I’m a mom on a mission to help other families get dangerous chemicals out of their lives. Every single day more of us are learning about the thousands of poorly-studied chemicals in our air, water, food, furniture, and personal care products. Over 80,000 synthetic chemicals are in use right now, only a few hundred of…
I have fond childhood memories making a hearty beef and veggie stew recipe in a vintage brown rectangular pot on our metal fireplace. Its aroma would fill the room long before it filled our tummies and was just a tasty and nutritious meal I remember sharing on cold, blustery days. Now with my own young…
My toddler is particularly partial to a bread sandwich. With a side of bread. And many parents find they’re faced with a toddler who won’t eat. I think we all agree that parenting toddlers is an interesting time. One of the greatest trials that we face as parents is feeding our toddlers, preschoolers, and even young…
This post brought to you by New England Coffee. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Kara Carrero. The sweet aroma of coffee, the crisp sensation of mint, and a steamy spa day. Sounds like a dream come true, right? It is and it doesn’t even have to take a ton of effort….
I remember my oldest’s first Christmas and thinking about all the things our family could do to make the time more meaningful. And I started dreaming those nostalgic and magical dreams of creating our own family traditions that the kids would remember and love. It led me to search for ways to instill family time,…
Travel is in my blood. A home base keeps me sane, but regularly leaving that home base and striking out into the unknown makes my heart happy, and keeps my wanderlust in check. I want to see everything there is to see in this world, and while I’d be fine with doing it on my…
Last week out family had plans that fell through and when we mentioned this to our 4-year-old happily declared “That’s ok. You don’t have to apologize to me. I understand.” I sat there in a little bit of disbelief, expecting to have to squash the meltdowns and fires that I just knew would burst onto the…
Scrolling through my social media feed I see angry people daily. Threats to “unfriend me if you believe in…”, “I will delete you if you…”, or “I just lost 20 friends because of my last post” and bright red emojis that look like they’re going to pop litter comments on every thread. But friends, aren’t…
Switching between 7 different news stations and rotating through trying to make what I could of the numbers, I stayed up until 3am watching the 2016 presidential election unfold in real time in some sort of twilight zone that no side predicted. Personally, I did not feel like I had a horse in this race,…
Planning a trip to Orlando even with little kids sometime soon but feeling overwhelmed? Get the inside scoop on everything you need to know before visiting LEGOLAND and even some of the other parks and attractions in the area. We went to LEGOLAND recently with our 4 and almost 2 year old and had a…
This post brought to you by LastPass. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Kara Carrero. A young toddler wielding a liquid in the living room by an open laptop. It’s not a modern twist to the game CLUE, rather, it’s the start of the story of the demise of my first MacBook….
My oldest daughter could build and tinker forever. I mean, she loves to build with blocks. But blocks get old. And there is so much more that can be created than a basic tower with a few special and unique building toys, which is why this year we started expanding our toy library to really tap…