Do Life Right

Having attended Pie Party 2007, I’m thrilled to advertise the 6th annual Pie Party 2008. There will be over 150 pies and they are all vegan (raw, gluten-free, and sugar-free options available)! Amazing! Everyone in my family highly enjoyed the party last year. There were door prizes, raffles, t-shirts and pins […]

Yesterday was Pi Day, one of our favorite days of the year. We ended up making seven pies to celebrate — all vegan, of course: two Chicken-less Pot Pies, one Creamy Strawberry Pie, one Chocolate Pudding Pie, one Blueberry Pie, one Apple Pie, and one Cherry Pie. Here are photographs and recipes of […]

Every parent could benefit from being better connected with their child (no matter the child’s age).  Here are some simple ideas to get you started.

Do something unexpectedly nice for your child that you don’t normally do. Does he love video games so much he barely eats? Make him food and take it to […]

A few years ago, I was feeling guilty that my family doesn’t celebrate a lot of holidays in traditional American ways. Some, we don’t celebrate at all. What was I doing to my kids???
Then, it occurred to me. We do have traditions. They just aren’t the same as everyone else’s. […]

When you are in a difficult situation, your reaction is yours and no one else’s. You own your emotions and you own how you react to them. No other person nor situation in this world makes you act a certain way or say a certain thing. Only you make these decisions. Although […]

It’s Christmas Eve and the stockings are all hung on the DVD-case (hey, we’re modern Americans!) with care and we’re diligently following St. Nick on Norad’s website.
We spent the evening playing our favorite board games, admiring our tree, and just enjoying each other’s company. There are no better memories made than the times we […]

Today we skip, run, jump and play play play Eloise-style. The days are growing longer and Christmas is a mere two days away. The anticipation is throwing off sparks that need a release. Thus, we need to celebrate “Christmas Eve Eve”.
On this very special day, we watch and . We […]

The Solstices and the Equinoxes are some of my favorite days of the year. With the beginning of Winter, I greatly appreciate that the days are now going to be getting longer again. I really don’t like it when it is dark so early (anything before 7PM is early for me). I […]

Inspired by Steve Spangler’s Science “How to Make a Newspaper Tree” experiment, we used an old roll of green paper (was photography background paper, but wrapping paper — or even spray painted newspaper — would have worked better) to create a quick, easy, and portable Christmas tree. It came out so nice, we decided […]

It’s WINTERTIME in Webkinz world. With the holidays full in progress, the Webkinz programmers have brought us a variety of Hanukkah candles, Christmas trees, holiday outfits, candy canes, and even SNOW. Here are a few snapshots of a couple of our Webkinz rooms as we are enjoying this holiday season.