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Here’s What Would Happen if I Went on Chopped

September 5, 2016 By Lauren

I'm not a good cook, but my son thinks I should be on Chopped. Here's how I see it going down.

This post contains affiliate links. My seven-year-old recently discovered the Food Network show, Chopped. He loves to choose his favorite contestant and watches each round of competition with growing anticipation. Who will be chopped and who will be crowned the victor? Will his favorite contestant win or be forced to leave after creating a sub-par […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Parenting Humor Tagged With: Chopped, cooking, food, humor, television

4 Life Lessons You Won’t Learn from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

October 5, 2015 By Lauren

Are these really the lessons you want to teach your kids?

We were minutes away from the beach when the fog began to roll in. “Uh-oh!” I said to the kids, “It might not be the best day to play in the ocean. I hope the fog doesn’t stick around long.” My three year old piped up from the back seat. “I know what to do! Mickey called […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Parenting Humor Tagged With: educational, funny, humor, kids, learn, lessons, life lessons, mickey, mickey mouse, mickey mouse clubhouse, television, toddlers, TV

4 things that are completely different from when I was a kid

October 11, 2014 By Lauren

Things That are Different

Sometimes I look at my kids sitting in the living room, playing Minecraft on the iPad, and I think back on how much has changed since I was a child. Wouldn’t it be fun to take our kids back to those days, just so they could see, first hand, how different things were? I don’t […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Parenting Humor Tagged With: cell phones, changes, computer, danger, differences, driving, food allergies, growing up, internet, kids, phones, rotary phones, technology, television

Week 23: The cable guy

June 30, 2014 By Lauren

Turning Off TV

If this is your first time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, click here to learn what it’s all about. I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I imagined calling the cable company, telling them we were cancelling our television subscription, and that would be that. Since the approximately 19 bazillion phone […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: bundle, cable guy, cancel, frustration, internet, keeping it real, mbps, migraine, television

Week 21: Kindergarten cop

June 16, 2014 By Lauren

Family Pic

First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to learn what it’s all about. I did it. I survived Eli’s first year of school. I survived him being gone five days a week from 7:30 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. I wasn’t sure I would survive it when […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: graduation, keeping it real, kindergarten, no TV, school, summer vacation, television, TV

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