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A few months ago, Rachel Vidoni (blogger at East Coast Musings and sister of my friend Megan) sent me a book that she had written called Little Changes. It took me a while to get to reading it because frankly I don’t read nearly as often as I once did. (Let me get sidetracked here [...]
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I love it when the kids wake up early and get started on their own crafty activities (and “paint” their nails with a marker). This weekend, my daughter drew a tiger, an owl and a princess, then handed me a new play clay recipe she found. I whipped up a batch and we made snowmen, [...]
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I had a fun girls weekend with my daughter over the past few days, while the boys were on a Scout camping trip. We started the day yesterday with a big breakfast at Chompie’s (probably the most authentic New York deli in Phoenix) so we weren’t too hungry for lunch. I made “ants on a [...]
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You may have seen the Cinco de Mayo pinata cookies making their rounds on the Internet. These got me thinking — what other kind of food pinata could I make? How about a pinata pie? With frozen pie dough, you can make this little Cinco de Mayo treat in just 10 minutes! Add a sprinkling [...]
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We celebrated our friend Phoebe’s 6th birthday on this beautiful spring morning at a party in the park. Lucky for Phoebe, her mom is Deb the Baker (That’s what I call her, and what I’m trying to talk her into naming her baking business.) and she brought to life Phoebe’s favorite book series, Magic Treehouse. [...]
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Are you wondering what to make for dinner? I hadn’t really thought about it, to be honest. But now that I know it’s National Grilled Cheese Day, I’m inspired! How about this “Muu-Mu” grilled cheese sandwich from Mary Cecchini of the Tillamook marketing team? Want something with a little kick? I recommend the Jalapeno Popper Grilled [...]
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Food & Drink 1 Comment »I read an article the other day about how the “snack-food” industry is exploding. Companies are now coming out with whole lines of snack foods for kids and adults to much on shortly after breakfast. The article said people are now splitting their breakfast into two phases, having a little bite at home, then another [...]
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Do you know about Perler Beads? They’re these tiny pieces of plastic that keep my kids busy for HOURS! Both my 5 year old daughter and 8 year old son will sit together and quietly work on their creations for an unusually long time — sometimes even working together, where one will be the “finder” [...]
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It’s really quite wonderful to enjoy a breakfast made by your neighbors. I had the pleasure of spending Saturday morning with my daughter at Boho Farm and Home, where an already amazing backyard was turned into a marketplace brimming with local vendors selling handmade soaps, furniture, gardening items, freshly made “frites”, hair clips, the ciabatta bread [...]
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I love inventors. There’s always a good story behind their creations. In this case, the inventor of Vortex Color Changing Toothpaste is Dr. Howard Wright, a retired dentist. And color changing toothpaste isn’t the first thing he invented. He also has the patent on a special underwater whistle for scuba divers, which happens to be [...]
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