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A Weekend At America’s #1 Family Resort

We needed a family getaway, and after visiting Woodloch Pines resort during the winter a few years back, we always knew we wanted to return again in warmer weather. We just spent a weekend a Woodloch Resort- recently selected as the #1 family resort in the country by USA TODAY in their Reader’s Choice Awards- […]

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A Day At The Bronx Zoo

My boys love animals, and it has been about three decades since I’ve been to the Bronx Zoo (woah! that is crazy to think about), so we bought a family membership for the year with the plan of seeing all the amazing animals the Bronx Zoo has to offer. We are going to interact with […]

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A Visit to the American Museum of Natural History

And our summer adventures have begun! Raising boys requires parents who can plan fun things to engage them, like visiting the American Museum of Natural History, so in between their superhero battles in the playroom and swimming lessons, they also are tricked into learning a little about the world and nature. Our first Monday of […]

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Caring For A Child With Special Needs

Understanding the Journey Raising a child with special needs presents unique challenges and profound rewards. In the United States, approximately 1 in 6 children aged 3-17 years have one or more developmental disabilities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These conditions range from mild developmental delays to complex disorders requiring lifelong […]

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Turkey and Baked Beans Meatballs

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of BUSH’S Beans. The opinions and text are all mine. Summertime offers wonderful produce, so kitchen time is more fun because everything that comes out is so tasty. Lately, my favorite vegetable is cauliflower, and I rice it as a much more nutritious, healthier alternative […]

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Warm Hearts and Gray Muzzles: How to Care for an Aging Dog

Understanding when your faithful dog companion truly becomes “old” is admittedly a little complex because aging in dogs is quite unique, and it’s vastly different from how people age. It’s like they’re on their own little timeline, which is not so straightforward to align with yours or mine. Fortunately, there’s some good news amidst the […]

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Roasted Brussel Sprouts + Cranberry Quinoa Medley

This post is sponsored by truRoots but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. Mixing it up in the kitchen can lead to tasty results, and after making a Roasted Broccoli + Quinoa Lettuce Cups with TruRoots Roasted Garlic Quinoa and Brown Rice some months back, I wanted to try other flavors as […]

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Luscious Rosa Lasagna Recipe

Family dinner parties are a chance to reconnect and really open up, catch up on what is happening, and just relax together…and I love to be the host of our family parties. And when I’m serving a delicious feast that everyone loves, it’s the best of all. I recently hosted a Tuscany inspired home-cooked dinner […]

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