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Managing Treat Season for Ourselves and Our Kids

October 13, 2016 By Jessica Braider 1 Comment

Managing Treat Season for Ourselves and Our Kids

As much as we may want to live in denial, we are about to enter what I like to call treat season, that time of year from Halloween through New Years when there are seemingly endless supplies of sweet treats. This is a time of year that used to stress me out both because of my own treat consumption and because I felt like I was in a constant state of negotiation with my kids. In the past two years, though, I have not found it nearly as stressful and I wanted to share with you the things that I have done that I think have been helpful, both for myself and for my kids….

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Filed Under: Culture of Food, Dessert, Feeding Kids, Healthy Eating, Life Balance Tagged With: Halloween, healthy eating, holidays, kids, Thanksgiving, treats

Supermom?

October 31, 2013 By Jessica Braider Leave a Comment

Supermom?

I don’t know about you, but I am really, really glad Halloween is finally here! Not because I love trick or treating (which I do). Not because I am excited to see lots of costumes (which is truly my favorite part). Not because I am excited about the candy (which I am and am not at the same time -super confusing). But because I am SO SICK of the preparations for it!

It isn’t really fair to Halloween that I am sick of it, my real problem is that I did it all wrong. I took on way, way too much, given the other pieces of my life that are busy right now (all of them), and also put the preparations off. …

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Halloween, time management

Jessica Braider

Hi! I'm Jessica. I love delicious food that is simple and easy. As a busy mom, I am always on the lookout for ways to make life easier and tastier! Read More…

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