Skip to content

Smarty Pants Mama

Solutions to Travel, Cooking & Life

  • Cooking & Cuisine
    • Cuban Cuisine
    • Recipes
      • Appetizer
      • BBQ
      • Breakfast
      • Dessert
      • Dinner
      • Salad
      • Slow Cooker
    • Tools of the Kitchen
  • Home & Life
    • Product Reviews
    • DIY
    • Health
    • Home Life
    • Parenting
      • Back to School
      • Halloween
    • Social Causes
  • Traveling
    • Family Travel
    • Planning & Pricing
    • Destinations
      • Disney
      • Florida
      • New York
    • Cruising
    • Tools of Travel
Living

Mad Libs. Yes I can play it! Can you?

Caroline MurphyOctober 4, 2011October 4, 2011

Mad Libs. Yes I can play it! Can you? Mad Libs is a childhood favorite.  Honestly, it’s an adult one…

Giveaway Living

Coca-Cola’s Family Game Night – We’re up for it! Are you? w/giveaway

Caroline MurphyOctober 3, 2011November 17, 2016

Coca-Cola’s Family Game Night – We’re up for it! Are you? w/giveaway Weekend nights are the best, especially Fridays when…

Living

eBay Photo Taking Guidelines to Help You be a Successful Seller

Caroline MurphySeptember 29, 2011November 17, 2016

eBay Photo Taking Guidelines to Help You be a Successful Seller Our eBay 5 Item Challenge continues!  We have ransacked…

Traveling

Traveling in Miami – 4 Great Spots to Take the Family

Caroline MurphySeptember 28, 2011March 16, 2012

Miami Resident Turns Tourist! When traveling in and around Miami, no need for planes or trains…just automobiles!  Have you ever…

Cooking

Ways to Make After School Snacks Healthier!

Caroline MurphySeptember 22, 2011November 17, 2016

Ways to Make After School Snacks Healthier! After school snacks can get junky and repetitive.  Just as fast as our…

Products

iPhone App Marble Jar May Be the Solution to a Crazy Morning

Caroline MurphySeptember 21, 2011November 17, 2016

iPhone App Marble Jar May Be the Solution to a Crazy Morning Motivating children to follow directions is a tough…

Cooking

Balancing the Dinner Budget – Ragu Mom’s the Word on Dinner Asks

Caroline MurphySeptember 14, 2011November 17, 2016

Balancing the Dinner Budget – Ragu Mom’s the Word on Dinner Asks Moms An on-the-budget dinner isn’t always so easy. …

Living

eBay 5 Item Challenge – How to identify items in your closet to sell online!

Caroline MurphySeptember 12, 2011November 17, 2016

eBay is the online marketplace to sell your clothes! It’s the store you’ve always wanted that is simply waiting for…

Living

EBAY On Location – Asking the Questions with #ebayparent panel!

Caroline MurphySeptember 8, 2011November 17, 2016

eBay On Location has provided an abundance of information to empower you and me to be profitable eBay Smart Mamas!…

Living

When School Ends, the Day Just Begins, Guest Post by Alexis, The Exhausted Mom

Caroline MurphySeptember 7, 2011August 8, 2016

Today I welcome Alexis Prieto, the infamous Exhausted Mom, to share how she manages her exhausting life!  She’s a mom…

Rock ‘N Learn Videos are Excellent Tools for Back to School Learning
Living

Rock ‘N Learn Videos are Excellent Tools for Back to School Learning

Caroline MurphySeptember 6, 2011August 8, 2016

Reading, writing and arithmetic.  That’s the focus.  Homeschooling, back to school or even just entertainment in the car DVD player…

Living

421K Germs Linger at the Bottom of Your Shoe Soles! What to do?

Caroline MurphySeptember 1, 2011September 1, 2011

The Asian tradition to remove shoes before entering a home  is centuries old.  The muddy streets of Japan long ago,…

Living

Back to School Time – 5 Ways to Make Your Morning Run Smoothly

Caroline MurphyAugust 31, 2011August 8, 2016

On your mark. Get set. GO! Back to school time is here!  Some of us have started. Some are anxiously…

Traveling

A Marco Island Vacation is an Ideal Family Travel Destination

Caroline MurphyAugust 30, 2011March 16, 2012

This year’s summer family trip was a Marco Island vacation.  This island sits less than 2 hours west of Miami,…

Cooking Recipes

Smart Food: Potluck of Produce, Chili Vegetable Ragout

Caroline MurphyAugust 26, 2011November 17, 2016

Fresh local produce is something a Smart Mama LOVES!  I’m sure you all agree!  Whether you’re at a local farmer’s…

Living Products

Smart Home: Fooz Kids and it’s valuable Parental Dashboard!

Caroline MurphyAugust 25, 2011November 17, 2016

Thank you to Fooz Kids for providing me with an All-In-One pack to review. The opinions I’ve expressed here are…

Living

Smart Home: 5 Clothing Piece Dare and the ebay Parent Panel

Caroline MurphyAugust 24, 2011September 24, 2011

I dare you.  I dare you to go into your child’s closet, or better yet your own, and find 5…

Cooking Recipes

Smart Food: Slow-Cooked Chicken Wine and Tomato

Caroline MurphyAugust 22, 2011October 1, 2011

Another great slow-cooker YUMMY recipe for back to school days!  I adapted this recipe from EatingWell.com.  It tastes great with…

Cooking Recipes

Smart Food: Pot Roast, a Back to School Favorite

Caroline MurphyAugust 18, 2011August 8, 2016

As we get ready for the crazy back to school schedule, we need to stack our decks.  We need to…

Living

Wordless Wednesday: Mouth Wide Open

Caroline MurphyAugust 17, 2011
Living

Cleaning the Remote Control, Why and How!

Caroline MurphyAugust 16, 2011November 17, 2016

Up to 70 percent of remote controls are coated with illness-causing germs and an estimated one in five of these…

Living

Smart Home: Back to School, Shop for Layers!

Caroline MurphyAugust 15, 2011November 17, 2016

Yes, it’s back to school time and I’m ecstatic – and it isn’t just because of the time I’ll get…

Living

Bed Time for Kids Getting Ready for School

Caroline MurphyAugust 14, 2011August 8, 2016

How & when do you establish bed time for kids getting ready for school? We start at minimum a full…

Living

Smart Home: Morning Routine, Searching for Tips to Establish School Day Mornings

Caroline MurphyAugust 11, 2011August 8, 2016

A morning routine. I love it. I get very type-A at times and like to have things scheduled out to…

Living

Wordless Wednesday: Makes me giggle!

Caroline MurphyAugust 10, 2011

Makes me giggle….

Cooking

Smart Food: S’Mores, the Perfect Vacation Treat!

Caroline MurphyAugust 9, 2011June 21, 2013

What about a S’more isn’t to like?  Yummy graham cracker, soft sweet marshmallow and chocolate… mouth is watering now.  When…

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Newsletter

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required
Email Format

Hilton Hotels

Tags

appetizer back to school backtoschool bbq Carnival carnival breeze Christmas college savings cooking cooking with kids Cruise Cuban dessert destinations dinner Disney DIY easter family travel florida Halloween health hotel Hotel Reviews Key West Miami Orlando parenting Product Review recipe recipes restaurant Road Trip shopping Sponsored thanksgiving travel Travel by Boat Travel By Car Travel How? Travel Tips travel tools Travel Where? vLog Whole30

Copyright © 2025 Smarty Pants Mama | Ideal Magazine by Ascendoor | Powered by WordPress.