If you’re planning a day trip with the kids, preparation is vital. Preparing for every eventuality is essential especially if you have tiny tots or young children. Long gone are those days of seeing where the day takes you, as you have different interests and tastes to think about now. Kids can sometimes have a short attention span so keeping everyone in good spirits and eager for adventure is key to having a stress-free time. Ok, so it probably won’t be particularly relaxed, but that’s not to … [Read more...]
Celebrate New Year’s At-Home, In Style w. 48 Worthy Appetizers!
December 31, 2013 by
48 New Year’s Eve-Worthy Appetizers Bringing the right food to a party is important. Whereas a poor appetizer is noticeable — hard to eat with one hand, messy, doesn’t stand up to the test of time — a great appetizer is actually fairly inconspicuous. It will be raved about because it is delicious, but no one should notice the effort it takes to eat it or any lingering sign it was eaten (no stains or crumbs). If the food you bring is unobtrusive, people can focus on how good it tastes and … [Read more...]
Children Sleeping in Car – 10 Tips How to Keep them Awake!
November 8, 2012 by
Keeping your small child on a reliable sleep schedule is challenging enough without any additional complicating factors thrown into the mix. While some parents swear by the power of a long drive to send a child straight to dreamland, others refuse to let their children sleep in the car because they don’t transition well from the car to their bed. A short spin can lull a toddler into sleeping for a few minutes, but also result in him refusing to nap later in the day, or completely not sleep … [Read more...]
BACK TO SCHOOL – Sugar: Sweet Treat or White Death?
September 6, 2011 by
BACK TO SCHOOL - Sweet Treat or White Death? Remember Sugar Blues, the influential 1976 best seller that compared sugar with heroin and blamed its consumption for society's ills? On the back, "before" and "after" photos of author William Difty showed his evolution- from a fat slob with a lecherous smirk to a chisel-chinned Adonis with a thoughtful expression- simply by shaking his sugar addiction. … [Read more...]
