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Book Review - Fifteen Minutes Outside

About the Book

Drawing inspiration from her own journey to get her family outside every day, Fifteen Minutes Outside: 365 Ways to Get Out of the House and Connect with Your Kids is a month-by-month collection of 365 easy and enjoyable ways to connect as a family and explore life outdoors.

Rebecca said her family not only became closer after the year end, but experienced great health benefits through fun physical exercise and discovered a deeper appreciation for nature.

Transform your family with some of these quick and fun ideas:

• Make a Birdfeeder- Make a bagel bird feeder yourself and hang it on a tree outside within view of where you eat breakfast. No bagel? Use a pinecone instead.
  
• Make Mud Prints - Give your kids license for what you feel comfortable with: mud shoe prints, mud bike tire prints, mud handprints, no rules? Let your kids loose and have towels ready by the door for muddy shoes and clothes as soon as you are home.
  
• Ships Ahoy! Sail Juice Box Boats in Puddles - After your kids finish their juice boxes, find a puddle and float them like boats.
  
• Look for an Aerial Battle - At this time of year, the kids and I tend to notice small birds engaged in battle with a larger bird in the distance overhead. Keep watch on the sky; do you see a turf battle? A hawk hunting for newly hatched baby birds? What can you find?
  
• Make Your Own Fossil - Take a small box, tape both sides and remove one side of the box. Fill the box with mud and press objects, such as shells, rocks, leaves, or sticks into the mud and bring the boxes inside to dry.

About the Author

Rebecca P. Cohen is a gardening and outdoor lifestyle expert whose mission is to inspire people to get off the couch and discover how simple it can be to incorporate an active, outdoor lifestyle into a busy schedule. Her work has been featured in Family Circle, Better Homes & Gardens, Backyard Solutions, and Washingtonian magazines, as well as on Rachael Ray’s website, Yum-o!, SheKnows.com, and WorkingMother.com. Rebecca is also a Spokesmom for the National Wildlife Federation’s Be Out There movement. The mother of two small children, Rebecca incorporates the outdoors into every aspect of life, bringing invaluable tips and inspiration into her product lines, television segments, and website, www.rebeccaplants.com.


My Take on the Book If you are looking for a book that will open your eyes and will encourage you and your family to get outside and engaged with one another, this is the book to do it! It is an inspiring book that will definitely make you think about what you are doing with your kids. Keep it close at hand for easy reference, as with as many ideas that it presents, you will never be at a loss for activities that will leave the whole family having fun together. 


I commend the author for putting together such a great book, and would highly recommend it to all parents!

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Kim Kardashian's Oscar Night Look

Kim Kardashian went with black ruffles as she sashayed into the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party on February 27. 

Her latin-flavoured gown was from J. Mendel and paired with classic red carpet accessories of a Judith Leiber clutch and Christian Louboutin shoes.

Her jewelry was from Lorraine Schwartz.

Kim's crystal-beaded Leiber clutch costs over $2,000 but you can get a similar look with the $58.00 KC Malhan Glass Bead-Embellished Clutch.

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Emma Roberts in Sparkly Jenny Packham

Emma Roberts went like Heidi Klum in donning dark grey and silver sparkle at the 19th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party - and although sparkly it was still quite a bit more low-key than Heidi's look.

Emma's gorgeous Jenny Packham gown was teamed with Neil Lane glitz, and, like Heidi, she also carried a silver clutch to co-ordinate.

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Emma Stone in Chanel at the Vanity Fair Party

It was a quirky print mullet dress for Emma Stone as she attended the Vanity Fair post-Oscar party on the night of February 27.

She followed the poker-straight hair trend that went on at the Academy Awards, plus a new set of bangs.

Matching with the Chanel Haute Couture dress, she wore plummy-colored Ferragamo heels and topped the look with Van Cleef & Arpels jewels.

No style steal is available for this HC look but you can get Emma's satin shoe style with the very similar Steve Madden "Partyy" Pump, in Purple ($89.95 at endless.com). 

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Hayden Panettiere's Oscar Party Look

Hayden Panettiere was at Elton John's Oscar Viewing Party - along with the very tall Seal (don't worry he's still with Heidi) - as the Academy Awards took place on February 27.

Hayden tried to go with the Grecian look but something was a little too off with the draping at the front of her Luca Luca gown for the look to work as it could have.

She paired the dress with a metallic clutch and Jimmy Choo heels to match the gold detailing on the dress.

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