By: Stephanie Breedlove, Founder & CEO of Breedlove & Associates This is the time of year when people start thinking about taxes.  For most, the focus is personal income taxes – assembling a pile of documents and receipts in hopes that it will transform itself into a big refund from the IRS. But families with …

I seem prone to prepare veggie dishes more in the summer when the market is open. Something about the fresh vegetables inspire me to mimic that freshness in my cooking. Obviously, we still need a hefty dose of greens and goods in the winter months which is why I’m super in love with this veggie-based …

Flu and cold season are here with no signs of leaving soon, so I thought this would be a good time to share my homemade chicken noodle soup recipe.  I usually make a large batch of chicken stock from scratch and keep it in the freezer for when a little one gets sick.  This weekend …

I make cookies often because my husband eats cookies often. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with him and his cookie habits. I’m sure it will only get worse as my son gets older. I have always loved snicker doodles but sadly I don’t make them as often as I should. This is a fabulous …

After we filmed a few Baby Gizmo videos for American Girl in my daughter’s bedroom a couple months back, we started to get quite a few questions about her bed. While you can’t see the entire bed in the videos, so many people started emailing us and asking us questions about where we got the …

Okay, lets get real. Getting your body back after you’ve just had a baby is really hard work. It can take a long time. But it CAN be done. After I gave birth to my son, I had a really hard time accepting my body for what it was. Nothing looked the same and I …

Remember the scones I mentioned last week when I was reminiscing about my baby shower? Well, I figured your mouth was watering (mine was!) so I whipped up a batch. I so wish I could sit down with you, a scone and a cup of decaf … meeting new mama friends is one of my …

As Superbowl was approaching last week I knew I needed a good dessert to bring to the party we were headed to. It couldn’t be a girly dessert since this was the Superbowl after all. It had to be easy to make because I was swamped planning and pulling off two birthday parties the week before. …

Today I wanted to share my recipe for beautiful and fun Valentine’s Day cupcakes with you all. These are delicious red velvet cupcakes with pink vanilla frosting. I got into the spirit of love by decorating them with red sugar, heart sprinkles, and large conversation hearts. These would be fun to make for your children’s …

Peg Perego has added a new addition to their family of strollers for 2013. The Book Plus Stroller is a reversible seat, full-featured stroller that comes with a stroller chassis, reversible seat with near flat recline, foot muff, rain cover and only weighs a little over 22 lbs. SEAT The Book Plus seat accommodates up …

Acts of Kindness is so important right now. February has always been my favorite month. Maybe it’s because I am a sucker for love and could eat my weight in sweets? Or maybe it’s because my birthday is the day after Valentine’s Day so instead of being sad that the love, cards, and candy are …

Get ready because I’m about to share with you how to cut toddler boy hair and make them the cutest thing ever! We are talking toddler haircuts today! Anyone who knows me…as in really knows me…knows that I’ve been hanging on to my baby’s long locks for a long time. Grandparents have begged me to …