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Visiting a National Park
So why don’t we eliminate the junk food machines from schools and add in a simple 30-minute break for fitness during the school day. Even if it meant extending the school day for 30-minutes, most evidence has shown that allowing kids a break during the school day to burn off stress and energy would result…
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Flexible Spending Accounts Getting Slightly Less Flexible
Something we should all be aware of… lawmakers have changed the way flexible spending accounts are treated in order — they say — to discourage wasteful health care spending at the end of the year. The government will now cap annual contributions to FSAs at $2,500 and consumers will no longer be able to use…
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Good Morning Saturday
Good Morning! The weather today in DC is supposed to be amazing, so I am planning on doing some gardening/mulching and maybe even organizing the garage! Very exciting life! I went for a run outside today because when the weather is this beautiful, it’s a waste to run on a treadmill. I did about 4.5…
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Early Adopters
Ipad was the big star of last night’s Modern Family. The dad, Phil, totally reminds me of my husband Scotty. And 2 quotes really solidified that to me again last nite — Image Credit: Eric McCandless/ABC “Not just that, the iPad comes out on my actual birthday. It’s like Steve Jobs and God got together…
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Getting Kids to Eat More Fruit and Veggies
There are some schools of thought (my Mom) that believe that teenagers should be self-sufficient and be able to prepare their own food. Well, anyone who actually has a teenager knows that is highly unlikely. So, I suck it up and do the 2 minutes of work for them knowing I feel better when they…
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You can have Breakfast for Dinner!
These days going out as a family is so friggin expensive. Even matinee movies are 9 bucks for an adult/7 for kids in the NoVa area. I also heard that they may go up even higher in the near future. That will surely break your bank. Any kind of freebie can help. During the…
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Happy Birthday to my Bea
Happy Birthday to my beautiful Hannah Bea. It’s crazy to think it’s been 8 years since you were born — I am the luckiest Mommy in the world to have you. I don’t know about you but I still can’t believe I am a Mother. Time stopped in my mind sometime in my 20s so…
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Cherry Blossoms have arrived!
My brother is in town from San Fran for a quick weekend visit before heading back to his lovely wife, Janine. So it was a great chance to head onto the WO&D trail for a nice run with him before we started our day. We managed to do about 5 miles in the crisp early…
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Students’ physical fitness associated with academic achievement; organized physical activity linked to lower body fat in girls
Students’ physical fitness associated with academic achievement; organized physical activity linked to lower body fat in girls… “The take-home message from this study is that we want our kids to be fit as long as possible and it will show in their academic performance,” Cottrell said. “But if we can intervene on those children who…
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Kids Bowling Free Offer: All Summer Long
Found this at a great blog I read: Free Technology for Teachers: If you like to bowl with your family and are looking for something to do during the summer inside with AC – this may be a good deal for you. You do have to pre-register and buy a family pass for $24.95 which…