through them- that once the stage of them being completely dependent on me for their basic needs was done- I'd be in the homestretch. But No one tells you that the hardest part of motherhood is when your kids grow up. I … [Read more...]
20 Things Our Children Need Most and a Weight Watchers Blue Faux Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe – Just 3 Smart Points per sandwich
I'll never forget when my son attended a birthday party and spent quite a bit of time in an arcade where he amassed what seemed like THOUSANDS of tickets. With all those tickets one would assume he'd be able to afford a down-payment on a car-- but what he wanted most was a set of fake fingers. And he actually spent years playing with those fake fingers ( and still does!) Those simple silly … [Read more...]
7 Tips to Pen the PERFECT Letter to your Child At Sleepaway Camp
This is a sponsored post. This summer my son will be in Israel sans any access to a computer or technology for an ENTIRE month. And while I'm thrilled that he will be unplugging of course I know I will miss hearing his voice and reading his texts with his little heart emojis. For this one month only a traditional form of communication will do: a letter. And the truth is it been a … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Get the Family Outdoors and Unplugged
5 Tips To Get the Family Outdoors and Unplugged was written in partnership with Shopstyle Studies show that time spent on entertainment media by today's children averages more than 7 hours a day.* (*Kaiser Family Foundation Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-to 18-Year-Olds.) That's pretty close to every minute a child isn't in school or sleeping! Are your kids starting to … [Read more...]