It can be very tempting to abandon your good sense of healthy eating on vacation. Although you may strive for healthy eating, it's easy to drift off and grab an ice cream cone here and there. There are however, ways to watch what you eat on vacation.

One of the toughest things to do is to get a toddler or young child to sit still in a chair long enough to order food and get through dinner. I've discovered that after several meals out with friends who have children.

On Thursday, I took Gavin to his second Kindermusik class at Kizsports. To encourage him to stay in the class, I brought along his Take Along Thomas trains to play. Another boy arrived with his grandma and he took a keen interest in Gavin’s trains.

The hubby always says I live vicariously through my son. Perhaps it is because there were a lot of things I never got to do as a child that I believe all children should experience. Halloween, for instance, is one event I think every kid should get to...

Bringing home a new baby brings with it an exhausting array of new responsibilities and challenges. Is there such a thing as a typical day and night for new parents? Probably not!

Since Gavin was born, hubby and I have been living with my in laws. The initial intention was to stay with them until we had our own house. Well, it's now a couple of years later and I'm about due with baby number two and the urgency to move out has...

What I wouldn't do for an orlando vacation right about now. I'm just three days away from delivery - assuming all goes according to plan - and it feels as though I really need a break. Hubby, too. This year there will be no holidays, no breaks. Of...

Before Gavin was born, we bought him insurance. It was a special kind of insurance package that combined a savings plan into it. The benefit is that it offers health cover and it also provides a lump sum return so it's like insurance and a trust fund...

I have personally always believed that the best way to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle is to make a lifestyle change. One should never consider going on a diet or a weight loss program. Although such programs can be effective in helping...

Although I've always felt that there's no substitute for camping under the stars and really roughing it, I also think it would be nice to have a family holiday together doing something in the great outdoors. Since it would be virtually impossible to...