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One Simple Step for Eating Healthier on a Budget

This post was sponsored by Eat Smart as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. One of my on-going health goals, is to eat healthier. Whether that’s making better overall food choices or making small changes here and there; I want to eat healthy as often as I can. One way that I’ve done this is by replacing one meal per week with a vegetarian or vegan option. I’m not quite ready to make a full commitment, but I’ve also done a little research on it. For example, increasing my intake of superfoods and clean foods. I have to watch what I eat anyway when it comes to processed foods so clean eating has…

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4 Tips for Keeping Kids Healthy When They Go Back to School

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With schools across the country preparing for or already back to school, I wanted to start sharing some more tips with you. We’ve covered quite a few topics already, so today, let’s talk about keeping kids healthy when they go back to school. In fact, I want to share 4 easy tips for a healthy back to school- with thanks to Fidelis Care for sponsoring this conversation. Preparing for back to school means going back to a routine. For many of us, summer is a time of relaxation and taking it easy. But, along with restoring routines and structure; we also want to make sure that our kids are healthy. Of course, this is one of those things that we work on all year- but…

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How to Raise Responsible Kids by Giving them Chores

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We have covered this topic already in our series of posts about raising kids with character. But I wanted to talk about how to raise responsible kids by giving them chores. Now yes, this was already covered (to an extent) in the practical parent’s guide to raising responsible kids. And, to some extent, in our chore ideas for toddlers. So why cover it again? Because I feel that it’s important. We, as parents, just want to do our best when it comes to raising our kids. Some days we feel like we’ve got this all under control, and other days not so much. When you are raising your kids, you want to show them the right way to do things, teach them important life lessons,…

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Budget Friendly Back to School Shopping Tips

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We’ve never really splurged on back to school shopping. Unless it was for school supplies, but that’s to be expected. Still, I wanted to share some budget friendly back to school shopping tips. And with thanks to Boscov’s for sponsoring this conversation, we are thrilled to show you how we’re making the most of our back to school budget. So, I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not the biggest fan of shopping trips. They can be time consuming and sometimes the lines can be really long. I’d much rather shop online, but there are times that I’m willing to venture out. For example, to one of the local malls when I know that a favorite store has a good sale. Boscov’s is getting ready…

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6 Tips for Establishing a Back to School Routine for Kids

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Though some schools have already started, we don’t go back until the first week of September here in New York. Because of that, I wanted to provide some tips for establishing a back to school routine for kids. These tips will hopefully help you and your children with getting back into the mindset of back to school time. Let’s face it, during the summer months children are usually not on a particular schedule. They’ve gotten in the habit of going to bed and getting up later. As back-to-school time nears, however, it’s important to get children back on a school schedule. 6 Tips for Establishing a Back to School Routine Make a list – Make one list per child of everything he or she will…

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Homemade 4 Cheese Mac & Cheese on the Stovetop

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This post was sponsored by Heluva Good! Cheese as part of an Influence Central campaign and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Do you like macaroni and cheese? It’s one of our favorite foods and I’m always looking for new ways to prepare it. And sure, it’s just as easy to buy a boxed mix but why not make it from scratch? I recently tried out a twist on a favorite recipe for a four cheese macaroni and cheese on the stove. And when I say 4 cheese? I mean 4 cheese. It makes for a cheesy but not overwhelmingly cheesy dish that’s ready in less than half an hour. Serve it on the side, for a quick lunch option, or make…