Tag: kids
group name: balancedliving
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January 22, 2009 02:34 AM EST --
Being a SAHM to 4 young children is hard! I do not have the money to pay a babysitter to go do anything alone, nor can I afford buying healthy foods to test out for my family of 6. I am an old fashioned . . .
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June 13, 2008 02:18 PM EDT --
We refer back to it, now, as the day the toaster pastries died.
Oh, I'd always been a proponent of healthful family meals; heck, we sat down to dinner together every night, even back when my youngest . . .
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July 14, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
As anyone with a couple of busy kids knows, every so often there's a morning when they need to be fed in a hurry. Murphy's Law dictates that these times often coincide with the times when said . . .
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June 30, 2008 03:25 PM EDT --
When it comes to throwing a party or cooking a great dinner, I have no worries. Breakfast, on the other hand, is where I stumble. Do I know how to make breakfast? Absolutely. We had a to-die-for Crème . . .
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June 09, 2008 05:52 PM EDT --
The Centers for Disease Control has just reported the good news that the incidence of childhood obesity, which had risen sharply in the last three decades, may be starting to level off. Researchers aren't . . .
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June 30, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
Does your child have a green thumb? This month in Parenting , join your host Chef Jill as she provides you and your children with tips for cooking up delicious and healthy meals with fresh fruits and . . .
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August 07, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
A healthy breakfast for my kids has always been a top priority of mine. One of their favorite breakfasts of all time is fruit and oatmeal. Not only is it healthy but it's so . . .
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August 28, 2008 10:06 AM EDT --
Recently, I asked my sons what their favorite meal of the day was. "Breakfast," my eight-year-old said dreamily. I know it's not because he's a morning person (he's not), so . . .
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December 24, 2008 10:33 AM EST --
No matter what you celebrate this time of year – Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, Solstice – chances are you will find yourself, one morning soon, with a house full of kids who don't have to go to school . . .
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May 05, 2008 08:51 AM EDT --
The problem with being the Nikon-wielding parent is out of eight thousand and one digitally captured moments of your family, almost none include YOU. And the problem with being less than confident in . . .
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December 19, 2008 05:20 PM EST --
As a mom, I think it's very important that I teach my kids from a very young age to be active and healthy! I've struggled in the past and I know just hoe important that type of lifestyle is! By . . .
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May 16, 2008 12:10 AM EDT --
I've written about the workouts I've been doing since I embarked upon Operation Lose the Baby Weight (side note: can someone tell me whether or not Elizabeth Hasselbeck had her belly surgically . . .
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August 21, 2008 03:08 PM EDT --
Here's something you should know about me: I'm good at making healthy food choices (today I came home from the grocery with fresh organic produce, whole grain bread, and all natural peanut butter, . . .
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July 31, 2009 06:52 AM EDT --
I just donated 11 inches of my hair to Locks of Love. If you have 10 inches or more of hair to donate please consider Locks of Love or Wigs for Kids. You can find out more by going to their . . .
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December 22, 2008 05:30 PM EST --
These photos were taken on 12/18. I bundled up the kids so they could play while I shoveled a path from the house to the pickup! We've gotten an additional 18 - 20" since these photos . . .
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August 19, 2009 02:43 PM EDT --
When I started working from home it became necessary to come up with quick and healthy lunches that both my 2-year old and I would enjoy. I did not want to become reliant on packaged lunches . . .
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December 24, 2008 01:01 PM EST --
I love Thanksgiving. I used to say it was one of my top four favorite holidays, right up there with Valentine’s Day, Christmas Eve and Halloween, b ut who am I kidding? I love ‘em all. Holiday, . . .
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July 31, 2008 12:54 PM EDT --
I live in a house of picky eaters. My eight-year-old son has sensory issues and will eat only a limited number of things (plain chicken, plain noodles, peanut butter and honey). My husband, . . .
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August 19, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
One of the best tips I ever heard for how to have a good morning was this: Have a great evening beforehand. It’s true, isn’t it? When you go to bed cranky, you wake up cranky. When you go to bed happy, . . .
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April 09, 2009 06:49 AM EDT --
Poverty has really been an issue here in our country and everyday the situation just gets worst with no one to help these people. It even came to the extent where kids are even sent out by their parents . . .
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