Month: March 2014

Around Smyrna
Small Business Spotlight

Love Youth Fitness Review & GIVEAWAY!

Nestled next to a Dairy Queen and The Hot Dog Factory, there’s a studio where your pre-teens can dance themselves fit. Love Youth Fitness operates out of the LL Fitness Studio (1529 Spring Road, Ste. C) and offers 2 different classes to get children and tweens fit and empowered, cleverly disguising all that healthy stuff […]

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Events

Weekend Fun, March 28 – 30

Friday Lent Family Fish Fry Dinner. 5:30 – 7:30. St Joseph Catholic Church, Lacey Street, Marietta, GA. Tickets available at Marist Hall every Friday during Lent except Good Friday. Adults/$9, Children 3 – 12/$5, Children under 3/Free. Maximum for the Family – $25 (2 adults & 3 or more Children). Young Actors Playhouse Presents “Back to the Beanstalk”. 7:30pm. Young Actors […]

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Mom Issues

The kids DO notice. Why putting the kids to bed is so important.

  Whether it’s from being tired, sick, or sick and tired; the kids do notice when you aren’t spending time with them before bed.   It all started innocently enough…we have 4 biological children and 1 sort of adopted college son. Our biological children are 11, 9, 7 and 18 months. We have lost two […]

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Events

Weekend Fun, March 21 – 23

Friday Kindermart. 9:30 – 8pm. (Strollers welcome after 11am) Smyrna First United Methodist Church. Expanded space and added sellers. Load up on books, toys and all the baby equipment you never knew you needed. All 4 Kids Consignment Sale – East Cobb. 9:30 – 8pm. (Strollers welcome after 11am). 400 Sellers and bargains galore. Clothes, toys, […]

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Parent Topics

{One Mom’s Opinion} When is your family complete?

Some decisions in life are clear and straightforward. They usually come with a choice between A and B and can be made without a whole lot of effort. However, when it comes to major life decisions about things like health, family, money, and work, those conversations become intensely complicated. And sometimes the decision just never […]

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Worth The Drive

{Worth the Drive} Golden Isles

  The first family vacation that I remember vividly was to the Cloister on Sea Island when I was 7 years old. It was 10 days of sun, diving for sand dollars, bingo, milkshakes, and reading comic books during the brief cooling afternoon showers. It became a family tradition, one that today, 35 plus years […]

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Events

Weekend Fun, March 14 – 16

Friday   American Girl’s Truly Talented You Workshop. 4pm. Barnes & Noble, Cumberland. Join us for an event inspired by American Girls newest Girl of the Year, Isabelle Palmer. At this event, girls will learn about Isabelle and how to recognize, appreciate and celebrate their own special talents. Recommended for girls 8 – 12. Lent Family Fish […]

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Around Smyrna
Health

Local Swim Lessons

The jonquils are blooming, we’ve sprung forward and it’s time to start thinking about sunshine and warmer weather. That means it’s also time to start thinking about pools and beaches and water safety for the summer months. Several options for local swim lessons are listed below. Please note that though they are listed here, Smyrna […]

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Pregnancy and Postpartum Support

Koru Massage Therapy 2900 Paces Ferry Rd., Building D, Atlanta Offers pre and postnatal massage, doula services, and Hypnobabies Childbirth Classes 404-492-8582   This article discusses some of the lesser known postpartum mood disorders that you may experience after the birth of your child. There are also a number of resources included (articles, support groups, and actual […]

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Events

Weekend Fun, March 7 – 9

Friday Cumberland Community Church MOPS Consignment Sale. 9:30am – 7pm. 110 Sports Ave SE, Smyrna. Cumberland Community Church MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) holds a semi-annual sale each Fall and Spring.  There will be over 200 sellers from all over Atlanta and the space features wide-open spaces for shopping with strollers. There will be high-quality, gently used clothing in […]

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