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Daily Check lists: Building Healthy Habits – one day at a time.

As a busy mom of 6, you can imagine making sure everyone does all that they need to do, day and night can be a challenge. Right after the launch of TruKid years ago, I realized then, that crea...

The Road Trip Back: Epic Fail Barf-O-Rama!

In part one, the Thanksgiving Road Trip to Arizona, went fantastically well. The kids all packed their stuff and car activities. Many Rainbow Loom bracelets were made and some new weaving techniq...

Travel Packing List for Kids

It is finally here! As promised, here's the travel packing list for kids: downloadable and printable - adorned with cute illustrations and in full colors, perfect for getting your kids ready for th...

Superhero Parenting

I recently read an article about “When did parenting become so difficult” (I possibly butchered that title, but it was something along those lines). It discussed how it seems like these days paren...

TruFamily End of Summer Surfing

It is the end of summer and I had promised my kids a surfing vacation. Well, the summer nearly got by me and I realized we had not gone anywhere fun with the kids…and certainly not surfing. At...

Treat dad this Father's Day

Father’s Day 2013 My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. -Jim Valvano Fathers offer a special kind of love—a love that is firm, complex and unyie...

My kid likes me

My kid likes me. I can’t get over it. I was in bed watching TV with my 8 year old daughter, which is a rare moment. She looked over at me and I just touched her little face and said to her, “...

Parenting Advice Letting Go

Control Issues… Sometimes you just can’t get it all done. These past two weeks have been particularly hectic due to a trade show that we are prepping for this week; where we are launching two ...

An Open Letter to My Sons’ Future Girlfriends

Dear 5-year-old and 12-year-old girls: When you are of proper dating age (which is about 25, in my opinion), my sons are going to know how to behave when they take you on a date. You can go ahe...

Can you do nothing?

I yelled at my kids because my husband and I failed to pay the Comcast bill. I swear I did not get it in the mail (or someone misplaced it) and I know it was not me! That’s right. … As if my five...