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Teach Your Child Responsibility With Music

Whether or not your child has any artistic inclination at all, it’s never too early to introduce them to the magic of music. Giving your child the tools he or she needs to learn a musical instrument is a fun, affordable way to teach them a number of important...

Babies in the Back Yard: Safety Tips Never to Skip

“Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.” – Thomas Carlyle Summer is practically here and what does summer mean to you? For me and my family, that means backyard fun! From...

What Do You Need For Your New Baby

“If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.” – Erma Bombeck The...

Could Your Child Have Autism?

The statistic is staggering: 1 out of every 88 children is being diagnosed with autism, which means more than one million children in the United States are currently affected by the disorder. The medical costs for families who have a child with autism are...

Chef Mark Bucher Shows Me How To Make Turkey Burgers

Having this blog has generated some neat opportunities over the last 5 years. The latest most interesting one was the chance to interview Chef Mark Bucher about cooking with turkey. I’m not the biggest turkey fan, especially ground turkey. Every time I have...