Stop Training Sitters, Put Everyone on the Same Page with By The Book

Every parent will continually be faced with the decision of who they are going to leave their children with when they need a sitter. Many parents have experienced “parent guilt” when leaving their children with a sitter, but there is a great book out that will eliminate any discomforts, doubts, and second thoughts you may have about leaving your children with anyone.

Karen Berg’s By The Book puts parents, their sitter, and their children all on the same page by outlining your child’s daily routine and how they should react to certain circumstances. It is a book full of adorably illustrated pages with the space you need to fill in everything your sitter needs to know about your family and taking care of your children. It comes equipped with pages about how to handle …

Get Your Prom Dresses, Shoes, Tips & More

The warm weather we have been experiencing this past week is an indicator of many things, but to senior students everywhere, it’s the official start of the countdown to prom and graduation.

Prom is most definitely an event that many students have been looking forward to for quite some time; some throughout their entire high school careers. There is a great deal that goes into prom preparation, especially for girls; it takes some girls months to pick out the right dress, but of course that is just the tip of the iceberg. Upon picking out the perfect prom dress, the focus then shifts to finding shoes that match the dress, then hair and makeup. To say the least, prom preparation can be a hectic time.

Not only can the preparation for prom be hectic, but it can also …

Easy Ways to Go Green

There was a lot of talk about going green and saving the planet for Earth Day, but it isn’t just important to make an effort or worse, talk about making an effort for Earth Day; to truly make an impact on the world we live in, we need to continue to talk about the importance of going green far after Earth Day has come and gone.

There are ten easy steps we can take to make our planet a little healthier.

Education
We all know that knowledge is power and when you have all of the facts about what poor shape Mother Nature is in and the threat global warming has over all of us, you have a deeper understanding of what you need to do in order to do your part to help.

Create Awareness
Now that you have spent some time (or a lot of time) researching the …

Taylor Hanson Has a New Gig

Taylor Hanson, the middle brother of the trio Hanson that swept myself and every other female member of my age group up and into super-fandom has just released an album with his new band, Tinted Windows. Tinted Windows is a power-pop group that includes Hanson and also James Iha, formerly of Smashing Pumpkins, Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick. And with this new gig that has already appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and will also open for No Doubt at Bamboozle on May 3, there will be a significant amount of promoting and touring.

But how will Hanson promote and tour with his new band with a wife, Natalie, and their four kids, Ezra, River, …

Win a Weekend Getaway or Week-Long Vacation to Kissimmee

Everyone has heard the saying that the best things in life are free, and now a vacation in Kissimmee could be yours for free, too. Kissimmee is giving away three weekend getaways (3 days, 2 nights) to two lucky winners as well as two week-long vacations to four lucky winners as part of their Kissimmee Freedom Sweepstakes.

This could be a great opportunity to take that family vacation you’ve been saving up for, or a time to take that romantic getaway for two that you’ve been hoping to take with your partner for far too long. This is especially a great opportunity in this economy, when families are worried about saving money and certainly do not have the financial stability to take a vacation.

Kissimmee has everything you need to take the vacation of your dreams. It offers theme parks, great restaurants, shows, and …

Piggy Paint Finally Makes Non-Toxic, Kid-Friendly Nail Polish a Reality

Any parent knows that young children mimic the adults in their lives and that goes double for daughters. If you’re getting a manicure or just lounging around in front of the television painting your nails in the mere vicinity of your daughter, you know it’s a matter of mere moments before they are asking for their nails to be done too.

Understandably, a lot of parents are weary about applying nail polish to the fingernails of their children. Children have a tendency to bite their fingernails and standard nail polishes are loaded with all sorts of chemicals. Definitely not something you want on your children’s fingers!

Piggy Paint has made a safe, water-based, non-toxic, odorless nail polish completely safe for children. I was absolutely thrilled to discover Piggy Paint because we all know what an …