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Cool Mags and Health Foods
January 12, 2009
As much as I'm an out and about mom in Sacramento, sometimes I realize just how out of the loop I am! For instance, yesterday I revisited www.kidaroundmag.com - my very favorite local publication for moms. They have all kinds of great stuff on there web site - contests, articles, a calendar - you can even read the entire magazine on-line! Anyway, I was cruising their calendar and found a bunch Read more...
Easy, fab kid-friendly gifts!
December 09, 2008
In keeping with my goal to create wonderful and economical gifts this year, I wanted to share a goodie recipe that makes an amazing gift. Basically it is a modified rendition of those cool mason jars that people layer with ingredients for a cookie mix. Instead of going to the hassle of buying all those ingredients, I buy a $1.50 bag of sugar cookie mix. Then I take the cookie out of the mix bag Read more...
Monster Mashed Potatoes and More
November 26, 2008
So tomorrow we are having a very quiet family Thanksgiving. Three adults and two kids - not exactly the rowdy fun Thanksgivings I remember as a kid. While I'm sure my kids will enjoy themselves, I am still battling this gruesome mothers guilt. So in order to defeat the ridiculous guilt, I decided to spice up Thanksgiving for my babies. First off, we voted on a 'Monster Thanksgiving'. Basically Read more...
Pumpkin Pie with your pumpkins
November 13, 2008
To continue with my quest to involve my kids in Thanksgiving festivities (also known as pawning off cooking labor on innocent under-age workers) I have a second great recipe to make with your kids to share today. Ok, it's really original and mysterious - that's a lie - I'll just come clean and admit, it's pumpkin pie. But wait! It's not as silly as it sounds. I have a Read more...
Cooking with the kids
November 12, 2008
Yup, Halloween is barely gone and Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. While it seems to be a holiday that involves much mom labor, dads sitting on the couch and kids running amuck, there are a lot of great ways to create family traditions that include your children in the Thanksgiving traditions. One of my boys' favorite things to do is cook, so I have a list of holiday favorites that are easy Read more...
Halloween Treats & Eats
October 27, 2008
If I haven't mentioned it yet, I love Halloween. It gives me a reason to bid a happy goodbye to the sweetness of summertime and an excuse to dress up in ridiculous costumes with my children. We have many traditions around this holiday, but one of my boys' favorite is Halloween cooking. We make everything from mummy hotdogs to popcorn balls. The three of us have so much fun measuring and Read more...
Part 3: 99 Fun Things To Do
October 17, 2008
Ta-Da! #'s 61 -99 of 99 things to do with your kids in Sacramento ! Read them over, pick one out and have a great weekend! 61. Go garage sale-ing on a Saturday in Midtown 62. Feed baby salmon at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery 63. Take a kid's art class with Monart Roseville or Folsom 64. See 4 th of July fireworks show at Cal Expo 65. Enjoy homemade cake at the Old Time Fiddle Read more...
Party Eats
September 10, 2008
In keeping with my recent birthday party obsession, I thought I'd share with you some of my favorite food secrets for kid's birthday parties. I am an avid hot dog and pizza kind of girl for kid's parties, so you won't find a lot of fancy recipes here cause one or the other of those two will please just about everyone. I have become a big fan of Little Caesar's pizza because Read more...
Little kids, big appetites
September 04, 2008
Since fun in the kitchen seems to be a prevailing favorite with preschoolers, I thought I'd do a little research on local away-from-home cooking opportunities for little ones. Busy Bees Studios in Carmichael offers a program for 3 to 6 year-olds and a parent or caretaker called Smart Chefs: Promoting Preschool Skills Through Cooking. According to the their website, www.busybeesstudios.net , Read more...
Renegade Lunch Lady
August 25, 2008
Now that school is back full-swing I am back to my role as active classroom mom. The volunteer hours, the field trips, the parent meetings they are enough to boggle the mind but I enjoy taking part in my kid's education. With this said, I have a bone to pick with our public school system which is San Juan Unified School District about our cafeteria food. My new first grader asked to buy his Read more...
Farm-fresh kids
August 08, 2008
Oddly enough, my kids love vegetables and won't touch fruit. Ok, that's not entirely true. One will eat grapes and the other will eat strawberries, but other than that they won't touch the stuff. I try to coax them by calling it 'nature's candy' which they simply don't buy. So the other day we were driving through Old Town Folsom and I noticed there was a farmer's market going on. The kids had Read more...
Homemade goodness
July 10, 2008
I come from a long line of bakers. I grew up in the kitchens of both my grandmothers and my mother who produced a bounty of wonderous things out of fresh fruit, sugar, flour and butter. Because they were all practical women they took advantage of the seasons. In the winter we had apple pie and fresh pumpkin bread, in the spring cherry and plum jam. And each summer was accented by endless Read more...
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