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The Importance of Practicing Fire Drills at Home

“This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. All opinions are 100% mine.” October is Fire Prevention Month and while we have shared some fire safety tips in the past, today we want to talk about the importance of practicing fire drill at home. We will be sharing our Fire Safety and Firefighter Tot School unit soon (just tying up a few things) so be on the lookout for that early next week! As children, we all practiced fire drills at school. Sometimes we knew about them ahead of time and other times they were quite the surprise. As adults, you may experience occasional fire drills at the workplace. It’s important, at all stages of life, to be…

Family Life

Why It’s More than Okay for Mom to Take a Time Out

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Dear Stressed Out Mom, I see you. In fact, there are numerous times during the day that I am you. This business of raising children is tough. And sometimes, our days start out bad and end up worse. Or they might start out great and end up terrible. I get it. I understand that you may be tempted to throw yourself on the floor and participate in your child’s tantrum. I understand that you may want to lock yourself in the closet with a bottle of wine or container of ice cream. I have been there. Maybe you think that you don’t deserve to take a time out. Or that you simply cannot take a time out. Maybe you feel guilty over the very thought….

Money Matters

How Having Healthy Kids Will Help You Save Money

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Raising kids can be expensive. And we may look for any number of ways to save money. For our family that means living a more frugal lifestyle and learning to let go of things here and there. It means living within a budget and making smarter financial decisions. It also means looking for ways to save money whenever possible. Sometimes that’s with our grocery budget or it might be with household bills. For us, it also meant that I would stay at home to cut back on daycare expenses. And while it may work for us, for other families it may make more sense to have both parents working outside of the home. Or, in the case of single parent families, the option just may…

Entertainment

What to Watch on ABC this Christmas Season

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Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. I’m sure that many will say the same and for any number of reasons. I look forward to this time of the year and I am eager to start new traditions and share old traditions with my family. One of the many things that I like to do when it comes to celebrating Christmas, is watching old (and new) movies and television specials. I am one of those people who will watch a movie on TV, even if I already have it on DVD. Did you know that ABC has already announced their 2016 Christmas season line-up? It all kicks off on Black Friday! FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” – In the perennial favorite…

Kids Activities and Crafts

50 Pumpkin Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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We are a family that loves books. And we definitely have our favorite authors and non-seasonal favorites but we also have plenty of holiday and seasonal reads. Around this time of the year, we love to explore apples and pumpkins. Our home library grows a little bit year by year and here are just a few of our favorite pumpkin books for toddlers and preschoolers. We will also be sure to integrate a few of these books into our toddler friendly pumpkin activities. And of course, they’ll come in handy when we start our Halloween stuff! I tried to pick out books that were both general pumpkin themed and some that are more Halloween. Halloween is one of those holidays that I want to approach…

Family Friendly Holidays

Celebrating Everything Apples for SoFab Seasons

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It wasn’t until we moved to New York that I really got to experience all four seasons. Growing up, I was always more of a summer girl but now? Well, I waver between Fall and Winter. Winter because it has my favorite holiday (Christmas) and Fall because there is so much to see and do in New York. We are excited to share with you this collection of amazing apple themed posts from many of our outstanding members here in the Social Fabric community. We know that you will enjoy them and hope that you can create some new fall memories for yourself and the ones you love. DESSERT RECIPES Home and Garden Cafe – Apple Pie Coconut Ice Cream Joy’s Life – Apple…