I have been a stay-at-home mom since my youngest was born, now 9 years. Now that the boys are more independent, my husband and I decided it might be a good time to go back to work. I could go back to what I know, being an Air Traffic Controller,…
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Get Your Kids A Leg Up in Sports
I have said it before but it is a requirement in our house that a year round and a seasonal sport be played. Our boys choose baseball as their seasonal sport. My youngest is our “athlete” and can probably succeed in any sport he picks. My oldest used to struggle…
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Make Christmas Even More Magical
Every year since our boys were little, we have gone up to Flagstaff, AZ for the North Pole Experience (NPX) some time right after Thanksgiving or in the month of December. We stay at an Airbnb in town which we love to do as a family. Airbnb’s are the way…
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Ask Early if Your Child Needs Braces
When I was younger, orthodontists did not normally put braces on children until they lost most or all of their baby teeth. Unfortunately, fixing problems after they occured could be painful, lengthy, and costly. Today doctors are much more proactive with choosing to prevent dental problems before they occur. Make…
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The Best Sport to Get Kids into…Swim!
Our house rule is that the kids have to participate in a seasonal sport and additionally a sport or exertion activity year round as well. The boys’ year round sport used to be martial arts which was wonderful but after a break during covid, they weren’t able to get back…
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Ultimate Northern California Road Trip
For fall break, we decided to make the ultimate Northern CA 10 day road trip with some of our best friends. We left on a Friday in early October after school got out and headed to our first stop in Las Vegas. We stayed at our timeshare at Tahiti Village…
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Get Away to See an Old Friend
Life gets busy and it moves fast! We all know that. So try your hardest to live in the now and visit loved ones before too much time passes or it becomes too late. “Next year” always becomes “next year” again if you don’t just make it happen. Human connection…
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Find a Camp Suited for Your Child
We love camps! There are camps of every different topic you can imagine! Camps provide extra enrichment for an otherwise bored or screen-attached child. I’m a huge proponent of keeping kids screen time to a minimum (an hour per school day and two hours per weekend days) and get them…
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Heal Yourself
I feel like I live in an almost constant state of stress and anxiety. I dwell too much on the past and worry too much about the future. At one point, I was continuously having trouble keeping my emotions in check and they would start to come out at the…
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Try the Fastest Growing Sport in America
You likely have heard of pickleball and if you haven’t tried it, you are probably wondering what the hype is. Pickleball, invented in 1965, is a racket or paddle sport in which two players (singles) or four players (doubles) hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball with paddles over a 34-inch-high net until one…