This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Netflix.

I took the kids to their first movie in a movie theater this week. It was so fun and they loved it…but it was so, so expensive. Not at all something we can do on a weekly basis, let alone every afternoon when the kids need a break from our regular summer schedule of aquarium, zoo, seaport, park, library, farmer’s market, gymnastics, repeat. Thank goodness we have our much-loved and well-used Netflix subscription.

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As a mom, there are so many moments of joy in my day.

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Our house is what you might call light green. Actually, our house is literally a light mossy green color but what I meant is we are light green when it comes to being ecofriendly, reducing our impact on the planet and staying away from harsh chemicals. It’s important to me to make responsible decisions about what we put in and on our bodies, but as a busy mom with a limited budget some things get ranked higher than others. On one hand, it’s easy to choose household cleaning products that are all-natural and eco-conscious, especially because I know someone is going to put their mouth on every single surface in my house at some point. On the other hand, if my kids want to eat their weight in clementines and I can’t find organically grown clementines, that’s not a fight I’m willing to have. I recycle every recyclable that passes through my door but I’m not willing to totally give up paper towels. Light green.

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What goes into a great Christmas card photo?

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Christmas shopping can be both really stressful and really exciting. Some people are impossible to shop for – my husband, for example, who asks for things like “A 10 day cruise to Hawaii” when all we can really afford is a dashboard hula dancer. Other people are fun to shop for – like my kids, who will be thrilled with ANYTHING new including the box it comes in. Luckily, when it comes to what I – I mean SANTA – put in the stockings we have decades of tradition to fall back on.

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