By: Martianne Stanger Last month, my husband and I attended a Nourishing Hope mini-conference as a part of our National Autism Month focus. While there, we picked up a copy of “Cooking to Heal,” in which I found one of my new favorite recipes for sweet, healthy indulgence: Chocolate Pudding!“Healthy?!”, you might balk. “How can … More My New Favorite Indulgence: Healthy “Chocolate Pudding”
By: Sheila Gaudet One of the highlights of Mother’s Day every year is seeing what creative things their teachers have helped them come up with as a gift. With two kids now “aging” out of the projects that include finger prints crafted into flowers and snowmen, it can get interesting. This year was no different. … More Mother’s Day Poem
By: Martianne Stanger Phone numbers. Directions. Communications with friends. Work memos. Weather reports. Family photo albums. Housekeeping notes. Medical information. Recipes. You name it. I have been without it the past week. Why? Not a flood. Not a fire. Not any catastrophic cause. And not anything fun like a family vacation either. Nope. What threw … More Lifetime Warranty
By: Abby Keane 5. HUG your brother, don’t bodyslam him! (Said nightly at bedtime) 4. Don’t lick the stove! 3. The cat’s tail is NOT a microphone! 2. You are not having any more strawberries until you finish your pizza! (Seriously, the kid is a side dish fiend! Main dish, eh.) And… 1. Don’t squeegee … More Top 5 Things I Never Thought I’d Say to My Kids …
By: Kris Berry Someday I’ll write more about it, but I have been making a switch to a plant-based diet for myself. That means, while my kids and husband are still eating meat and dairy, there’s much less of it in my house. I have been looking around for some delicious and healthy recipes that … More Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
By: Jessica DiRamio Spring is here and like the majority of parents with younger children, I spend many days at my local parks. We have so many in this area to choose from and each of them have my kids’ favorite thing: a spiral slide. It’s the first thing they run to and the last … More Playground Safety
By: Kristen Clifford All my life I have struggled with my weight. Mainly this is because I have never quite figured out how to respect food for what it is…fuel. Since I was a child, I’ve always used food as everything, except for fuel. When I was sad – it was a pick me up, … More Creating Healthy Eating Habits
By: Tanya Pimental My kindergartener loves to learn. I sometimes have to encourage her to just have fun. She asks how to spell things for the books she is writing. The other day she had me write author and illustrator for her to complete her cover page. It amazes me to see her learning to … More Sight Words
By: Kris Berry My husband and I are perplexed. We’re utterly confused. I hope it’s not just us, and in talking with other parents I’m learning it’s not. Why is it that people talk about the terrible twos, but fail to talk about what lies beyond that? Is it so that parents will venture through … More The Terrible Fours?
By: Sheila Gaudet I remember well the days when I could just turn off the television when something “ugly” came on the news and protect my children from the harsh realities of the world. This was particularly true during those six years when I just had my oldest. I could wait until he was in … More Color Blind
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