Category: Family Life
Protecting Kids and Photos on Facebook
If you use Facebook I am sure you or your child’s picture has been tagged and you really wish that it would not be there for everyone to see. This is a new digital world we live in an there are things that we have to deal with as parents that our parents did not. […]
Date Night when is the last time u had one?
Date Night? Do you have them? My husband and I just had an impromptu date night last week and it was great! We were both at the end of a very stressful week and we went out to a nice quite dinner together. All week long we just go through the motions and especially now […]
The days are long, but the years are short
If you are a parent, please stop and watch this short 1-minute video. This was created by Gretchen Rubin who reminds us “The days are long, but the years are short”. This is such a powerful and true statement. I don’t know how you feel but the years seem to fly by. So often we […]
Free Concert at Pottery Barn Kids
Celebrate the Fourth of July with a free concert at Pottery Barn Kids stores featuring the most spectacular performers in children’s entertainment! Summer Sing Along Concerts Performances will be June 28 – 30 from 10am to 10:30 and then again from 11am to 11:30. Check out the full schedule here to see if the location […]
New Car in this Economy?
Today, I took my car in for service and came home with a new car! Yeah I know not the usual service appointment but, in the words of the godfather they made me a offer I couldn’t refuse. My car was just about towards the end of the warranty and all of a sudden started […]
Picnic Food Safety Tips
It’s officially summer, and temperatures are hot throughout the U.S. Summer weekends are synonymous with bbq’s and picnics, but are you taking the recommended precautions to keep your food safe? Microorganisms love to grown in hot weather, and develop quickly. Here are 7 tips to follow when planning to eat outside.
1. Keep perishable food on […]
Family Picnic Tips
Last weekend we were grilling burgers near the beach, and I could not believe how many flies were around. For some reason I thought if we were close to salt water that there would be less pests in South Florida, but that is clearly not the case. The good news is that there are some […]
PBS KIDS Summer Reading Challenge
I just signed my kids up for the PBS KIDS Summer Reading Community Challenge. Today is Day 1 Challenge so its the perfect time to sign up! Receive tips and ideas on ways to keep your kids reading all summer long.
Our day 1 Assignment: Turn reading into a fun social activity — start a summer […]
Kids and Facebook
Consumer Reports recently cited that over 7.5 million of its users are younger than the minimum age of 13 which is required to be on Facebook. Of that number they say 5 million users are under the age of ten which is a very scary statistic. We monitor every thing that our kids do while […]
Kids Bowl Free
Not sure what to do this weekend or during the summer with the kids? Have you heard of the Kids Bowl Free Program? Register for free at http://www.KidsBowlFree.com – Kids Bowl Free provides 2 FREE bowling games every day all summer long to kids at over 950 bowling alley’s from coast to coast and in […]
