Slippery Soup
This site is a taste of our daily adventures as a family. We like to have fun and try new things! I dive into the best deals online for families and kids, create easy kids crafts, share my opinion and...
View ArticleThe Pepper & Her Pups
A stay at home mama to a darling daughter and fur son. Work out guru, craft enthusiast, blogger fanatic, and all around crafty lady.
View ArticleSaveEveryStep – the memories of a family nostalgiaholic
I am a mum & step-mum to 4 kids and Founder of a free family life-stories-on-a-timeline website. I blog about the memories we are making together and the memories I made as a child with my own...
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Free Printable Kids Chore Charts
It’s almost that time of week when I rally an extensive list of chores on my children. I’m all into the free printable kids chore charts these days. They brighten up the process. More than crossing...
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Family Camping – Are You Ready?
Summer is just around the corner and if you’re like me, you’ve got Go Camping on your summer bucket list. Summer Camping in San Fran in the fog Since the last time I remember really camping was before...
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Summer Reading Programs – Barnes & Noble
Summer’s just around the corner and I’m hoping to keep my kids reading. With so many summer reading programs out there – why not sign up for more than one? We’ll sign up at our local library and find...
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I’m Bored
It’s the 5th day of summer and I’ve all ready heard “I’m bored” more than I’d like. I’m putting the smack down on boredom. How, you ask? Well, I’m making it their job, not mine. Here’s my plan of...
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What He Took: A Birth Story by Kelly Grey Carlisle
Maybe your mom is your best friend and maybe she’s not; maybe you never knew her; maybe you imagine something better for you both or lament what never was. Whatever your mom is, take a moment to read...
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Remember When Mom Shot My Cat
My mom shot my cat the summer I was eight. My cat was actually a kitten, a ball of gray fluff that could fit in your hand. One bullet from a .45 and all that was left was a tail tip and four paws....
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You Matter
This weekend was filled with a whole bunch of incredible moments for my family, and in the midst of that, I heard some words that I wanted to share with you. YOU MATTER. I don’t know who’s reading this...
View ArticleNeen Machine
My tagline is Balance and Success Redefined – because we all know that kids can truly change your perspective on life – and the expectations that you set for yourself. I blog about my experiences as a...
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Host a Summer Reading Party – PBSKids and iVillage Summer Reading Challenge
How’s your summer reading going? If you need a boost, why not host a summer reading party? We invited all the Pre-Readers (ages 2-5) in our neighborhood over to be part of the iVillage PBSKids Summer...
View ArticleNASA Curiosity Lands on Mars
Looking for an easy way to get your kids interested in science? Look up! Look out! It’s the NASA Curiosity! The nuclear-powered rover, Curiosity by NASA landed on Mars on Sunday. Check out William...
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Boys Will Be Boys
In March and April, my then-two-year-old got a combined total of 7 stitches, and yesterday, my five-year-old got a cast. I’m feeling like a bad mom. People are constantly saying “Boys will be boys!”...
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The NüRoo Pocket
I got the mail today and was flipping through the Babies”R”Us mailer when on page three I was hit with The NüRoo Pocket. Hmmmmm. Image from nuroobaby.com Let me start with saying that this woman...
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Abortions and Special Needs – Surrogate Offered 10k to Abort Baby
I glanced through my CNN headlines today and came across this video: When I was pregnant with my third, several tests came back that indicated my baby girl could have Down Syndrome. I was quickly...
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Lean In Sheryl Sandberg Says
In high school, Sheryl Sandberg, now the Chief Operating Officer for Facebook, begged her friend on the yearbook staff to not name her “Most Likely to Succeed” because that’s not the girl who gets a...
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April Baby Shower
What if you took all the best of baby showers, the great advice, birth stories, generational bonding, the low down on the must-haves, and yes, even a debate over midwives vs. OBs, without having to...
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April Showers – How Did Your Mom Have a Baby?
These days of OBs, midwives, epidurals, natural, birth plans, hospitals, home births, c-sections, silent births, water births…my goodness the modern birth experience can be almost whatever you choose...
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My Birth Story – A Fresh ‘Do For the Delivery
A girl born in the ’70s in Indianapolis. Third child to a couple who’d left their home state of Utah for graduate school in the midwest, a first job in New York and then a job transfer back to Indy. In...
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