Chicken Paillards with Clementine Salsa

Cooking for Families Who doesn’t love clementines? Clementines make a surprising, refreshing, colorful addition to this chicken dish. I recommend doubling the salsa since it’s so good. The salsa is so delicious and can be used with halibut, mahi mahi, and other fish as well. You Will Need: 4 5-ounce chicken breast halves 4 clementines, […]

Touch and Feel Sensory Balloons

Is this sand? Summer Learning: What Do You Feel? Summertime is a great time to head outdoors into nature’s classroom. Summer provides a perfect opportunity for kids to touch and feel new things. Kids love to feel and play with sand, touch soft petals on flowers, play with mud, touch and paint with soft feathers, […]

Cinnamon Sugar Roll Twists

Cooking With Kids Children love helping cook and baking. This is an easy and tasty treat for youngsters to help make. I used pre-made pizza dough from the grocery store and had the kids roll balls of dough into snake shapes and twist them. After baking, the children enjoyed brushing the sweet cinnamon and sugar […]

4 Favorite Baby Food Makers

Products Nannies Love There is no need to buy store bought baby food when it’s so easy to make baby food at home. Baby food makers work better than regular food processors because most processors need larger quantities of food than baby food makers. Baby food makers are also easier to use than regular blenders […]

Mason Jar Salads

Cooking for Families My Mom Boss loves prepared mason jar salads to keep on her healthy diet during busy work days. They are great for busy nannies too. When making a mason jar salad, there is a strategy involved with the layering of the ingredients. Always put the salad dressing on the bottom, then layer […]

Inspiring Sea Shells

Creative Wednesdays Painted rocks with kind messages were all the rage this summer in our neighborhood. Although the kids had to keep their distance during the pandemic they left rocks with inspirational messages on them at their curb to inspire neighbors who passed by. If you are at the beach or by the shore take […]

15 Nanny Quarantine Boredom Busters

Nanny Confessions   I have worked as a nanny during the entire pandemic until 11 days ago when I had a fever, extreme fatigue, and lost my sense of taste and smell. Of course I got tested for Covid-19 and went home to sleep and quarantine. Although I could barely get out of bed for […]

Uncertainty Abounds for Nannies Due to COVID-19

Win One of Four $50 Grocery Gift Cards Sponsored by The Kuhniverse Jennifer Kuhn of The Kuhniverse explains that getting a paycheck during the era of COVID-19 is not a guarantee for any of us, and this is also true for nannies and childcare workers. Now more than ever, with so much financial uncertainty looming […]

Books by Mark Loewen

Weekly Trip to the Library Mark Loewen met the love of his life and a few years later they became dads through open adoption. Raising a girl opened his eyes to the unique challenges girls and women experience in today’s world. He wanted to support his daughter the best way he could, knowing that as […]

Berry Yogurt Smoothie

Cooking for Kids It’s hot outside and my Nanny Kids love cooling down with a refreshing and healthy berry and yogurt smoothie. This luscious, low-fat drink couldn’t be easier to make. It has a thick, creamy texture produced by pureeing the frozen berries. No ice cubes necessary. This recipe makes two servings so just increase […]