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Friendsgiving :: Celebrating Our Treasured Friendships
Holiday season is just around the corner, but it’s not the nation’s favorite food holiday that has us day dreaming about mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. This month we’re all about Friendsgiving, a popular take on Thanksgiving when friends come together to celebrate good food and great company. Whether you’re planning a Friendsgiving feast or sticking to your traditional Thanksgiving routine, show your kids why friends are worth being thankful for with some crafts, fun recipes and some Netflix shows and movies that explore lessons about friendship from a few of the greatest duos, including Rory and Lorelai, Charlotte and Wilbur and Bob and Larry, whose all-new Netflix original, “VeggieTales in the…
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Chuck Jones Center for Creativity Thanksgiving Camp
“I believe that all children will learn the joy of drawing if encouraged by ample materials, and love strong enough from their parents–and it must be very strong–to refrain from the well-intended but deadly use of unqualified criticism or excessive praise during the very early, very crucial, very creative years of childhood.” –Chuck Jones Have fun at the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity Camp over Thanksgiving Break: Join the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity Camp the week of Thanksgiving. They have designed a 3-day camp to give kids an array of endeavors such as painting, drawing and music. Yes, the whole gamut of creative adventure! Some fun things the kids will do include:…
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SoCal Getaway for Family Fun: Big Bear
I love the Great Outdoors, and I love giving my children the chance to play in and explore the great gifts Mother Nature has given us. I was born in the mid-west and spent the first six years of my life running barefooted through fields, picking berries from the bushes along the dirt road near my grandparents’ farm, and dipping my toes in the lake. Some of my fondest childhood memories include punching holes in the lids of mason jars and chasing fireflies. Here in Southern California, there are no lightning bugs. And the opportunities for real, natural play are harder to find. There are opportunities, thanks to…
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Ask the Doctor :: How to Get Your Child To Eat More Greens!
Image courtesy of Flickr Ask The Doctor : My child tends to only want to eat a few types of vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower. What are some supplements and/or recipes you would recommend to add more greens to their diet. This can be a very frustrating experience; parents and care givers worry about what their kids eat and don’t eat; however, try to keep in mind a few things: ▪ Kids will not starve themselves ▪ Kids really do not need as much food as we think ▪ Meal time battle will end as kids get older Surrender Most kids eat when they are hungry…
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Musings :: Helping Our Children Navigate Through Life
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Over the past few weeks I have had this conversation with friends about how much do we protect our kids from life’s hardships. I think it is a natural reaction for most to try to shield our kids from the things that will come up in life – teasing on the playground, being excluded from certain groups, first breakups, loss, and everything else in between. I think it is a fine line we walk as parents from protecting our…
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Gifts & Games: A Modern Mom’s Baby Shower
Gifts & Games: A Modern Mom’s Baby Shower With the mood centered around a new life, you’ve already got happy faces surrounded by tons of pastels. But what are some fun games to play during the baby shower and what are worthwhile gifts for the expectant modern mother? It’s All Fun and Games Don’t Say Baby: This game requires not much more than a bunch of old fashioned wooden clothespins and a board announcing the rules. Prop the rules at the entrance to the baby shower, asking everyone to take a pin and wear it. When somebody says the word “baby,” the first person to catch them gets to…