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This post is brought to you by Goldfish Swim School, and has a sweet chance for a holiday giveaway at the bottom, so keep reading (and swimming) friends. Have a little fish that you'd love to help become a more confident and independent swimmer before next summer? Did you know it can take up to a year of weekly lessons for that to happen for most little ones? Goldfish Swim School has a great way to help, and it's the perfect non-toy, "experience" gift for the holidays! The gift of swim lessons and water safety! This year’s Goldfish Swim School holiday packages are oh so fun to open too! We all know littles don't really love an envelope with a gift certificate under the tree. And THIS gift package is filled to the brim with goodies like 2 months of group swim lessons, 4 family swim passes, Goldfish goggles, Bubbles bath toy, a Goldfish tote and the new FIRST-EVER Goldfish story book, "The Fish Who Wouldn't Swim." The packages start at $1...

CIDE is a valued partner of DelightStuck Jen. For three days every December, Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (CIDE) brings the holidays to life with five performances of Tchaikovsky’s magical Christmas ballet. This year's show is December 14-16, 2018 at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center. Guests of the show are transported to the Land of Sweets where a cast of characters that includes the Arabian Coffee, Rose, Mother Ginger and her Ginger Snaps and, of course, Sugar Plum Fairy, all delight young Clara and her Nutcracker Prince with spirited dances and iconic, classical ballet variations. CIDE's, a pre-professional dance company under the direction of Artistic Director Suzann DeLay,  holiday tradition of The Nutcracker has become a holiday must-do for our family. They really bring the holidays to life in such a magical way. And let's face it the holidays can get so expensive, and it can be hard to afford all the holiday performances you'd like to treat the ...

Some people take nature walks, some do yoga, some go to the movies, some take bubble baths and some get lost in beautiful music. Learning what helps you unwind and allows you to float away from the day's stresses is key in good self care. A little bit of all of the above works for me, but nothing works better than beautiful music. I often get lost in the lyrics from a song on the radio or at a live concert, but classical music truly sweeps me away on a whole different level. It's almost as if my soul ebbs and flows with the music and the composer, the conductor and the orchestra take me on a journey with them, telling the story that was originally meant with the piece. I think often people who are unfamiliar with classical music in an orchestra setting can be a little intimidated at the thought of going to the symphony. Questions swirl... What will I wear? Is it fancy? What if I clap at the wrong time? What if I don't understand the music? What if I'm bored? Isn...

Goldfish Swim School has provided us with the experience of lessons for our candid reviews. October was a wild month for The Lou, aka swimmer girl. She got a diagnosis that looking back makes oh so much sense due to the noted symptoms and the medical history in our family, but in the moment it took us by surprise and kind of rock her world, really our whole family's world. The Lou has a metabolic disorder that is causing some insulin resistance and her diet and our family eating lifestyle has had to change asap. Too many sweets in the house and too much eating out. October is a hard month for that kind of news. Halloween! Bring on the candy, oh wait, we can't do that anymore. Sigh. Her doctor is amazing and has helped her (and us) see that balance is key and she's a kid, so having a zero tolerance policy on sweet treats isn't really realistic. Understanding her specific diet needs and being ultra good the majority of the time is what is going to take us to ...