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Celebrating our 4-year-old with a simple princess birthday party

We celebrated Karis’s 4th birthday recently with a simple princess party at our house.  I am using Disney’s new Story app to share our photos and video (they have sponsored this post). If you are a scrapbooker – you will love this app for the way it easily organizes your pictures into shareable moments, with caption and MORE »

Do you allow your child to go on sleepovers or playdates?

This month Sarah James and I are taking questions from our readers for our Mama Said series. This week’s question: do you do sleepovers and playdates with classmates?   How about you? Do you allow your child to go on a playdate at the home of someone you don’t know well? Do you do sleepovers? How do MORE »

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Mama Said: Post-school time management

This month Sarah James and I are taking questions from our readers. This week’s question: how do you cope with those crazy hours between school pick-up and bedtime? How do  you cope with the post-school hours? Do you have a routine? How do you handle dinnertime? If you have any questions you would like us to answer MORE »

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Gluten-free Summer Quinoa and Feta Salad

Spring is in the air, and summer is around the corner. We have a couple long-standing traditions that involve outdoor grills and potlucked food.  Being gluten-free, the rolls and pasta salads that permeate these events can be tough, so over the years I’ve come up with an easy, protein-packed salad that is great as a stand-alone meal or as a side dish.

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Much ado about Merida

Last week I was invited to attend the coronation of Merida into the Royal Court at Disney World. I was thrilled to go, but on the very day it was taking place, I was quoted in a Huffington Post article that was critical of Merida’s new makeover. They used a quote in which I described MORE »

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No-Waste DIY Squeezable Yogurt

This summer, I’m hoping to do a bit better about getting my kids out of the house. I’m hoping for a bit more beach time than last year, but one of the challenges is always the daunting task of packing lunches. It’s tempting to rely on pre-packaged foods for such outings, but we are really trying to reduce both our waste and the chemicals and sugar inherent in most packaged foods. This week I attempted to replicate one of my kids’ favorite packaged foods: the squeezable yogurt.