Our family loves food. We love food. We love to make food, talk about food, celebrate with food, and eat food. My kids are food adventurous, and we are basically always up for trying a new things. But we're busy. We're juggling work and school and homework and activities and lessons and church. So finding time for creating healthy meals for our family is not always easy. Add the holidays looming, and life is nuts. Enter: Blue Apron. We had a chance to give Blue Apron … [Read more...]
make easy candy corn dessert with kids (not perfect and still cool)
Halloween's almost here, but candy corn and tons of sweet treats have been in the grocery stores for what seems like weeks now. Cora and I took that Halloween spirit and ran with it, creating our own, easy candy corn desserts. It's always fun to experiment in the kitchen, but when you can let your kids take the lead and use their creativity a bit, it's all the better. We wanted to have something fun and sweet here for when Aunt Katie and Asher visited this past weekend (so fun!), and … [Read more...]
sleepover at the national archives: 3 reasons your family will love it
We did it. We slept at the National Archives. The National Archives Museum in Washington, DC. Slept. In the museum. All night long. With sleeping bags and pillows all bundled up in the famous rotunda. Snoozing near the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. So crazy, right? So fun. The super-cool thing is that there will be more sleepovers at the National Archives in the next few months, and you can go. And? I've got a discount for you for … [Read more...]
mother’s day giveaway: $100 at-home spa kit (& win 20 more gifts for Mom!)
Mother's Day is the ideal time to treat yourself--or your mama--to something relaxing, peaceful, calming. It's a day to celebrate and thank your mom--and your grandma, Nana, great grandma, mother-in-law--any and all those rockstar mother figures in your life. And this year, I'm taking a break from the crafts and cards and homemade gifts for Mom (I'll get to them later, I promise!), and right now I'm thrilled to share a rockin Mother's Day Giveaway Series. Much like the Holiday Giveaway … [Read more...]
kids doing laundry: 3 secrets to success
We are about six weeks into our laundry re-vamp, and things are going well. To be 100% honest, we have had some roadblocks. A traveling weekend here and an activity-filled weekend there forced the laundry job to fall on my shoulders for two consecutive weeks, since I am home eating bon-bons all day. Ha! But aside from that, the kids have pretty much taken over the laundry job. Friends have asked for my secret: They handle the whole laundry, from start … [Read more...]
teach kids to be stain fighters: laundry from start to finish
I've been working with my friends from Whirlpool, sharing what we're doing over here to teach our kids to do the laundry. In just a few short weeks, my kids have become serious Wash Warriors. Laundry is one of their expected chores, from start to finish. And really? It's become one of their favorite chores. This week, we took it a step further and taught Maddy, Owen, and Cora to be Stain Fighters. Especially with rainy, fussy spring here before we … [Read more...]
toy fair recap: melissa & doug booth 2014
Toy Fair was last week in NYC, and it was off the hook. I mean it. Totally looking forward to sharing what I learned, what I saw, and some common themes through the event, but today? I'm sharing my Toy Fair Recap from the Melissa & Doug Booth, 2014. My top five favorites for kids and families from Melissa & Doug. I've worked with Melissa & Doug for years and years now, so I'm always pumped to see what new products they create and how they're growing as a company. It's … [Read more...]
teach your kids how to do laundry: become wash warriors
My kids are learning how to do laundry. And they love it. Love it. No joke. And I want to dance! At 10, 8, and 6 years old, I think it's about time to teach kids how to do laundry. Don't you? Actually, it's more important than we realize that we all teach our kids how to do laundry--and the earlier, the better. There's no reason our kids should head off into the wilds of 'real life' without having mastered this essential skill. And honestly? … [Read more...]
how to keep your family sane during a kitchen renovation
It's been pretty quiet on the blog for the last few weeks, but it's been insanely busy on the home front. We're undergoing a major kitchen renovation. Combining the dining room, craft room (sob!), and kitchen. Breaking down some walls. Opening up the place. Letting some light in, and trying something new. I'll be the first to admit that it hasn't been all that pretty. But there are a few things we've been doing to try to keep our family sane. We're still not … [Read more...]
holiday giveaway: 26 fabulous gifts for women (stuff I totally love)
Holiday giveaway SERIES, I should say. That's right. Twenty-six giveaways, and you'll love each and every one of them. It's a rockstar line-up of 26 bloggers, each of whom is running a giveaway between December 5-17. Sure, it's a break from the learning in the every day norm over here. But because the majority of my readers are women, the majority of whom will be shopping for other women in the next few weeks, and the majority of whom deserve a little something nice for themselves … [Read more...]
elf, the broadway musical: discount tickets and giveaway- baltimore lyric opera house
elf, the broadway musical, is coming to the Baltimore Lyric Opera House next week. And I've got two tickets to give to a teachmama.com reader and a rockin discount code for everyone else. Not in or around the Baltimore area? No sweat. elf the musical is hitting the whole country. It's bound to be near you sometime between now and mid-January. Not hitting your area? Buy elf, the movie. It's a total riot. Not the same as elf: the Broadway musical, but hey--I'm … [Read more...]
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