Mommy's little helper.
Forget the old cardboard lemonade stand and set your children up with a more chic beverage selling station. Whether mama helps her kiddos peddle the refresher at the pool or out in front of the house, a little extra effort ensures the business will be the best on the block! Take lemons and make lemonade while transforming the task into one slightly more fabulous with these fun items! Read more
There are few sights as sweet as a tot-run lemonade stand! Whether run for charity, or for simple entrepreneurial reasons, the lemonade stand is like a step back in time. On a recent scorching hot afternoon, I came across a group of kids selling the tastiest strawberry lemonade in the middle of a busy intersection. Their innocence and excitement each time a passerby stopped to buy a cup was Read more
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Is it beginning to feel a lot like Spring where you live? If so, chances are, you and your kids are ready to cure your cabin fever and get outside this weekend. Encourage Budding Entrepreneurs: Little ones love to feel in control, and giving them their own business opportunity for the day is a great way to teach basic math, social, and even marketing skills. Start a classic lemonade stand, or Read more
With my own daughter's first birthday rapidly approaching, I've been obsessing over lil girl birthday parties, and so when I found the pink-inspired bash Jamielyn Nye of I Heart Nap Time recently threw for her daughter's first birthday, I fell in serious love. Emmalyn's beautiful birthday party is as girlie as it gets, with a sweet dessert table, the prettiest rose-covered cake, and one seriously Read more
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Now that we're in the trust tree, let me be completely honest with you about something — soda is downright dangerous to drink. Aside from the health risks including bone loss, hypertension, and dental decay, soda drinks like Coke are full of sugar, caramel coloring, high-fructose corn syrup and often leave you thirstier — not exactly the crème de la crème of beverages. Contrary to Read more
The helicopter mom may have been shoved aside by the Tiger Mom this year, but overprotective parents won't be extinct any time soon. It's a big scary world out there and if parents aren't watching over their kids' every move, who will? If these signs sound like you, watch out, you may be hovering in Helicopter Mom territory! You have the cell phone numbers of all of your kids' teachers on Read more
