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Fall Favorite Dinner Recipe

In Cooking & Crafting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Albertsons. All opinions are mine alone. #AStockUpSale #Albertsons #CollectiveBias Fall Favorite Dinner Recipe This week has already been a whirlwind of busy! My children attend an amazing Charter school. There are so many things I love about this school, but one of the things I really appreciate is their focus on the Performing Arts. …

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Avengers Assemble!

In Parenting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #AvengersUnite #CollectiveBias There is BIG news in the Avengers world this week! On October 2nd, MARVEL’S The Avengers: Age of Ultron is being released to Blu-ray and DVD! Avengers, It’s Time To Assemble! It is no secret that my family are some of …

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Man-Day Post: The Revolution Will Be On YouTube. . .

In Man-day by Jensguy

Welcome to another installment of Man-Day from Jen’s husband, Jen’s Guy. As you may have heard, our family cut the cable. I would like to say that we used that opportunity to throw the TV into the rubbish heap and return our family to a simpler time of family interaction and book reading, never missing video entertainment. blogosferia.blogspot.com No, instead …

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And They Are Off- Fuel Their Adventures

In Cooking & Crafting, Parenting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FuelTheirAdventures and #CollectiveBias And They Are Off! At least that is how it feels in my home. Because from the second my children wake up in the morning to the second they go to bed at night, they are constantly moving. Sometimes their …

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Why Play Matters

In Parenting by Jen

Why Play Matters I was asked to participate in a Blog Hop hosted by my good friend Janine of Encourage Play. All month long bloggers across many different genres have been invited to talk about play, what it means to them and how they encourage play with their own children. Playtime is something I feel very strongly about as a …

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Fall Treats And How To Spoil A Teacher

In Cooking & Crafting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BakeInTheFun and #CollectiveBias Fall Treats And How To Spoil A Teacher This post has been inspired by Fall and very much by great teachers who work tirelessly to inspire and help teach my children. School started for our family at the end of …

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Fill A Hulk Sized Hunger

In Cooking & Crafting, Reviews by Jen

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MARVELSnackBar #CollectiveBias I send my children to school everyday with healthy lunches and also with good for them snacks, but it never fails that the second they walk through the door after school they are ravenous! Starving almost and ready to devour the …

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Celebrating The Good

In Blog Staycation, Blogging by Jen

Celebrating The Good This last weekend was insanely busy! There were birthday parties, movies in the backyard, homemade cheesecake, rain storms, puddle splashing plus a whole heck of a lot of blogging work ALSO went on! Some of you may not know, but I am one one of the Co-hosts for the Blog Staycation. The Blog Staycation is a weekend-long …

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The Secret Life Of Bloggers

In Blogging by Jen

Bloggers are known for their open, honest and realistic posts. We aren’t afraid to look silly or to share some of our most heartfelt concerns and experiences, but bloggers also have secrets. Secrets we don’t share. Until today that is. Because I am going to blow the lid right off some of those blogging secrets you had no idea about! …

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My Little Fighter

In Motherhood, Parenting by Jen

Fourteen years ago I became a mother. This is my shared story of love, loss, strength and September 11th. Mostly it is the beginning of the story for My Little Fighter. Because there are many more stories yet to be written for her. Fourteen years ago I was young and I was pregnant with my first child. It had been …

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Five Reasons Why All Schools Should Have Uniforms

In Beauty & Fashion, Parenting by Jen

Five Reasons Why All Schools Should Have Uniforms Three years ago our family moved to a new school district. I was considering home schooling my children because I wasn’t entirely enamored with our new school district. There was however, a free public/charter school that was within walking distance for our family, but the fact that the children were required to …

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Toddler Shoe Tantrums Solved

In Beauty & Fashion, Reviews by Jen

Toddler Shoe Tantrums Solved My toddler Anneliese is on the petite size of the spectrum. At 2 years old she is finally starting to fit into 18 month clothing! Her petite stature has also posed a bit of a problem when it comes to shoes. Her feet are small, but her enthusiasm, mobility and exuberance for activity are large. This …