The Tween

Yikes, my Teen has Food Allergies

by Melanie Roberts

Last week, we were a totally normal family, 3 kids, 2 dogs and a bunch of activities and things to do. All that came to a screeching hold on Tuesday when I took my Teen#2 for Allergy testing. We knew he had some kind of issues with eating chicken and so I wanted …

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Monday Meal Plan with Allergies, what a challenge

by Melanie Roberts

in About us, Meal Plan, Recipe, The Tween

It’s Monday and things sure have been crazy at our house. We are getting back into Planning our Meals, week by week. It’s been a while since we did it faithfully, but with us starting a Happy Healthy 2013 motto, this is another step in being Happy and Healthy and keeping our family …

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Replacing our Tighty Whities with #MaLoUnderwear by Mario Lopez in time for back to school #Cbias

by Melanie Roberts

in Collective Bias, The teen, The Tween, Things about ....., things for a Teen

We are in the midst of our back to school shopping and the only thing left on our list was underwear. My boys go to a semi-private school and have very strict rules on Uniform. We can’t buy their uniform at a regular Target or Walmart, no we have a special store that …

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Gooseberry Patch “Fresh From the Farmstand” Cookbook {Review& Giveaway}

by Melanie Roberts

in Book Review, Giveaway, Recipe, The Tween

Fresh from the Farmstand: Recipes to Make the Most of Everyone’s Favorite Fruits & Veggies From Apples to Zucchini, and Other Fresh Picked Farmers’ Market Treats One of our favorite cookbook authors/company has released another wonderful book. We just LOVE LOVE LOVE all of the Gooseberry Patch books and this Farmstand book isn’t any different. [...]

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Blender Bottle Sportmixer {Review & Giveaway}

by Melanie Roberts

in Giveaway, Product Review, The Tween

A few month ago, we got all excited over the Blender Bottle , we still love the original Blender bottle and actually bought a few more to add to our collection for my hubby and the kids; needless to say, we jumped for joy when we found out that Blender Bottle now has a Sportmixer. [...]

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Spring into style with GlassesUSA.com

by Melanie Roberts

in Product Review, The Tween

As some of you may know, my Tween had to get glasses last spring and he adjusted quit well. It was a little adjustment for me, but nothing for him at all. Well, this Spring break he had lost his pair of glasses during a Family Ski trip and neat-less to say I …

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We have some Birthdays …..

August 5, 2011

On your birthday I wish you much pleasure and joy; I hope all of your wishes come true. May each hour and minute be filled with delight, And your birthday be perfect for …

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School is out…. Reading is In…..#SummerReadingSeries

July 6, 2011

My Tween is truly a bookworm and since school has been out for a few weeks now here in Central Florida, reading has been IN; at least with my Tween. He went through a bunch of books already from small chapter books like the Diary of a Wimpy kid to now the bigger books like [...]

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Summer Homework is a chore… get rid of it!!!

July 2, 2011

Hi; I’m the tween and I decided to pop up here and there and interact with my mom’s readers; she always talks highly about you guys…. and after all if you have Tween questions, I’m the one to answer them . I’m here to talk to you about summer school work, well… …

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iPad, Kindle or Nook Color… Did you know?

June 29, 2011

As some of you know, I won the Battle of the Blogs 2010 and my prize was an iPad. I was super excited but honestly had no idea what it will do and how it will work for me. The iPad of course runs anywhere from $500 and up, so not a very cheap toy [...]