5 Tips To Get the Family Outdoors and Unplugged 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 look like glassy eyed zombies? Are they constantly … [Read more...]
Tips to Plan a Family Game Night
Tips to Plan a Family Game Night is a sponsored post. Thanks for supporting us and the brands we love. Everywhere you look people are glued to their phones and tablets. Children and loved ones constantly hear,"Just a minute" or see distracted heads are buried into connected devices. This is why I am loving the opportunity to share Tips to Plan a Family Game Night. There is nothing that FORCES you … [Read more...]
Tips for Unplugged Play: The Ultimate in Quality Family Time
Like all parents I'm intent on providing my children with every possible recreational opportunity; I've done the kiddie gym, music and movement classes and even splurged on high-tech gadgets and games. And more than ever I am ready to institute these Tips for Unplugged Play: The Ultimate in Quality Family Time. I have had occasional lingering thoughts about instituting more old-fashioned … [Read more...]
How do you nourish your kids hearts and minds?
It's the question that plagues me as a parent... How you nourish your kids hearts and minds? And here's my truth- as a parent- it feels at moments that I may very well be swallowed whole by all the laundry that awaits me , which continues to mound on my son's bed or the never ending dust bunnies that cover every last nook and cranny of my house which scream to be cleaned. And in the face of all … [Read more...]
Scoop Adventures: Make your own Red Velvet Ice Cream #Recipe
In her new book, SCOOP ADVENTURES: THE BEST ICE CREAM OF THE 50 STATES [Page Street Publishing, March 2014, $19.99], ice cream maker and blogger, Lindsay Clendaniel, shares the amazing recipes she picked during her travels across the country sampling ice cream from specialty shops and restaurants for her blog, Scoop Adventures. The 80 deliciously adapted recipes Lindsay discovered were … [Read more...]