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The Local Moms Network Summer Reading Guide!
If we’re being real here, summer reading for moms can be a bit of a pipe dream, particularly for those of us who have young kids (as in, you need to be 100 percent focused on them to keep them alive). Or kids with crazy sports schedules. Or full-time jobs....
Summer Scavenger Hunt – Begins June 1st!
With the warmer weather finally here, it’s time to take the kids out and explore our beautiful parks! We are so excited to be partnering up with Westchester County Parks and Westchester Parks Foundation for a June photo scavenger hunt that includes the chance to win...
Classic Kids’ Lovie Project Returns: Making Modern Art From A Child’s Cherished Stuffed Friend
Classic Kids Photography announces the return of The Lovie Project, a charitable initiative giving clients the opportunity to create modern display art from images of their child’s beloved stuffed toys. The Lovie Project provides thousands of...
Screen Time: 9 Ways To Help Your Kids Form A Healthy Relationship With Tech
In this day and age, expecting your kids to never lay eyes on a screen is probably unrealistic. Many schools are even incorporating them into the curriculum. But research shows that kids under 8 are using mobile devices more than 2 hours a day (despite the...
Rock Lobster Fest!
Saturday, June 1st 6pm
Crawford Park Pavillion
Happy Memorial Day!
Stop it, Mama, and just breathe
original link Don’t stress: I whisper to myself as I deep condition my hair while sitting on the countertop looking at unwashed dishes. Don’t overthink: I gently remind myself as I wait for my noodles to cook at 8:47 pm to feed myself dinner because I forgot to...
Heirloom Kitchen: A New Cookbook from Chef Anna Gass
Chef Anna Francese Gass, a longtime contributor for The Local Moms Network, has a new book coming out April 23 and it’s available for pre-salenow! In celebration of this lovely mama of three’s new “baby”, we spoke to her about her culinary inspiration,...
High Quality Home Therapy: Helping You Navigate the Insurance Maze & Achieve Your Rehab Goals!
by: Caryn McAllister, High Quality Home Therapy When you or someone in your family is struggling with a health issue such as autism, back pain, cerebral palsy, dementia, developmental delay, headache, chronic pain, concussion, Multiple Sclerosis, Pelvic Floor...
Serendipity Labs: A Flexible Work Space Perfect for Moms
Whether you’re a work-from-home mom or a stay-at-home-mom who just needs a quiet place to answer emails, a co-working space can be a real upgrade from a home office. Benefits include privacy (no more toddlers or teenagers coming in to ask for something), total focus...
Parents Do So Damn Much Getting Kids Ready For School It’s Equal To An Extra Work Day
original link Valerie Williams May 16, 2019 Do you ever get to the finish line on another exhausting circus of a morning getting the kids ready for school and feel like you lived an entire day in those few hours? As it turns out, you’re not dreaming — a new survey of...
Camp Special: Timber Lake West
This is our seventh camp in our series on some of our favorite sleepaway camps across the country. Located in the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York is a co-ed four-week camp called Timber Lake West, which offers a fun-filled, activity packed summer in two...
#MyYoungerSelf 2019: The Child Mind Institute anti-stigma campaign
This May actors, athletes, social influencers, businesspeople and more send a message of hope about their experience growing up with a mental health or learning disorder: Help us stop the shame and stigma.This is #MyYoungerSelf, the Child Mind Institute’s...
Camp Special: Camp Takajo
This is our sixth story in our camp series on some of our favorite sleepaway camps across the country.Camp Takajo is an all-boys seven-week overnight camp located on Long Lake in the picturesque Sebago Lakes region of southern Maine in the town of Naples....
Join The Local Moms Network for Mompreneur Event in NYC!
Join Layla, The Local Moms Network and Greenwich Moms, along with Pamela Pekerman and the amazing other mompreneurs listed above on May 22 at The Gregory Hotel in midtown Manhattan (42 W. 35th St.) from 12 to 3 for an inspiring event all about moms and...
Get creative on Saturday, May 11
at All Six Westchester Nature Centers
Keeping Childcare Close to Home with an Au Pair
Childcare is one of the most challenging and significant decisions a family can make. As parents, we want a stable, yet flexible option that will also provide our kids with a nurturing, loving and enriching environment they’ll enjoy. It’s a tall...
Meet this Scarsdale Mom Behind Once Upon a Lil Cupcake
This week, we’d love you to meet Lillian Murtha, the super talented local Westchester mom behind Once Upon A Lil Cupcake, a fabulous new online, nut-free bakery specializing in almost too cute to eat cake, cupcakes and cookies. They even have gluten-free,...
Very Cavallari’s Kristin Cavallari on The Hills, Marriage, Motherhood and More!
After Kristin Cavallari first found fame on Laguna Beach in 2004, she went on to star on The Hills, and then parlayed reality stardom into other career opportunities, including several clothing, jewelry and shoe lines (her most recent include Uncommon...
Color Blast 2019 – Crawford Park
The 2nd Annual Holi Festival will be back this year at Crawford Park! Last year over 250 guests from Rye Brook and neighboring towns came to celebrate Holi and raise funds for research into early detection of pancreatic cancer. Holi has been celebrated in India for...