Fall: Family, Fun – and Green

November 14, 2011

Fall has always been my favorite season: the days shorten, everyone comes in earlier for more time together, the food changes to warmer, more comforting options, and the air simply becomes alive with the feeling of festivities, with a crispness and hint of apples and pumpkins. But in the end, I think maybe I love [...]

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My Brainchild Allows This Little Parent to Stay Home

November 12, 2011

Yesterday I had the honor of being interviewed by my dear friend and fellow mompreneur, Ally Loprete. Ally is the effervescent and inspirational host of This Little Parent Stayed Home, a weekly radio show which encourages coming together as a family unit and using ones own resources to provide for the children in the best [...]

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Chaos in the School Cafeteria: How to Find the Calm

November 7, 2011

  As a feeding therapist who works with children who have difficulty eating in various environments, I often visit kids in their school cafeterias – otherwise known as the school CAFÉ-FEARIA, according to one 7 year old client of mine. Have you ever visited a café-fearia? IMAGINE being a brand new kindergartner, toting your sparkly [...]

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Is a Fresh Lunch More Expensive Than Packaged?

November 1, 2011

MYTH:    Organic, fresh, wholesome, homemade school lunches are more expensive. TRUTH:    Convenient, packaged lunches cost more. I used to think that all organic food was more expensive. My perception of buying organic was that only rich people did that and those who couldn’t afford had to settle for less expensive (read lower quality) ingredients. Who [...]

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Stay Safe and Aware This Halloween

October 27, 2011

Stay Aware: The Halloween “Trick” that will “Treat” you and your family to safety all year long The above pic is from when we all used to Trick-or-Treat together. But this year, Jenny is away in college (I’m leaving next week to visit her for the first time!) Lily will go to a friend’s party [...]

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Bento Bloggers Dish About EasyLunchboxes

October 26, 2011

I was recently invited to join a Facebook group of Bento Bloggers. The group’s description is “Do you make bento meals and blog about it? Or make bento meals and not blog about it? Join your fellow bento makers to share tips, pics, links, and chat!” Obviously, there’s a lot of lunch packing going on [...]

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Piano Player on Glee Gives From his Heart for Donate Life

October 24, 2011

I recently had the pleasure of singing again with my friend – acclaimed composer, arranger and musical director – the wonderful Brad Ellis (also known as the Piano Player on Fox Tv’s Glee). Brad and I have appeared together before, but this time I learned something even more amazing about Brad, outside of his magical [...]

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Most Awesome Lunch Gear Contest and Giveaway

October 18, 2011

This contest is now CLOSED CONGRATS to my TWO winners (as chosen by Random.org): #710 – Teresa, and #341 – Wai-Chee. They have both been notified and will have 48 hours in which to respond, otherwise another winner will be chosen.  Thank you to ALL who entered for your enthusiasm and support. I’m truly humbled. [...]

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Win a Free Custom Poster 18 x 24 from UPrinting

October 14, 2011

This contest is now CLOSED. Congrats to the winner: #14 Melissa Schwarberg! I love shopping online.  What a time saver! And I love when I find companies I can count on. For online printing? UPrinting is one of my faves. I especially love their 5 x 7 greeting cards. I upload my files to them [...]

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Childhood Obesity and one Pediatrician’s Pledge to Make a Difference

October 12, 2011

I read a lot of blogs. A great number of them have to do with kid-food, school lunches, and nutrition. SO often I read posts and comments bemoaning the state of school lunch programs and reminding us that these meals are often the only “nutrition” many children are receiving. Sadly, in many cases, this is [...]

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