This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Aunt Jemima®. The opinions and text are all mine. My kids like a hot breakfast but I rarely wake up in time to cook for them before school. On the weekends, before their soccer games, it can also be a mad scramble to get…
Category: Parenting
My blog covers education and children’s books. When I cover parenting issues, it usually contains book recommendations. Parenting topics include academic subjects, summer learning, bullying, special needs, fitness and more.
8 Alcatraz Book List for Kids
My girls visited Alcatraz this past summer and it didn’t freak them out. I wondered if it would. PickyKidPix has been obsessed with psychics and mediums lately and watches Lisa Williams a little too much. It could be that we live in an old house that is NOT haunted but there are certainly stories of…
Allergy Friendly Frozen Treats: Perfectly Free® Desserts
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Incredible Innovations®. The opinions and text are all mine. Does your child have food allergies or do you know someone who does? I know moms who bake special cupcakes and treats to pack for their child when they go to birthday parties. It takes…
Parenting With Purpose from Sleeping Should Be Easy
My blogging friend, Nina Garcia of Sleeping Should Be Easy, has a new book out called Parenting With Purpose! In this practical, eye-opening and action-oriented book, Nina Garcia explains how to use connection to raise well-behaved kids and strengthen your parent-child relationship. You’ll learn: How to diffuse and prevent tantrums and outbursts How to better…
Healthy Living for Our Elders #AgingWell
Aetna recently teamed up with Grandparents.com on a survey to find out what healthy means to more than 5,000 Grandparents.com members. There is a strong focus on connections between the past and the future. Many grandparents these days live with family, with almost one in five respondents reporting that they live with children or other family…
Happy 20th Anniversary to My Husband!
What do we want from love? To be known. To be seen. To be understood. from TEDTalk by Mandy Len Catron Today is my 20th anniversary! Happy anniversary to the love of my life. Twenty years, 3 kids and a dog later, here we are! As my husband always says, “Who would have thunk?” Have…
In Search of The Great Pumpkin
My blogging assignment for The Peanuts Movie delighted my family! We were to go to our favorite UPick farm and search for The Great Pumpkin and anything else that reminded us of The Peanuts Movie which opens November 6th. We enjoyed the New England fall foliage as we drove to Stowe, Massachusetts to Shelburne Farm. We…