Dating My Baby Daddy: An Evening with the Ballet

A night at the ballet is a great date night idea!

One of the things I love about Holidays, is the increase in community events to attend.  I have often laughed but also dreamed of living in a town like Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls where the community looks for reasons to have an over-the-top event and everyone attends.  Sadly, I live in small town Idaho…

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Book Review: Hotwire by Cindy M Hogan

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  Division spy Christy Hadden can’t wait for her latest assignment posing as a student at a prestigious New York City academy and car thief extraordinaire. The best part of the mission is her attractive handler, Jeremy, and her new team. The worst part? The sociopath masquerading as the academy’s most popular guy. But soon…

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Ballerina Fashionista: Tween Holiday Fashion

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As the Holidays are approaching, I often become frantic trying to find the perfect Holiday dress.  In my family, it is customary for the girls to wear new dresses and the boys a new tie to Religious Services on Sunday before Christmas.  Often my new dress will accompany me to Holiday parties, so it is…

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Book Review: Sugar Free Mom

Sugar Free Mom has amazing recipes that contain natural sugars

About the book: Sugar-free no longer equals taste-free! Popular food blogger Brenda Bennett uses natural sweeteners like honey and coconut sugar to create delicious and wholesome recipes that will satisfy even the pickiest of eaters, such as French Toast Sticks, Crock Pot Pulled Pork, and Chocolate Fudge Tart. You and your family will finally enjoy…

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Pocket Change: Pre-New Years Resolution Survey

5 Questions to Ask Yourself before January 1st

Pocket Change: Pre-New Years Resolution Survey 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before January 1st Ready or not, here comes the New Year. Just 19 days away! If you are like me, you aren’t really sure WHAT happened to 2014, or if you really accomplished a whole lot this year. Okay, so my kids are still…

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Dating My Baby Daddy: Jump On It!

Heading to a trampoline gym can be a great date night

If you live in a medium to large sized metropolitan area, you’ve most likely heard of trampoline gyms popping up nearby in the last couple of years. These gyms feature thousands of square footage of trampolines. It is a child’s fantasy land…and mine! We have a couple around us to choose from (in the greater…

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Ballerina Fashionista: How to Style a Maxi Skirt

How to style a maxi skirt so you look stylish and not sloppy.

As a tween, we often want to embrace a trend that we see older girls wearing.  However, our bodies are still in transition to becoming adult bodies and we might find a certain trend doesn’t look right on our in-between bodies.  This is exactly how I feel about the maxi skirt.  They look so cute…

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All I Want For Christmas (With One Day App)

One Day App

My kids are pretty creative. And with all the ‘creative energy’ flowing around here at this time of year my daughter and I were super excited to try out the One Day app to instantly make movies! The One Day app makes it fun to create short movies of your child’s life with a few…

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Windy Winter Appisode #WindyHoliday

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Entertain The Kids Our family just went on a spur of the moment trip to Mexico. We decided on Monday and flew out on Wednesday.  While the packing was easy, the only part of the preparations I was worried about was the entertainment.  A five hour plane ride with a five year old and twin…

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New Music Monday

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I am on the look out for new music to download (again) this week.  Here are two I am currently listening to: Idina Menzel – Holiday Wishes * iTunes : http://bit.ly/IMHolidayWishes * Amazon:  http://bit.ly/IDINAHOLIDAY * YouTube – http://bit.ly/IMHWVID For any broadway fans, or heck, even Frozen fans we all know Idina’s voice and love her….

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Merry Christmas with Stuck on You

Stuck on You is making my Christmas easier this year with these adorable Santa Sacks!

I love Christmas time.  Everything is so magical.  The lights, the reindeer, the smell of peppermint and evergreen.  My favorite spot in my home becomes the corner in my living room where our Christmas tree resides.  I love seeing the presents stacked under the tree, filling up the space until there is none left.  However,…

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Book Review: Paleo Meal Planning on a Budget

Paleo Meal Planning on a Budget

About the book: Take your Paleo diet to the next level with Paleo Meal Planning on a Budget. Elizabeth McGraw’s follow-up book to bestselling Paleo on a Budget features simple, budget-friendly meal prep strategies to accommodate any lifestyle. With over 30 delicious new bonus recipes, including Roasted Garlic Shrimp, Inside Out Burgers, Faux Deviled Eggs,…

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Earthy Outdoor Christmas Tree – Part 2

Beautiful earthy outdoor themed Christmas tree with multiple tutorials - Little Light Design Collective

Here are more tutorials to help you complete your Earthy Outdoor Christmas Tree!  See Part 1 for other tutorials. Step 5: Adding the eye candy.  I like to save all my bigger pieces to add at the end.  That way I can fill in the gaps and layer accordingly. Have you ever come across something…

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