Family Life

Make lunch for the week – pack ahead and save time

May 8, 2013

A little planning ahead makes all the difference! Mom of two, Shannon Carino of BentoLunch.net, shows you how: “This is something I’ve been wanting to try for a while, packing lunches on Sunday night for the whole week, and this week, I finally went ahead with it! F&B have a 4 day school week, which [...]

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No more mama bashing, please!

March 21, 2013

OMG. What kind of a mother packs a lunch like this??!!! CHILL everyone… It’s a joke! But hey, feel free to judge if you must. Simply to make me laugh (and I did!), my good friend Lauri Fitzsimmons put together this humorously unsavory meal for her 14 yr. old son (and he totally chowed down), [...]

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Got Parenting Problems? Attend our FREE Positive Parenting Webinar

January 20, 2013

Get Kids to Listen without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling! It’s been a while, but we’re doing it again… My good friend Amy McCready from Positive Parenting Solutions is coming back!  Once again, Amy’s offering her FREE live training webinar in which you’ll… Learn strategies to correct misbehavior, and reclaim the calm voice you had before kids. Discover proven tools for [...]

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7 school lunch packing tips from a mom of 7

January 18, 2013

So I KNOW I’m not the only one who hates is not a fan of making lunches in the morning. And I only have THREE kids. Stacey has SEVEN!!! Four are in school already and it’ll be five this fall… So this smart mom got it all figured out: Stacey gets the kids to help, [...]

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Pack a little Hanukkah inside your lunch box

December 7, 2012

This is a guest post by my friend Sarah of Bentoriffic. – Kelly As early as my daughters could speak and understand a bit of holiday cheer, we began reading books about Hanukkah and playing with dreidels (decorative wooden tops) at our house. I say this because we are a Christian family. My children have [...]

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Cheap and Effective Babyproofing for Chairs and Table Edges

December 3, 2012

My brother Howard is the proud father of a beautiful baby girl named Danica. She’s walking now, but it wasn’t long ago that she was just learning to sit up. She wasn’t always able to hold herself up, and sometimes fell over to the side, or worse, backwards, into chair legs. Now, as a new [...]

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How to remove permanent marker from plastic

October 22, 2012

You won’t believe how easy it is! And I am so amazed at this handy little trick, I wanted to share it with you… So I was packing a lunch for my hubby and wanted to write a note to him on the lid of one of my plastic EasyLunchbox containers. So I grabbed what [...]

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Lunch box Dinners: Preparing for the School Cafeteria

June 19, 2012

Ah summer! Ten weeks of pool parties, picnics and BBQs! Before you know it, it’s mid-August and your little ones will be joining their friends at elementary school, or perhaps all-day kindergarten. For those kids who are about to go to their very first day of school, it also means their very first day in [...]

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Pack lunch boxes for meals and snacks all summer long

June 13, 2012

  School’s Out! I’m DONE with packing lunches until Fall! Isn’t that exciting? I can put those EasyLunchboxes away at the back of the cupboard for a few months. A break from tripping over silicone muffin cups! No more bento picks down the garbage disposal! Give my cookie and sandwich cutters a much-needed vacation! Well, [...]

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A Daughter to be Proud of: Jenny Lester

April 12, 2012

I have 3 daughters. They all make me proud. But only one, so far, has left the safe cocoon of the house she was raised in, venturing her way slowly but surely into the adult world. With no parental helicoptering, our oldest child, Jenny Luisa (her middle name comes from the role I was playing [...]

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