This year, I decided to do skeletons for my Halloween cake pops and somehow that morphed to a zombie graveyard. Here's how I made it... read more
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When my daughter was younger, I spent quite a bit of time at the park. As I watched her play with the other kids and eavesdropped on their conversations, it occurred to me how much they have in common with successful entrepreneurs. Between the spats, bumps and bruises, here are 5 things kids and successful entrepreneurs have in common. They are fearless Fear is a learned emotion. F[...]
My daughter started second grade on Monday, so I am little behind the ball in posting this. But if your kids haven’t started (or even if they have), here a few creative things you can do to help them transition from summer slacker to serious student...read more[...]
Last week was the first week doing the challenge while on vacation. I had to work out of town for the week, so Journey spent the week with family. But she still finished her challenge! Here's a quick week 7 recap...read more[...]
Summer camp is over and we have officially started our month-long vacation (workaction for me) this weekend. So we are taking the challenge on the road! Here's the week 5 recap... read more[...]
So far, Journey has been an architect, an entrepreneur, a playwright, an eco-superhero, an artist and a philanthropist! What’s next? Before you find out, here’s a quick recap of week 5…read more[...]
I can't believe that we are 6 weeks into the challenge already! Next week is Journey's last week of summer camp. Thank goodness I have this to keep her busy. Here's a quick recap of week 4...read more[...]
We are heading into the Super Fun Summer Challenge Week 5! Journey is having a blast and I hope your kids are too. Before I get into next week's challenge, I'll quickly recap week 3. read more[...]
Although my daughter is in summer camp, she still has quite a bit of free time when she gets home. Since she is an only child and I am a WAHM, I can't always play with her as much as she (or I) would like. But I didn't want her plopped in front of the television or bored all summer either. I needed to come up with an exciting way to keep her busy. The Super Fun Summer Challenge was[...]
A few weeks ago, my daughter did a presentation at school with her classmates based on the book Have You Filled A Bucket Today: A Guide To Daily Happiness For Kids. The book is about how we all carry an invisible bucket. There are bucket fillers and bucket dippers. You fill a bucket when you have a positive attitude and help others. You dip into a bucket when you say hurtful th[...]