Top 10 Free Summer Subway Art Printables

June 6, 2013
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I’ve been itching to give a little summer update to the decor in my home since Memorial Day weekend. But “stuff”, as it always does, has gotten in the way, and I haven’t been able to make the time. But finally yesterday, I found some time (while on the train heading into the city) to [...]

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Are You Taking Care of Your Skin?

June 5, 2013
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C’mon friends…. fess up….. Who among us actually makes the time to moisturize every day? (I really should be asking who among us actually takes the time to shower everyday, shouldn’t I?) I mean seriously…. I get up at 5am every day- and by the time I’ve put the kids on the bus at 8:30am- I’ve made [...]

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Great Field Trips for Summer Camp at Home!

June 5, 2013
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Last week I shared with you all of the reasons that my family and I choose to spend our summer doing “summer camp at home” as a family. And I offered links to some posts that I have written on how to plan and organize your camp, how to handle homework and avoid the summer [...]

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Rainbow Loom Birthday Party!

June 4, 2013
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It’s the latest craze for tweens…. the Rainbow Loom. Think of it as a replacement for the Silly Bandz… except that this is both a crafting activity as well as something that you can collect. And my kids are addicted to making them and wearing them! Some of my kids have been getting together for [...]

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Grilled Shrimp with Garlic and Breadcrumbs

June 3, 2013
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I forget just how much my children love seafood, until we are on vacation somewhere down South and go out to dinner at a restaurant that has an “all you can eat” crab legs or shrimp (or both!) special. Then my kids will eat as if I haven’t fed them in days! Seriously, they love [...]

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Links to Love {Ideas from Around the Web}

June 2, 2013
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If you haven’t had a chance to check out my new favorite blog reader- Feedly- you really should! It’s a great way to keep up with what’s going on around the web! (I wrote a post about Feedly a few weeks ago, if you want to get the full scoop on what makes it great!) [...]

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Getting Organized for Vacation with Evernote, and Diets! {Weekly Wrap Up}

June 1, 2013
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I adore Evernote, the notes-taking, notes-saving app that syncs your data to “the cloud” so it is available to you anytime and anywhere…. I really, really do. Which is why I am relying on it to contain all of the thousands of details that I need to keep organized as I am planning my “Great [...]

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Gettin’ the Kids Fashionable for Summer! {Children’s Place Giveaway!}

May 31, 2013
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I was selected for this opportunity and compensated by Coupons.com. The content, high-caliber modeling, and opinions expressed here are all my own (well okay… and that of my kids too!). I’m not a big fan of heading to the mall to do a little summer clothes shopping with my kids. For me, it’s just not how [...]

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Grilled Chicken with Red Pepper Pesto Dip

May 30, 2013
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I love using the grill to prepare chicken…. although it has taken me some time to master the whole “searing the outside while not drying out the inside” or even worse” leaving it raw” thing. And I consider myself a grill-master-in-progress…. as I still feel the need to take the cutting board outside and slice [...]

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How To Have Summer Camp At Home!

May 29, 2013
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For the past 5+ years now, I’ve been holding our own “summer camp at home” that I like to call “Camp Rowley”. Now there’s a few reasons why we take this approach…. for one thing- it would be quite expensive to send 6 kids to summer camp. Any summer camp- even the local town camp [...]

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