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Valentine’s Day Fairy Shakes

This story was contributed by SouthOC Moms Network. Who is ready to celebrate Valentine’s day with a super sweet treat? This Valentine’s Day Fairy Shake will bring smiles to all the kiddos. faces this year. Ingredients: 1 Vanilla Ice Cream Cool Whip Icee or a Slurpee...

Meet McKenzie!

It’s Meet a Mom Monday! Today we’re introducing McKenzie Roman, Chicago mom of 2 sweet daughters, and PR Freelancer! McKenzie wears many hats, but I have been especially inspired by how she gets her daughters involved in her volunteer work (she has so many...

Valentine’s Day Dessert Board!

We love this Valentine’s Day dessert board from our food contributor, CatwithaK Cooks, and think it will for a sweet activity and family-friendly snack. Not only is it colorful and festive, it’s easy to use it as a template and go with any ingredients you have—and...

Super Bowl Peanut Butter Dip!

This easy, no-bake dessert dip from Lynn Lilly, the talented mama behind the Craft Box Girls blog uses basic pantry ingredients like peanut butter, chocolate chips and pretzels. We’ll be making it for the Super Bowl and then again for Valentine’s Day—simply swapping...

Best Winter Weekend – February 6th & 7th

It’s almost Super Bowl Sunday! I truly could care less about the game, but I love any excuse for fun appetizers and snacks. We’re also gearing up for Valentine’s Day around here with lots of crafts & decorations – I can’t get enough!...

Chicken Tortilla Soup from CatwithaK Cooks

A local version of this story originally appeared on New Canaan & Darien Moms. We are thrilled to introduce our new food/recipe contributor, Kathleen (Kat) Ashmore. Kat recently launched the CatwithaK Cooks food blog with a focus on healthy recipes that are...

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