This is sponsored post One-third of all children in the United States are overweight or obese. As a parent, I want my kids to be healthy by eating a colorful plate full of healthy foods at each meal and getting plenty of exercise, but sometimes I feel like I’m not doing enough. How do we…
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A Frozen Heart Retells Disney’s Frozen for Tweens with Unique Twists (w. giveaway)
A Frozen Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick is a book based off of the love story of Disney’s Frozen. Angled more toward tweens, A Frozen Heart alternates chapters between Anna and Hans’ life. They finally collide when princess Elsa has organized her coronation. Before then, Hans had spent 3 years preparing for this opportunity by winning…
A Class Room Parent’s Guide to Easy Halloween Party Planning
This is a sponsored post Once back to school shopping is done and the kids are settled into the routines of school, I always feel like life should calm down but it never does thanks to the next wave of activities that includes extra curricular activities that come with their own list of parental responsibilities,…
Fisher Price Smart Toy Encourages Imaginative Learning for Preschoolers with a Plush Screen-Free Best Friend
This is a sponsored post Every child needs a best friend who is a good listener, available for epic adventures, has a great imagination, and doesn’t resist hugs. Many kids have favorite stuffed animals who accompany them on all sorts of adventures through the years but the new Fisher Price Smart Toy represents a new…
How to Start Your Morning with the Black + Decker Café Select Dual Brew Coffeemaker (w video review)
This is a sponsored post The morning struggle is real and even though there was a time where I didn’t drink coffee, now I can’t imagine having a cup to start my day. During the week our mornings start an hour earlier now that Emily has started middle school. On the weekends, we love bonding…
6 Shows My Tween Thinks Your Tween Should be Streaming on Netflix #StreamTeam
The ways my kids consume content are far different from the way I watched television at their age. There is no anxiously watching the clock to make sure they’re in front of the TV as their favorite show starts. There’s no frustration over forgetting to set the VCR to record favorite shows when they’re not…
Join Me to Talk Smart Apps for Busy Moms #BTSTech Twitter Party with French Toast (7/23 at 8 pm)
This is a sponsored post The best technology is the kind that helps us become more efficient to streamline our lives and as we think about school starting in just another month, today’s tech can both help and hinder our parenting. Join me and French Toast, America’s most trusted brand of school uniforms, providing quality…
Important Conversations to Have with Your Kids About Instagram
Since Lisa Frame posted The Very Public Side of Private Instagram Accounts on this blog, we’ve received comments expressing reactions ranging from surprise to those saying that this is just another example of the lack of cross platform security that has always existed as data moves fluidly across social networks and sharing tools. The post…
Free PicJoy App Organizes Your iPhone Photos Automatically So You Don’t Have To
This is a sponsored post Yes, you read that right. An PicJoy is an app that organizes all of your photos for you right on your phone. If the clouds just parted and the sun streamed down as you heard a chorus of hallelujah, you heard exactly what I did because digital photo organization is…
How to Keep Biting Bugs Away from Special Summer Events
Having a mosquito-free yard makes me practically forget that the annoying biting insects exist until I’m somewhere else and fighting them off as they leave big angry welts behind. This was this case over the weekend as I sat at our neighborhood pool enjoying the shade of the large trees while swatting at mosquitos as…
