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Happy Halloween! We hope you all don’t have the rain like we do here in Michigan…have a safe and fun Halloween!
Ok, so this week you know your kiddos are going to be bombarded with the sugar rush, right? I’m not against a piece of candy or two, but I also take it on as my responsibility to ensure they are still getting nourishing meals in on special days like Halloween. This year I decided to…
Looking for a last minute fun way to add a little Halloween fun to your kids lunch this Halloween? Then this one’s for you! Super easy! Super cute! And healthier than tossing in some of the Halloween candy you’ve been hiding in the closet! Simply download these FREE Halloween pouch-covers from GoGo squeeZ, print, cut, and…
It’s no secret children’s great imaginations take them places where some can only dream of going. Picture a world with pirates, tricksters, and vegan zombies, roaming schools, parks and gardens in search of legendary adventures. Well, picture it no more, Beasty Buddies are here. We were sent a Bombix hat and plush monster to have…
Halloween is almost here and my kids are super excited. They’ve been begging to do a Halloween craft and my daughter suggested painting pumpkins. Since we hadn’t been to the pumpkin patch yet and I wasn’t in mood to clean up paint mess, I suggested trying one of our favorite crafts Halloween-style : tissue paper…
Earlier this year, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend an event at the American Girl store in downtown Chicago. The funniest thing about it was it was all adult women (ok, maybe a few men). We all walked through the store, dreaming of what magic it would be to bring our children to this…
I am not big on Halloween decorations. My kids are always bugging me to put up spiders and skeletons and scary witches. It’s just not my thing. I haven’t dressed up in an actual Halloween costume since 2004. But my kiddos love every spooky thing Halloween has to offer. So they were super excited to…
This Fall, after we moved to our new house, I went through every single box that we had been stacked in our storage room in our old house. High school, college, post-college, baby moments. All of it. And there was a lot! So, what does one do with all that stuff? Among the boxes of memories…
Since my daughter is not in school yet and just loves that her big brother wears a backpack to school, I had to find her one.  My son carried this LĂ„SSIG to preschool a couple years ago. Your kids will go wild with the LĂ„SSIG Wildlife Collection Mini Backpack. These adorable animal-inspired backpacks are the perfect size…
My kids love a glow stick more than just about anything in the world. Well, glow sticks and flashlights. And maybe cardboard boxes. So when this box of Life+Gear flashlight/glow stick combos arrived just as I was about to leave for a camping weekend with the youth from our church, I had to hide them…
Whether it’s that adventures red head or that hardworking girl from the French Quarter or the small town girl who had a love for books and people, everyone has a favorite Disney Princess. And my girls are no exception. Although that changes quite often because “I just love them all so  much, mom!” (Zoe, 5yrs) If…