Parenting

#1 Weight Loss Tip for Getting Your Body Back After Baby

Photo Credits Multicultural Breast Health Edmonton

“I finally figured out why losing weight has gotten so much harder as I’ve gotten older!  I was used to breastfeeding every few years to take it all off.”  Kathy Schwarzer (my mother) Let’s assume you’re pregnant right now, and you’re worried about getting you’re figure back postpartum.  I am telling you today that...
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Body Back After Baby – Part 1

Photo Credit osiatynska on Flickr Creative Commons

First of all, I need to admit that I am not – NOT – a supermodel look-a-like.  If you saw me walking down the street your first thought would not be “How does she looks so good?”  It wouldn’t be your fifth thought.  It wouldn’t be a thought that you would ever have. But,...
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Excercise with Kids

family-running-with-soccer-ball credits capilano.com

I am not going to lie.  Something happened inside my brain when I had kids that made me feel like the only way I could excercise was to do it away from them.  In my mind, they needed to be in someones care or sleeping while I went and burned some calories.  I have found...
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Memory Quilts

San Juan Parent

We all have them. You have them. Your partner has them. Your kids have them. We all have those shirts that we have outgrown. We all have those shirts that are stained. We all have those shirts we have loved to death that have the small holes in them. We have the shirts from...
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Learning “No.”

nothankyou

We spend much of our time as parents teaching our children to obey; to obey us, and to obey other adults and authority figures.  But one of the most important lesson we need to teach our children goes in the opposite direction.  It is how to say no.  Learning to obey and developing the...
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Felt Valentines

Felt Valentines

Valentine’s Day is on it’s way! Even though Valentine’s Day is for lovers,  I like to give little gifts to the little loves in my life:  My kids. Here is a quick and easy project that costs less than $1 and will take less than ten minutes to make for your little loves. Felt...
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Move More, Eat Less

red pills with glass bottle

Over the holiday break we made our annual trek to Arizona to stay with my mom. While there I saw the first “bathing suit season is upon us” ad and said to myself, “Already?! It’s only the beginning of January for the love of Pete!” Maybe it does come a little earlier down there...
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Inspired in Virginia: The Seldens Landing Cardinals Care Club

Seldens Landing Cardinals Care Club

Unless you have College Students or Homeschool your kids, most students are back in school as your read this. It is that time at the first of the year that we as parents work to get back into a routine. Spring sports haven’t started yet but I and the kids need more structure in...
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Inspirational Quote

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Dale Carnegie

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