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May 31, 2024 Out of the Box Birthday Gift Idea
Sometimes I get stuck on birthday gift ideas. I get into this rut of the same craft kits from Target, that, let’s be honest, are a little bit junky. After Easter I buy these buckets for about $1 each. They come with stickers, so you can personalize each one with the child’s name, or, you […]
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May 30, 2024 Free Books: Summer Reading with Barnes and Noble
I like to keep my kids reading in the summer. We do our local library’s summer reading program, but we also pair it with Barnes and Noble’s Summer reading program. It’s pretty cool if you don’t already know about it – designed for kids in grades 1-6. Children can read ANY eight (8) books this […]
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May 23, 2024 Take Me Out to the WooSox
At the beginning of the season, we decided to take all the boys in our grade (which is only about 16) to a WooSox game with another friend – a joint party. After some back and forth, we decided to rent out the Shaw’s visitors deck. It was a private roped off area that was […]
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June 8, 2021 Any Reason to Celebrate: Keep it Normal For the Kids
This year it has been hard to “keep it normal” for the kids. For instance, we started this year off in a hybrid model for school, where they only met half the class in person and the other half they only saw on the computer. So between last year and this year, we, as a […]
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May 18, 2021 Are You Team Candy Corn? Yea or Nay?
I feel like you either love candy corn or you hate it. There is no in between… For me, I am totally NOT on team candy corn. But they are fun once in a while to use to make crafts. For these cupcakes, it was more about decorating them than what they tasted like. For […]
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May 6, 2021 How Much Screen Time Are Your Kids Getting?
Before the pandemic, we didn’t have any screen time. I’m not saying that to brag. When the kids were at home when the pandemic started, we quickly went from no screen time to a few shows a day. That’s in addition to the time they spent on the computer for classes. At 2, my youngest […]
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April 29, 2021 Driveway Birthday Parties…The New Trend?
Can I be honest for a minute? The one thing I actually don’t mind about the pandemic is that birthday parties have gone away. (EEK, I admitted it!) The BIG ones, the ones where you invite the whole class, you know what I’m talking about. And if you had more than one kid, forget about […]
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April 27, 2021 You Know You’re a Mom When…You Pick Up Your Own Birthday Cake
Finish this sentence: “You know you’re a mom when…” Mine is when you pick up your own birthday cake. Since this was a big birthday for me, I decided to go big or go home. That means, not just one cake, but three. And my husband came through with a cake as well, even if […]
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December 31, 2018 Afternoon at Chestnut Hill Farm
I love fall festivals – and we spent a fun day at Chestnut Hill Farm in Southborough. The afternoon was filled with tractor rides, great live music, pumpkin carving and painting and of course, lots of good food. The chocolate pie (bottom right) was an exceptional dessert – and I picked it up while the […]
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December 19, 2018 An Evening with Xfinity and Amazon
Sponsored Post: I was compensated for this post. As always, all opinions are my own. With little kids at home, I’m pretty tired by 9pm. Ok, let’s be honest, I’m tired by 6pm, but I feel like I need to have some time to unwind and decompress in front of the tv. I can’t even […]
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