5 Favorite Relish! Slow Cooker Recipes [+ Crock Pot Giveaway!]

I recently posted about my love affair with Relish! which is an online menu planning site. It has simplified my life and taken the stress out of the dinner hour, which I never thought possible. You can use the site to search recipes by ingredient, get menu ideas, get freezer recipes, and when you select your weekly menu, it will generate a complete shopping list for you. It’s awesome.

Since school is back in session and time is of the essence these days, Relish! has given me 5 favorite Relish! slow cooker recipes to share with you. Click HERE to download the menu PDF and read to the bottom of the post on how you can enter to win a new crock pot!

On this menu you will find delicious crock pot recipes for…

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Mad Science South Orange County Birthday Parties [+ Giveaway!]

Do you have a little Einstein on your hands? Or perhaps an inquisitive young Marie Curie? Do your kid’s eyes light up when hearing the words slippery slime, bubbling potions, or rocket launch? Then a birthday party with hands on experiments by Mad Science South Orange County might be just what the little scientist ordered! And I have a FREE birthday party to give away in this post (that you can use anytime within a year) so please make sure to read more on the details on how to enter

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10 Ways Parents Can Promote a Healthy Self-Image in their Children

One of my friends, Dr. Lydnsay Elliott, is a clinical psychologist specializing in eating disorders and body image. When she recently emailed me to ask if I would ever like her to write write something for my blog about how parents can help promote a healthy self-image in their children, I almost screamed through the computer, “YES!!”

As a mom raising two girls, it is something I think about a lot.

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Another Jessica Bennett Interiors Tiny Oranges Project: A Little Boy’s Room

This past March I did a post on the extreme accessories makeover that Jessica Bennett Interiors did on my living room. Every single time I walk through my new living room it makes me feel happy.

From this first post, Jessica got lots of inquiries from Tiny Oranges readers also wanting some design assistance. One of these inquiries resulted in a super cute “big boy” room for a soon-to-be big brother of an OC mom in Irvine!

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Camp Spooky at Knott’s Berry Farm

On Saturday my family and I had the opportunity to attend “Snoopy’s Costume Party” in Camp Spooky at Knott’s Berry Farm.

I hadn’t been to Knott’s Berry Farm since probably my sophomore year in high school, which was, um, quite some time ago so I was excited to visit again and take my girls for the first time.

During the weekends in October, Camp Snoopy, the area in Knott’s dedicated to rides for little ones, is transformed into Camp Spooky, a knott so scary way to celebrate Halloween!

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