Category: Around The House
Around The House
Modern Mompreneur: Karen Staitman of Good Fortunes Cookie Company Shares Her Recipe for Success
The average person would crack open a fortune cookie in hopes of finding good luck. But Karen Belasco Staitman likes to think bigger than thata lot bigger! Back in 1995, I was a party planner and I had made some gigantic fortune cookies for party invitations, she recalls. One day …
10 Questions: Scrubs’ Christa Miller
Ask Christa Miller her secret to having a great marriage, three lovely children and a thriving career and she’ll give it to you straight: “It’s sleep!”she says, laughing. “I nap!” While sneaking in a few winks sounds like a good idea for any modern mom, clearly, Christa is being …
Cook with Your Kids – the Semi-Homemade Way
Kids love exploring the kitchen almost as much as they love spending time with mom and dad. Heres a great way to combine both: Cook a family meal together! With Sandra Lees Semi-Homemade recipes, which unite already prepared foods with fresh ingredients, your children will learn how to create …
Road Scholars: Teach Your Kids While You’re Driving
Given how much time the average parent spends driving their kids around, its a bit of a surprise that more people arent into carschooling. The concept, the subject of a book published five years ago by homeschooling authority, columnist and author Diane Flynn Keith (www.homefires.com …
The Trash-Free Lunch: Save the Earth One Sandwich at a Time
As we shift gears to back-to-school once again, have you thought about the heap of trash created every day after kids have devoured their school lunches? Its estimated that the average child creates upwards of 60 pounds of trash over the course of a school year. Between single-serve packages and …