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Easy Scavenger Hunt For Kids With A Twist!

April 12, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

On day three of spring break we had a dentist appointment, I had some stuff do to at home, and I had to teach some swim lessons later in the afternoon, so we didn’t have time for a full-on adventure. But it was super nice out, so I decided to do a scavenger hunt at home with […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Kids' Corner, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: adventure, bickering, cooperation, ferris acres, ice cream, scavenger hung, spring break, vacation, yard

20 Free (Or Mostly Free) Things To Do With Your Kids Over Spring Break

April 9, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

If you are like me, your kids have spring break next week and you are staying at home. If you are also like me, you may be looking for things to do with your kids that won’t cost you an arm and a leg but will keep everyone in your family from killing each other […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers Tagged With: baseball, bikes, Connecticut, CT, farm, frisbee, list, low cost spring break activities for kids, rail trail, soo, spring break, spring break on a budget, spring break staycations, state, staycation, things to do with your kids over Spring Break, UCONN, vacation, zoo

10 Lessons From Vacation To Apply To Your Everyday Life

August 22, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I just got back from a two week vacation in North Carolina. And it was the first vacation since we’ve had kids where I had the opportunity to actually vacate real life. Not for long.  A vacation with kids isn’t exactly a vacation. It’s more of a relocation. But there were no major catastrophes. Nobody […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Travel Tagged With: beach, benefits of simplfying, decluttering, family beach vacations, family vacations, how clutter affects your life, lessons, life lessons, simplifying, ten, vacation

Manifest Destiny

August 19, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Exactly one year ago today my husband had a serious boogie boarding accident while we were on vacation in North Carolina. It was another bullet item on the list of significant setbacks we had experienced in the last four years. There was the bankruptcy. Total knee replacement surgery. Which put my husband out of work. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: destiny, foreclosure, husband, jellyfish, surgery, universe, vacation

Progression of A Photo Shoot

August 18, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

There is a walkway from the condo complex we are staying in to the beach. It’s a beautiful walk through a marsh to the ocean, and it’s the perfect spot for taking pictures. I don’t have a real camera. I just have my phone. But it takes pretty good pictures. So the other day I […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: beach, camera, family portrait, Number 3, Number 4, Number 5, Number 6, Number 7, phone, photo shoot, photographer, pictures, portrait, vacation

If you see me looking particularly cute in the upcoming months, this is why.

August 17, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Something exciting happened to me before I left for vacation… I got my first sponsor! Betsy Boos Boutique. They are a super cute, trendy, fashion forward online clothing boutique, and I genuinely love their stuff. So having them sponsor me means that every month I get to pick out one or two pieces of clothing or […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Betsy Boo's, boutique, clothing, outfit, sponsor, tank top, vacation, wardrobe

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