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October 27, 2015Halloween Parenting At Every Age: Episode 25
It's Halloween week! Whether it's your first time dressing up a little pumpkin or your teenagers are beyond trick-or-treating, we hope you'll join Meagan and Sarah as we share stories and tips to make Halloween fun, safe, and totally-not-stressful at every stage.
LINKS MENTIONED:
Halloween costumes from One Step Ahead, marked down like crazy right now
All the fantastic Halloween costume ideas for babies and toddlers from the Rookie Moms
Some of our Halloween-related posts from The Happiest Home
4 Ways To Bring Your Parenting A-Game This Halloween (Sarah)
Eat that candy, kids. (On high-fructose corn syrup, special occasions, and life). (Meagan)
A Simple, Special Halloween (this post is full of Meagan’s family and growing-up Halloween photos – don’t miss it!)
3 Easy Halloween Decorating Ideas (Meagan)

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53 min
October 27, 2015 Halloween Parenting At Every Age: Episode 25
It's Halloween week! Whether it's your first time dressing up a little pumpkin or your teenagers are beyond trick-or-treating, we hope you'll join Meagan and Sarah as we share stories and tips to make Halloween fun, safe, and totally-not-stressful at every stage.
55 min
October 20, 2015 Things We Shouldn’t Have Freaked Out About (Toddler Years): Episode 24
By popular request, we're following up Episode 19 (Things We Shouldn't Have Freaked Out About (As New Moms)) with a show all about the things that stressed us out when we were parenting toddlers. From potty training to introducing a sibling, we unpack our toddler-mom stresses and worries (with the added benefit of hindsight) in the hopes that we can help you worry just a little less.
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58 min
October 20, 2015 Things We Shouldn’t Have Freaked Out About (Toddler Years): Episode 24
By popular request, we're following up Episode 19 (Things We Shouldn't Have Freaked Out About (As New Moms)) with a show all about the things that stressed us out when we were parenting toddlers. From potty training to introducing a sibling, we unpack our toddler-mom stresses and worries (with the added benefit of hindsight) in the hopes that we can help you worry just a little less.
58 min
October 12, 2015Wait, They Want To Eat Every DAY? (Meal Planning & Grocery Shopping): Episode 23
Feeding a family can be fun or frustrating, simple or complicated, rewarding or full of resentment. The one thing it will always be? NECESSARY. If you have a family, they have to eat, and in this episode we talk about how that works - from grocery shopping to meal planning to gaining confidence as a home cook.
LINKS MENTIONED:
How an hour in the kitchen gave me back my evenings (Meagan for The Happiest Home)
The six-meal shuffle: extremely simplified meal-planning (Meagan for The Happiest Home)
What I make for dinner when I don’t feel like making dinner (Sarah’s post about “copout dinners”)
How we beat the fast-food habit (Meagan for The Happiest Home)
The beginner’s guide to shopping at Aldi and How does Aldi keep its prices so low? (Meagan’s Aldi-love on The Happiest Home
And just for fun, How Trader Joe’s sells affordable goods (since Sarah is a TJ’s shopper)
Episode 63 of The Home Hour, all about The Homemade Kitchen (Meagan’s interview with Alana Chernila)

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33 min
October 12, 2015 Wait, They Want To Eat Every DAY? (Meal Planning & Grocery Shopping): Episode 23
Feeding a family can be fun or frustrating, simple or complicated, rewarding or full of resentment. The one thing it will always be? NECESSARY. If you have a family, they have to eat, and in this episode we talk about how that works - from grocery shopping to meal planning to gaining confidence as a home cook.
33 min
October 06, 2015Fall Love, Fall Envy, Fall Favorites: Episode 22
Where Meagan lives in Michigan, temperatures are dropping and leaves are turning. For Sarah in SoCal, people just wish those things were true. Join us as we laugh about everyone's favorite season to talk about - from Pumpkin Spice Lattes to late-90s J. Crew pea coats. We also share a few ideas for bringing fall into the kitchen, no matter what the thermometer says outdoors. Enjoy Episode 22, and thanks for listening!
LINKS MENTIONED:
An Open Letter To People Who Can’t Stop Talking About Pumpkin Spice Lattes (Sarah’s most viral post ever)
4 Easy “Hunk-o-Meat” Dinners PLUS Leftover Ideas (Meagan also has tons of specific cooking tips, products, and other great stuff in this post for The Happiest Home)
Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage & Vegetables (Sarah’s recipe with tricks for getting comfortable experimenting with soups and stews)
Scanpan (Sarah’s go-to saute pan, also oven-safe)

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42 min
October 06, 2015 Fall Love, Fall Envy, Fall Favorites: Episode 22
Where Meagan lives in Michigan, temperatures are dropping and leaves are turning. For Sarah in SoCal, people just wish those things were true. Join us as we laugh about everyone's favorite season to talk about - from Pumpkin Spice Lattes to late-90s J. Crew pea coats.

We also share a few ideas for bringing fall into the kitchen, no matter what the thermometer says outdoors. Enjoy Episode 22, and thanks for listening!
42 min
September 30, 2015Debunking The Myth Of The “Good School Mom”: Episode 21
Showing support for your child’s school and educational experience matters. But does that mean we all have to chaperone field trips and join the PTA? Meagan and Sarah say, rather emphatically, nope. In Episode 21 we tackle eight myths surrounding what it means to be a “good school mom,” and help debunk those myths for those of you new to the school parenting journey. We also talk about the meaningful ways we have found to volunteer or participate at school, and share some advice from teachers that might surprise you.
LINKS MENTIONED:
7 “Good School Mom” Myths, Debunked! (Meagan for The Happiest Home)
Hilariously Honest PTA Form Goes Viral (The Huffington Post)
Sometimes Good Moms Miss The Class Party (Allison Slater Tate)
6 Themed Dress-Up Days This Mom Can Totally Get Behind (Sarah for Scary Mommy)
The Parent-Teacher Relationship (Meagan’s interview with teacher and author Erica Ladd)
Laura Fuentes’s lunch-packing resource Momables.com, and Meagan’s interview with Laura on the same topics
Edit Your Life Episode 4: School Lunch Solutions (great ideas from our friends Asha and Christine)
Meagan’s active wear obsession: Fabletics

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1 hr
September 30, 2015 Debunking The Myth Of The “Good School Mom”: Episode 21
Showing support for your child's school and educational experience matters. But does that mean we all have to chaperone field trips and join the PTA? Meagan and Sarah say, rather emphatically, nope.
1 hr

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