One of our absolute favorite snacks around here are smoothies. Smoothies for breakfast, a mid-morning snack, an after school snack—it doesn’t matter the time of day, we love our smoothies. We’ve been known to listen…
It may be frigid and gray outside, but things at Philip’s Academy are quite vibrant and full of energy. Last week, I had the unique opportunity to visit Philip’s Academy, a charter school in Newark,…
Things have been non-stop around here for the past few weeks. There have been a few days, actually, where making lunch for myself was near-impossible due to such a hectic schedule. And as much as…
In case you haven’t heard, apparently, we’re raising a generation of constant snackers. As Wendy Sachs recently wrote in the Huffington Post, “From cleverly packaged organic cookies to crisp 100 Calorie chips, we offer snacks…
Summertime snacks for our family are often synonymous with fresh, ripe fruit and chilled frozen yogurt or ice cream. Actually, with all this heat we’ve been enduring this summer, anything cold sounds good right about…
Jen Rabulan-Bertram is a blogger, editor, contributor and speaker. Jen enjoys writing about lifestyle topics, including toys, technology and travel. Her writing has appeared on outlets such as Today.com, Techlicious, Big City Moms, Healthy Child,…
Last week, I attended my second Mom 2.0 at the Langham in Pasadena, California and learned so much. For those who aren’t familiar, Mom 2.0 is a conference for content creators, many of whom are…
This post is sponsored by Playful Corp. Thank you for supporting NKT. In between sports and activities, we sometimes squeak in some time on the Xbox. Recently, we had the chance to take Super…
We’re a week into the new school year, and so far, so good. Since we’re all about gear and gadgets that make life easier, I thought I’d share just a few favorite lunch box gear…
This is a sponsored post. Thank you for supporting The Next Kid Thing. Before the kids go back to school, I went back to school—Lysol Germ School—to get a crash course on germs. …