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Breakfast Smoothies for Kids with BlendJet Portable Blender

Breakfast Smoothies for Kids with BlendJet Portable Blender

September 4, 2024 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

These breakfast smoothies for kids are simple and quick to make. They provide protein and vitamins making a great option in the mornings. Another school year is upon us, which means that mornings are chaos. Trying to pry my kids out of bed and get them ready for school on

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Filed Under: Recipes, Sponsored Work Tagged With: recipes for kids, smoothie recipes

Starting Seeds Indoors with Kids: Mexican Salsa Garden

Starting Seeds Indoors with Kids: Mexican Salsa Garden

March 30, 2020 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

Starting seeds indoors is simple with these few tips and tricks. See how we planted a Mexican salsa garden indoors with kids.  Gardening with kids is one of my favorite Spring activities to do at home. Spring is a season of rebirth and new growth, and starting seeds indoors while

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Filed Under: science, Sponsored Work, Summer

Behind the Scenes with the Medieval Times Knights

Behind the Scenes with the Medieval Times Knights

July 3, 2019 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

The Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament is such a fun family outing! Check out this interview with the Medieval Times knights and what it takes to fight. Have you ever visited Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament with your family? What a fun experience! We had the opportunity to go behind

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Use Facebook Marketplace to Create an Upcycled Present

Use Facebook Marketplace to Create an Upcycled Present

December 17, 2018 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

  This upcycled present took Facebook Marketplace finds and turned them into a wonderful art desk and chair for a present for a little girl. Thank you Facebook Marketplace for sponsoring this post. There’s something for everyone!   My 5-year-old loves creating art and has gotten to the point where

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Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Sponsored Work

Educational Board Games for Competitive or Cooperative Play

Educational Board Games for Competitive or Cooperative Play

October 18, 2018 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

A list of educational board games and card games for both competitive and cooperative play. The list is separated by age for younger and older children.    Board games are a really wonderful way to practice colors, letters, shapes, taking turns, and so much more through play. Educational board games

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Filed Under: Gift Guides, Sponsored Work

3-Ingredient Edible Caramel Slime

3-Ingredient Edible Caramel Slime

October 17, 2018 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This edible caramel slime is made with only 3 ingredients and is perfect for Fall sensory play for babies, toddlers and older children. We love to experiment with different slime recipes. One of our favorite ways to play is to make edible slime so that we can sneak tastes as

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Filed Under: Fall, Sensory, Sponsored Work

Easily Pack a Waste-Free Lunch with These Supplies

Easily Pack a Waste-Free Lunch with These Supplies

August 9, 2018 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

  This is a sponsored post written on behalf of Upparent. All opinions expressed are my own.  Back to school season means lunch-packing season for many moms. After a break from packing lunches over the summer, it can feel hard to be motivated to make healthy and yummy lunches for

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Filed Under: Parenting, Sponsored Work

Busy Mom-Hack for Simple Weeknight Meals

Busy Mom-Hack for Simple Weeknight Meals

July 30, 2018 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

We all need a little bit more time in the day. This simple weeknight meals hack will help you earn back some of that time on those busy family nights.   This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are entirely my

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Filed Under: Parenting, Sponsored Work

A Dinosaur Lunch Kids Will Love + Printable Dino Lunchbox Notes

A Dinosaur Lunch Kids Will Love + Printable Dino Lunchbox Notes

July 24, 2018 By Katie Chiavarone Leave a Comment

This dinosaur lunch uses dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and fun fruit and veggies to create a dinosaur themed bento box lunch for school! Also included are free dinosaur lunchbox notes to print. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. All opinions are entirely

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Filed Under: Parenting, Sponsored Work

Top 5 of Casino Pier & Breakwater Beach + Giveaway

Top 5 of Casino Pier & Breakwater Beach + Giveaway

July 15, 2018 By Katie Chiavarone 2 Comments

Attractions and family activities at Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach in Seaside, NJ. From water slides to rides, see our top 5 must-do’s. *This post is sponsored by Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach. I received vouchers in exchange for this post. All opinions expressed are my own. Summer is synonymous

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Filed Under: Sponsored Work, Tri-State Family Fun

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