Have you heard of Toopy and Binoo yet? Toopy and Binoo™ is an animated series that follows the adventures of Toopy, a tall, funny and friendly mouse, and his best friend Binoo, a tiny, clever and lovable white cat.  Your children will  laugh out loud as the charming and endearing […]

Toopy and Binoo


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This winter has been a doozy!  Snow, ice, snow and more snow!  It has been a winter wonderland. I am not sure who likes the snow more, the kids or Molly, our dog!  She can pull them through the snow on the sled. It is so funny. We have spent […]

Snow days and quinoa chocolate chip cookies


Our family loves pizza. It is ridiculous how much pizza we consume each month.  No matter what recipe I make, no matter, how I cook it, the pizza we get from a brick oven restaurant always tastes better. Recently I got an email from Williams Sonoma featuring a new product […]

Italian Pizza made at home!



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Yesterday was Take Your Child to the Library day.  If you went to the library yesterday, great job! If not, you still can go another day.  We love the library.  We reserve our books online, and go pick them up as soon as we get the magic email that they […]

Take your child to the Library Day plus a ...


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I attended a preview screening of The Nut Job in 3D this morning along with a 4 year old and two 6 year olds.  We all enjoyed this movie on many different levels. You can see the trailer for the Nut Job here: This is a preview of Real Parents […]

Real Parents Review: The Nut Job


Three of my kids love meat burgers.  Two do not eat burgers at all.  Some nights I am craving a delicious veggie burger and this one hits the spot.  It is full of protein and vegetables.  I usually have it on a bed of lettuce.  You can of course also […]

Veggie Burgers



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I don’t know about you, but I am growing a bit tired of the standard birthday parties.  How many ball pits can you play in?  This weekend Diane’s friend, Sadie, invited her to a Gem Mining Party. Tim the gem man brought his mobile gem truck to Sadie’s house and […]

Sick of Kids Gym birthday parties???


Our dog had so much fun in the snow today.  The kids did a little sledding and the dog went crazy for the snow. What fun to watch! Permanent link to this post

First snowstorm this year


Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. I hope that those of you who are celebrating are enjoying delicious Hanukkah fare. My friend Jane was nice enough to give us an enormous amount of potatoes and 3 dozen eggs so it was time to make the latkes.  This is Jane’s […]

Potato Latkes for the win~



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Today we tried to pretend that it is Fall. Outside it is a sunny 70 degrees, but in my kitchen it is smelling like Fall.  These pumpkin muffins were easily made sugar free with Swerve Sweetener.  This recipe is also free of oil and butter.  I do not feel badly […]

Pumpkin Walnut Muffins with Swerve