Eileen

Eileen
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Eileen has been married to her husband, Eric, an Air Force officer, since 1998. A pharmacist by trade, she worked that gig for ten years until her promotion to full time stay-at-home mom in 2009. Eileen and Eric have one daughter, Little E, who is a feisty little girl obsessed with Octonauts. As a military family, they move every 3-4 years, most recently from Southern Virginia to Arizona. They have lived in the Phoenix area since July 2012 and love the southwest! Hopefully they have found their “forever” home. Eileen’s passions and hobbies include photography, reading, travel, cooking, doing creative projects with her daughter, hiking and working out. She can often be found sipping a latte at Starbucks, looking for the next great read at Barnes and Noble, or browsing Ulta for the latest beauty find.

Raising A Reader: Steps To Take To Help Your Kids Find A Lifelong Love...

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Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” - Emilie Buchwald School is starting up again, you will see it again and again: read, read, read to your kids. As someone who loves reading myself, I...

Back To School Time Already?? Activities To Get The Kids Ready!

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Wow, this summer has certainly flown by! Before we know it--maybe even this week--the kids will be going back to school. Eep! We wanted to do a few things to get ourselves in the back-to-school...

Making Your Spare Room Guest Worthy

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With its beautiful (winter) weather and sunny days, Arizona attracts a lot of visitors! Many of us have out of state friends and family who want to visit us in our beautiful state. OK,...

Mommies Need Friends Too!

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Before I had my daughter, I didn't have many friends. I worked a lot and spent most of my non-working hours with my husband. We had some couple friends here and there and I...

Mother Goose Day

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When my daughter was born, I re-discovered my love for children's literature. While collecting books for my baby girl, I started to gravitate towards poetry collections in particular. I love having these books, and...

Earth Day: For Our Children and Our Childrens’ Children

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On April 22, we celebrate Earth Day. There was a saying in the 90s which I took to heart when I heard it : "Every day should be Earth Day". I totally agree. While...

Month of the Military Child

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April is Month of the Military Child. Military children are pretty great! There are approximately 1 million active duty service members in the United States and about 2 million military children. One of them lives...

Spring Cleaning Made Easy – 5 Easy Tips For Success

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Spring is here! Well, according to our beautiful Arizona weather, Spring has technically been here for months. But according to the CALENDAR, spring is almost officially here. Many mom minds start turning to spring...

A Letter to My Daughter – On Turning Six

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Every year I write a letter to my daughter on her birthday. What follows is an excerpt from the most recent letter, written for her sixth birthday. Wow, six years old. My little baby is six years...

Valentine’s Day Crafts for Kids

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CRAYON DOT HEART (SUN CATCHER) - Valentine's Day is coming! We are looking forward to celebrating love at our house. And we LOVE doing some crafting together so I wanted to share two quick, easy...

Kids Dreamcatcher Activity

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My mom bought a neat book for my daughter for Christmas that has lots of fun craft ideas for girls in it. Flipping through it, we decided the first craft we wanted to make...

Happy National Pharmacist Day!

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Today is a special day! It's National Pharmacist Day!! Pharmacists are special people. Every year, they are rated highly on the Gallup Most Trustworthy profession survey.  This was an often quoted statistic when I was in...

Bath Safety Month – Tips to Keep Your Bathroom Safe

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January is National Bath Safety Month. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, thousands of children are injured or killed in bathroom accidents annually. We wanted to give you some tips on how to keep...

New Year’s Resolutions

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So the holidays are over and it's time to start thinking about the new year.  New Year's Eve is one of my favorite holidays. I love taking the time to reflect on the last...

So You Got A New DSLR For Christmas!

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Hi everyone! If you were lucky enough to receive a new camera for Christmas this year, congratulations! That's a pretty awesome gift. As far as material gifts go, it is definitely one of the...

Our Family Stories: Eileen’s Story

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This month we share our family stories. Every family has many of them; I am going to share a few of our family's in three vignettes. Act One- My mother-in-law, Roswitha ("Rosie") was born and grew...

Foodie Friday: Butternut Squash Ravioli

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  Who doesn't love some Trader Joe's in their life? I find myself there at least once a week. With so many goodies to try, I asked my fellow contributors to share their fave things from...

Halloween Picture Books for Kids

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Hi, moms!! By now you all know that I love reading with my daughter and that we are well known at our library. We also have a fair number (OK, way too many) of...

Beyond “How was your day?”: Getting kids to talk about their school day

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My daughter started kindergarten about a month ago. Naturally, the start of school brought with it some changes into our lives. One adjustment for me has been trying to learn about her day. For...

Little Hikers, Happy Trails : Kids Guide to AZ Outdoors

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The weather is about to cool down! Yay! This is the time of year we live for in Phoenix and makes the summers worth the heat. One of our favorite things to do when...

Remembering 9/11

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Watercolor Art by Yellow Bungalow Shop. Visit HERE to download this amazing artwork. Proceeds will go to families of first responders. Today marks the 13th anniversary of 9/11/2001, which seems both incredibly impossible and completely believable....

Picture Books for Shark Week

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We Loooove our library. We are there easily once a week, usually more. As much as we love the library, it can be difficult to hunt for books with a small child in tow. She...

Preserving School Memories

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It's almost back to school time! I can't believe how fast our summer has flown by! My baby isn't a baby anymore (sniff!) and will be entering kindergarten in just a few days! How...

4th of July Kids’ Craft Roundup

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Happy Independence Day, all! E and I are excited to be on summer break, as it is giving us some time to work on crafts together again. Here are some we did to celebrate...

Splash Pad Roundup

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Like most moms residing in our lovely state, I am always looking for a way to keep my kiddo cool during the brutal summer months. Unfortunately, we don't have a pool (it's definitely on our wish...
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