My favorite family road trip has got to be from this past Summer. During August, my family and I spent two weeks traveling from Atlanta to Florida. We went to Orlando, Jacksonville and several other places in Florida. We spent a lot of time together as a family and really got to ‘hang out’ more [...]
Fabulous Thanksgiving Your Way eBook
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November 8, 2010 By 4 Comments
Here is a fabulous book that the folks at BlogEnergizer posted about. This book has everything you could ever need about Thanksgiving including: Cooking Crafts Decor and more! Check it out here: Thanksgiving Your Way
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It’s Okay to Make Halloween Spooky as Long as It Stays Safe
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October 31, 2010 By 1 Comment
Family-Friendly Decorating and Costume Tricks and Treats to Help Prevent Accidents Before Halloween decorations are hung and costumes are purchased, it is important to recognize the potential safety hazards that October brings. This Halloween, Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the leading product safety organization, is making Halloween safety easy before, during and after Oct. 31. For family-friendly [...]
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Life is Sweet – 10 Years – Pepperidge Farm Milano Moments Help Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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October 21, 2010 By 5 Comments
Today is my ten year wedding anniversary. Yep, that is right. Ten years. My husband and I had a special anniversary dinner planned. The problem? Neither one of us planned for a babysitter. So we decided to schlep all three of kids to the restaurant for a nice, romantic meal. Shouldn’t be too hard, right? [...]
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New Ways to Save Time and Money on Big Holiday Dinners
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October 13, 2010 By 3 Comments
An Easy Meal Planner to Prevent Cooking Burnout 2 WEEKS BEFORE Money Saver! Write down your menu and read recipes carefully: Prepare a shopping list. Making a list ahead of time will save you from spending wastefully on ingredients you don’t need, or purchasing too little and needing to run out again. Money Saver! Bargain [...]
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Don’t Let Halloween Be The Start Of “Fat Season”
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October 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
Nowadays, more than half of all Americans gain several pounds each and every year, unsurprising given that more than two-thirds of Americans are now considered overweight or obese. Fully half of that weight gain occurs during the holidays, starting with Halloween. If an average adult consumes only an extra 150 calories a day – half [...]
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Welcome Fall!
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October 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I love Fall! It is such a fabulous time of year. The weather gets a little cooler although not much here in Georgia but at least those incredibly humid days are gone. It gets darker a little earlier. I get to sleep with the windows open. The kids go back to school (WOOHOO!). County and [...]
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Sight Words Kindergarten and First Graders – Downloadable Exercise Worksheets
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August 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BOB Books from Scholastic shared some great worksheets that your children can do to practice up on their Sight Words.
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American Girl Shine On Now Initiative – I am a Parent Partner #ShineOnNow
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June 28, 2010 By 5 Comments
American Girl has been a part of my family for a while now. I don’t remember American Girl when I was growing up. I was a child in the seventies or at least this was when I would have had an American Girl doll. I didn’t have one. When my son was born, I became [...]
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A Fun Way to Get Kids Active and Playing Backyard Games Again
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May 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Did you know? since 1980, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for children ages 2 – 5 and more than tripled for children ages 6 – 11. Between 1981 and 1997, free playtime among 6 to 8 year olds dropped 25% and homework more than doubled. Since 2005, the amount of time children [...]
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