Earlier this month, we went to Hershey Park for a family weekend trip. We normally visit Hershey Park during the summer, but weren’t able to make it during the warmer months, so decided to try out the park during the fall season. One of my tips to to save money when we visit Hershey Park, is to stay in a hotel near the park, but not an official Hershey Park hotel….
This is one of those tried-and-true recipes that my mom made for me and my brother when we were younger. She worked full-time and rushed to get dinner made. This is one of those easy recipes where an older child (who knows how to handle raw meat, can step in), so when I came home from school, I’d do my homework, then follow whatever directions my mom had for me to…
It’s Earth Day and it’s a reminder of the many things that we could do to help maintain our mother earth for our children and our children’s children. A simple way to help is by using those reusable plastic bags that you know you have in your closet. If you know that you are going to the grocery store or to the farmer’s market, just pop one into your purse…
Did you know that National Pasta Day is October 17th? Who knew? I mean, seriously, every day is National Pasta Day in my family. It’s easy and quick and you know that your kids are going to love it. For this year’s National Pasta Day, I was invited by Ragu® for a hands-on cooking event where we got to see a demo by Ragu’s Chef Joanne and then was able to put…
We moved into our apartment over seven years ago when we had one daughter and another one on the way. Seven years later, we have a tween and a 7-year old and have accumulated 11 years worth of stuff. Dance trophies, swim medals, Build-a-Bear bears, toys, dolls, stuffed animals, books, books and more books. And everything — I mean everything in between. And it just kept accumulating. We decided to…
It’s October which means you’ve got the back-to-school scramble down, right?! Just in case you don’t, we’ve got a fun #FDLunchHero Twitter Party with our friends at Kidfresh, FreshDirect, Mom a la Mode and The Mama Maven. We want to talk about the tips & tricks you do to get those school lunches made into easy, nutritious and yummy meals so that the lunch boxes come back empty and tummies full!…
I’ve been reading one of my favorite childhood books, Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, and one of my favorite quotes from the book is, “I’m so glad that I live in a world where there are Octobers.” Between the apple & pumpkin picking, shopping for Halloween costumes and baking my favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, October can’t get any better. But it can. J.Jill has launched its Pure…
This past year my oldest daughter learned about the history of our country from the pilgrims and Native Americans; how they survived, flourished and lived. We actually decided to head over to Massachusetts because a family via HomeExchange.com asked if they wanted to exchange our NYC apartment with their vacation home. We happily obliged since we knew it could be an educational trip for our whole family. The large home…
If you are a big fan of BBQ family like ours, you have to visit Hill Country for their Texas-style fresh BBQ and the meat-market style of the restaurant. (You go up to a “butcher” and meats are carved to order and you can ask for as much as you like, say 1/8 lb of brisket, or a 2 sausage links, or a 1/2 lb of chicken.) Then you head…
When my girls were born, over 11 and 7 years ago, we didn’t have the design sense, resources, or Pinterest to really design a beautiful baby girl nursery for them. Kind of sad, I know, but, SERIOUSLY, if we had Pinterest back then, I definitely would’ve done it up! Now you, lucky readers, have an amazing Baby Girl Nursery Design Pin Party to join in, pin and get all the baby…