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Family Travel Trends in 2025: What’s New for Families on the Move
Here are some of the biggest trends shaping family vacations in 2025 from your local Ridgefield Travel and Cruise Planners team!
BakerMama Mom Hack: Make Frozen Cookie Dough from Your Halloween Candy!
Once Halloween is past its due date, you’ll probably be ready to get your kids’ candy out of the house. There are lots of good places to donate, from shelters to dentists’ offices to the military, but we stumbled upon this smart idea from The BakerMama and wanted to...
Healthy Halloween Veggie & Fruit Board!
Healthy Halloween Veggie & Fruit Board! Courtesy: The BakerMama Halloween is almost here and we are sharing an amazing last-minute, festive board from The BakerMama, which incorporates much needed vegetables into an adorable design. If you haven’t...
New Mom Hack Alert: Evite’s SignUp Sheets!
Planning class parties is one of those mom tasks that feel like work even though you don’t want them to. Plus, they have a nasty habit of sneaking up on you. As we head into the holiday season, two of the party planning moms from The Local Moms Network—CEO Layla...
Meet a Mom: Conservationist Bindi Irwin!
Bindi Irwin became a household name when she was just a little girl, as the daughter of beloved Australian wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin. The world fell in love with Steve and his family, including Bindi, her brother Robert, and their mother Terri, by watching...
Rosh Hashanah: An Easy Kugel Recipe
Leah Koenig is a food writer for magazines (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food52, Epicurious,Departures) and the author of 6 cookbooks, including The Jewish Cookbook—a collection of more than 400 Jewish recipes from around the globe, published by...
Telehealth: How It Can Help Busy Moms
A Nuvance Health doctor and mom shares what moms should know about telehealth.
25 Fall Activities Your Family Will Love
Whether you’re in the mood for a spooky adventure or simple pleasures, we’re sharing a list of 25 fall activities that appeal to all ages. So grab your coziest sweater, gather the family, and make the most of autumn together. 1. Browse a Farmer’s Market: From colorful...
Fall Sneakers You’ll Wear All Season
Sneakers are the ultimate style mom hack; even while you’re (literally) running after kids, you can look great. Plus, a great pair of fall sneakers can go with anything: jeans, leggings, dresses, skirts. Because moms don’t have time to be second guessing their...
Should You Let Your Child Go To A Sleepover?
Depending on the perspective, sleepovers can be a childhood rite of passage full of fun, friendship and memories. But they can also cause anxiety for parents for many concerns: physical safety, emotional readiness, bullying, screen access, and more. Deciding whether...
