The smell of roasting pumpkin seeds is the second best part of carving Jack o Lanterns for Halloween the first best thing is, of course, carving funny faces into a pumpkin.
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6 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes Ideas
With Halloween around the corner and costumes constantly growing more provocative, maintain your cool mom status and your dignity with some of these creative costume ideas. The best part? You probably have some of this stuff in your house! Gumball Machine
Pumpkin Carving Safety Tips
How much fun are Jack o Lanterns? I love visiting the pumpkin patch, picking out just the right one and deciding what funny face it will become. My little sister was the queen of picking the biggest and heaviest pumpkin in the patch and then lugging it back home. But God love her, shes not the most graceful being and there were more than a few bumps and bruises along the way.
Start Your Morning Right: Healthy Breakfast Recipes
We’ve all heard the saying, “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Getting proper nutrition jump starts your metabolism and helps you keep your energy up through the entire day. Sometimes though, its tough to get your little sleepyheads to eat in the morning. But with a little creativity and some healthy ingredients, you can make sure their little bodies are revved up and ready for a good day. Sunshine Smoothie
Spooky Snacks Your Kids Will Love
Halloween is so close, and your kids are probably champing at the bit to start the celebration. Well, that usually means candy and sweets and more craziness from the kids. Not necessarily. You can surprise them with a wicked cool lunch and rest assured theyre eating well. Spider Pigs Spider Pig, Spider Pig, does whatever a spider pig does like taste great!
“Take 10” Challenge
Every time you turn around, theres another bit of technology you have to keep up with. Keeping up with old friends on Facebook, responding to e-mails, talking on the phone, browsing on Pinterest…. STOP! PUT THE PHONE DOWN! CLOSE YOUR LAPTOP! Take ten minutes and spend some quality time with your little ones.
6 Halloween Costumes You Have Hiding In Your House
With Halloween around the corner and costumes constantly growing more provocative, maintain your cool mom status and your dignity with some of these creative costume ideas. The best part? You probably have some of this stuff in your house!
Getting in the Mood After Kids
You wake up at 5am to a baby crying, but your husband rolls over and continues snoring. With a freshly diapered baby on one hip and a cup of tea in the other hand, you start breakfast, wake up the other kids, get everyone ready for school, get yourself ready for work, and all before six thirty. Your husband strolls into the kitchen looking fresh around seven, gives you a peck on the cheek, and heads off for work. You drop the kids off at school and daycare and spend the next eight hours getting nagged for something a co-worker did. You pick up the kids and head home
Safe Haven: An Interview with Nicholas Sparks
If you’ve read a few Nicholas Sparks’ novels, you may have wondered whether the author has some type of magical formula for creating such compelling stories of romance. (One part of the equation: Good people who fall in love despite their differences, usually in North Carolina.)
On the Set of “Safe Haven”
Did you love The Notebook? If so, your heart is sure to melt when you watch Nicholas Sparks’ new film Safe Haven – which tells the beautiful story of an unlikely romance between a woman with a difficult past and a widowed father of two.