January, 2015 | PTPA | Parent Tested Parent Approved

As a kid I spent my weekends watching my brother play hockey, while my dad coached. I loved hanging out in the stands and cheering him on. My husband had other plans for our son. He wanted to spend the weekends on the slopes. But I put my son in skating lessons anyway, although he really didn’t seem to be…

Being a Mom

New Year’s Resolutions. AKA, How Every January I Set Myself Up For a Mid-February Fail.

PTPAJanuary 9, 2015

Minutes after watching the ball drop, clinking a glass, and putting my children to bed, I hopped on Facebook to wish everyone a Happy New Year, only to see my feed filled up with promises of personal bests for a better 2015. I looked up the history of resolutions, and it seems since this tradition began, people, like me have…

Food & Drink

How to Make Snow Ice Cream

PTPAJanuary 8, 2015

I grew up in Texas and for those that are from Texas, you know that we do not get a lot of snow here and when we do get snow it is normally ice or flutters. When I was growing up, the few times we would get snow, my best memory was when my mom made snow ice cream. She…

Home & Garden

Top 10 Picks: Track 2015 with these Conversation Piece Calendars

PTPAJanuary 7, 2015

1. The perfect calendar for Rocket Scientists and Burger Flippers, $9.99, 2. Stitch the Stars Calendar,$25.00, 3. Month and Day Woodblock Calendar, $68.00, 4. Calendar Stationery Box. $20.00, 5. Chirp Calendar, $22.00, 6. Cubes Perpetual Calendar, $15.00, 7. New York 2015 Calendar, $7.49, 8. 52 Weeks to Christmas, $14.99, 9. Margins Ombre Moon Phases 2015 Calendar, $14.99, 10. Decorative Magnetic Dry…

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New Year, New You!

PTPAJanuary 6, 2015

“New Year, New You.” Isn’t that what they say? I don’t know about you, but I’m really reallllly good at making New Year’s Resolutions, and kinda terrible at keeping them. I’m the same with lists and organization – I have more fun and focus making the lists than actually carrying out all of the to-do items. Well, we can’t be…

Food & Drink

January 4th is National Spaghetti Day! Celebrate With an Easy Kid-Friendly Homemade Crockpot Spaghetti Recipe!

PTPAJanuary 4, 2015

Today is National Spaghetti Day, but really, do we need a holiday for excuse to cozy up to a bowl? To honor the holiday, try our favorite spaghetti recipe. The spaghetti sauce recipe was given to me by DJ’s Italian grandma and best of all, it cooks up in the crockpot! If you’re feeling adventurous, follow our foolproof homemade pasta…

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