In the summer many of us let our day-to-day routines slip. As we transition back to reality in the fall and face the return of homework, after-school activities, PTA meetings, and more it can be hard to get back into the swing of things. In particular, finding ways to get dinner on the table can be a real challenge. But it doesn’t have to be! With a little planning and preparatory acts, getting back into
A Note from Jessica: When our new affiliate member, Susan Gale, Publisher at Kidoinfo.com, offered to write a guest post about apple picking and enjoying all that New England has to offer in the fall, I immediately said yes. I’m sure it is because I lived in New England until I was 14 and, therefore, have my own treasured memories of apple picking and leaf peeping that wouldn’t exist without those crisp fall days, but
My family and I just returned from our annual summer trip to Colorado. It is a visit we look forward to every year as a time to slow down, connect with family and friends, and enjoy lots of time outside. This year was particularly meaningful, though, because we had the opportunity to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. To celebrate this momentous occasion, my parents rented a place up the mountains for a week. In
How to Make Easy Snacks Without Cooking For someone who loves food as much as I do, you would think that providing snacks for my kids would come naturally. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Snacks are the food item that I always seem to forget when I am planning out our meals for the week. This has become a bigger and bigger problem as my boys’ appetites have been growing, so this summer I
How to Make Lunch Packing Easier While the focus of my life’s work is on making family dinners easier to plan and prepare, I also have a soft spot of lunch. I have never been and could never be one of those people who “forgets to eat lunch.” I love eating lunch, but packing school lunches for my kids is a whole other story. The daily grind of coming up with ideas, trying to add
