7 Ways to Practice Consciousness with Your Children
Apr03

7 Ways to Practice Consciousness with Your Children

I have always taught my children to be conscious, right from day 1. After all, my own consciousness was awakened when I became pregnant and began taking a really good look at my lifestyle. I spent the time pregnant and their first years learning about which foods benefit us and how to clean our house and our bodies without turning them into a toxic wasteland… I spent their toddler years learning to appreciate all of the little things...

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12 Mother Son Day Trip Ideas
Mar31

12 Mother Son Day Trip Ideas

Spending one-on-one time with each of my children is one of my favorite things about parenting. Recently I posted 12 Mother Daughter Day Trip Ideas so today I want to share our 12 Mother Son Day Trip Ideas with you! 12 Mother Son Day Trip Ideas 1. Museum/Lunch Out Mother Son Day Trip Let your son pick a museum within driving distance, or for littles choose an interactive children’s museum, and you pick the restaurant. Enjoy the museum...

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A Day Trip On The Fillmore Easter Train
Mar25

A Day Trip On The Fillmore Easter Train

My in-laws usually spend the Easter Holiday with us so I am always pressed to find a fun way for all ages to celebrate after our traditional egg hunt and morning activities. I had heard about the Fillmore Easter Train so I looked into it thinking it might be something that grandparents can enjoy with young grandchildren (plus us parents may actually get some time to relax too!). Fillmore is a town that is about an hour north of Malibu...

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The Benefits of Boysenberries & Where To Get Them
Mar17

The Benefits of Boysenberries & Where To Get Them

You know how I am always reminding you to be sure to sample the local foods when traveling, things that you cannot find anywhere else but right where you are at the moment? Well the Boysenberry is one of the local specialties in Buena Park, Southern California that you really don’t want to miss out on. Have you heard of the Boysenberry before? I had, but I never fully knew what they were until I saw that the Knott’s Berry Farm...

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12 Mother Daughter Day Trip Ideas
Mar11

12 Mother Daughter Day Trip Ideas

If you are anything like me, it is Friday before I even realize Monday is over! Time flies fast in the parent life and before you know it our kids will be off to university or work or to travel and we will be on to the next phase of our lives – remembering these good ol’ days! Between play dates, family travel plans, school, work, swimming, tennis, homework… I could go and on… it is hard to find one-on-one time with each child. As a...

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City Moms Pass in LA
Mar08

City Moms Pass in LA

I can remember moving here to Southern California with 2 young children, not knowing a single person. It was both thrilling and terrifying. Kind of the same feeling as visiting a new city with your kids for the first time, except that we would be staying here!! When we were saying goodbye to my children’s pediatrician back east, who also is a family friend, I remember her telling us we would love “The Land of Everything”- what she...

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5 Awesome Family Travel Spring Break Ideas
Mar03

5 Awesome Family Travel Spring Break Ideas

It is almost that time of year again – Spring Break. A week off from school and work before summer but after the holidays. The perfect time to go on a family adventure. I love planning our spring break trips every year. Spring break is different in every school area and occurs during a shoulder season so, if you are wise to them, there are deals to be found everywhere. We have now been taking Spring Break vacations for many years....

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7 Reasons Why Happy Couples Travel Together
Feb28

7 Reasons Why Happy Couples Travel Together

Every year while we were growing up, my parents would take a week-long vacation alone together and a 3-day weekend trip alone together in addition to all of our family trips. I remember always thinking I can’t wait until I have a mate to travel with and why are they going without me?! But the truth is, these trips are a big part of the glue that held our family together. Happy couples travel together and my family is a great example...

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Family Travel: An Airport Scavenger Hunt
Feb23

Family Travel: An Airport Scavenger Hunt

With spring break and summer travel right around the corner, many families are booking flights right now. Whether you book your flights online, like I do, or you speak with an agent, there is always the risk of a long layover or last-minute cancellations leaving you stuck in an airport with kids for a long period of time. I speak from experience when I say that if you are not prepared for this possibility, than it will be a huge...

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7 Ways Happy Couples Manage Their Money
Feb21

7 Ways Happy Couples Manage Their Money

Finances – the number one thing to cause a fight in any marriage, in any country! It doesn’t matter if you have loads of money or none at all, what you do with what you have is sure to cause some friction in even the strongest of marriages. In the early days of our marriage, money was something that we fought over regularly. We both had incomes and strong opinions… need I say more?! When I became pregnant and we decided I would stay...

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