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My mother-in-law made the best apple pie. I’ve always wanted to replicate it for my husband but I can’t make pie crust from scratch to save my life.  It’s okay though, that’s why they make refrigerated pie crusts!

If you surf Pinterest at all, you look at the pictures and go: Mmm good! There’s no fooling me though, I KNOW that my baking or crafting isn’t going to look like the pinned picture, but they inspire me none the less,

There’s no need to hire a maid to clean out your home when it’s time to spring clean (okay, maybe there is, but if you’re like me you won’t so….). Baking soda is a natural, common sense way to clean up small or nasty messes. And at about $1.00 for a one pound box, well it makes common cents in this economy too! Arm & Hammer Baking Soda has some tips for spring cleaning your home.

With CHIMPANZEE opening in theatres this Friday (April 20th), I wanted to share some new amazing materials that I’m sure you can use in your homeschool.

The first is the CHIMPANZEE Family Activity Book which has really fun games, mazes and coloring sheets that also help teach kids about these amazing animals.

So my daughter and I spent yesterday afternoon cleaning out her room.

She’s turning 16 in a week and a half and we felt it was time to let go of some of her “treasures” by finding them another home or filing them under “G” (for garbage).

Many of us are springing outside to start a new exercise routine after the winter. Whether you prefer and evening walk or training for a triathlon, dairy is a great way to fuel your body with energy it needs for your routine. Here are some cool facts to prove it:

• Fuel for an Active Lifestyle

Milk’s nine essential nutrients play an important role in fueling an active lifestyle. Drinking milk can be an ideal way to help the body refuel, rehydrate and recover after a workout.

Funky Barn 3D for the Nintendo 3DS, is a new twist on your standard farming game. Many of us have fed chickens and milked cows on Facebook, but have you ever milked cows with a Milk-o-Matic or collected eggs with a Mobile Egg Collector? True to its name, Funky Barn is ‘funky’, and allows you to complete mundane farm work with interesting and creative machines.

In case you didn’t listen to your mom when you were little “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. And while I’m not the best at making sure my family always gets it; protein is an important part of breakfast, because it keeps you full until the next snack or meal.

If you’re a regular blog reader than you’ll know that a while back I did a review on Silk Fruit&Protein here on my site. Well today I’m going to share a couple of smoothie recipes that I concocted using two of the flavors they offer, Mango Peach and Strawberry Banana.

At the beginning of April, the second installment of Junior Wildlife Champions education program (sponsored by Dawn) was launched. The program aims to guide parents and teachers to help teach Kindergarten through 5th grade students about the issues impacting wildlife.

There are FREE downloadable lesson plans thanks to Dawn, the Marine Mammal Center and International Bird Rescue, so that parents and teachers at home and in the classroom, can discuss the importance of helping to save and protect wildlife. HCM LLC has certified that the lesson plans meet National Science Educations standards for elementary school-aged children.

Guess what new chocolaty Little Debbie treat is hitting the store shelves?

Moist, rich chocolate cakes that are filled with vanilla crème and then covered in chocolate icing? Yes, please! Cocoa Cremes just may be addicting.