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Adore Them is proud to be the Marketing Partner for the Lancaster Baby Shower

A Huge Thank You to every sponsor, exhibitor, attendee, and volunteer that helped to make Lancaster’s 5th Baby Shower a huge success!

This year’s virtual event was presented by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. While we missed seeing everyone’s smiling face in person, the virtual event allowed attendees to participate no matter their location. And it provided them with the convenience of tuning in from home, or from wherever their schedule allowed. This feature ensured that every guest could take advantage of all the wonderful show features, and didn’t miss a thing!

 

What Was Included

The Lancaster Baby Shower featured dozens of local and national businesses that showcased their incredible products and services that cater to young and growing families. With a focus on pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond; this event offered something for everyone! Attendees appreciated the variety of learning sessions, the vendor videos, the free raffle items & giveaways, the lunchtime entertainment, the baby & pregnancy trivia, and even the interactive opportunities through comments and photos.

 

 

Thank You!

A very special thank you to our show sponsors – without your help and support we would not have been able to offer such an amazing event for our attendees!

• Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health – thank you for being our Presenting Sponsor and our Tote Bag Sponsor! Your help and investment made this event a huge hit with attendees.
• United Healthcare – thank you for being our Entertainment Sponsor! Your involvement made the lunchtime entertainment possible.
• The Shops @ Rockvale – thank you for hosting our drive-thru pick up and helping us to market the event!
• Fun 101.3 FM – thank you for being our media sponsor and helping to share the word!
• Entertainment Partners – thank you to Stem Starts Now, My Fantasy Party, Author John Stutzman, and Illustrator Heather Fox for supplying fun, family-friendly entertainment throughout our event!

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We hope that you will follow us for continued updates and parenting information throughout the coming months as we plan the rest of our 2020 events, and begin planning for 2021.

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Hard boiled eggs are arguably the perfect food. They make for a great breakfast on top of toast, lunch turned into egg salad, afternoon snack sprinkled with salt, or dinner thrown into some fancy looking ramen or on top of a hearty salad! Part of adulthood is figuring out how to boil eggs… And luckily, I’ve put together six different ways to hard boil an egg so that you can choose whichever option seems easiest for you.

Important Note: In every single one of these methods, the eggs become very hot. Please be careful when handling the eggs and other items that you will be using to cook them!

In this Article:

• How to Boil an Egg Cheat Sheet (Printable)
• How to Make Perfect Easy to Peel Hard Boiled Eggs
• What are the Best Egg Cookers on Amazon?
• How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs in the Oven
• How to Hard Boil an Egg in a Microwave
• Instructions for Hard Boiled Eggs in an Instant Pot
• How to Boil an Egg in a Crockpot

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How to Boil Eggs Cheat Sheet (Printable)

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How to Make Perfect Easy to Peel Hard Boiled Eggs

Somehow my mom has mastered the art of making hard boiled eggs. She always chuckles when I marvel at her ability to simply boil eggs on the stove top without having to Google “how to boil eggs” first. As you already know, we’ll be covering many different ways to hard boil an egg; but since a boiling pot of water is the most traditional method… let’s start there!

Instructions for How to Boil Eggs on the Stove

• Put eggs in a pot or sauce pan (don’t overcrowd them)
• Add cold water until eggs are covered by an inch or two
• Add a teaspoon of salt
• Turn on high heat and bring water to a rolling boil
• Once boiling, turn off the heat but keep the pot on the burner
• Cover and let sit for 10-12 minutes
• Run cold water over the eggs

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What are the Best Egg Cookers on Amazon?

My life changed after buying an inexpensive egg cooker off of Amazon. I mean… it didn’t change drastically, but having an egg cooker has allowed me to make hard boiled eggs more often without having to use any pots, baking sheets, or bowls. I bought my sister an egg cooker from Amazon for Christmas, and she has now also agreed that this little appliance is a game-changer 🙂

An egg cooker is simply a steamer type appliance. You add water to the bottom of the cooker, poke tiny holes in the top of each egg (with the protected needle that comes with the egg cooker), close the lid, plug it in, and it’ll alert you when your eggs are ready! I also love that my egg cooker allows me to choose how hard or soft boiled I want my eggs by simply changing the amount of water that I add. It comes with a tiny measuring cup with clear labels on it – it’s seriously fool-proof!

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Best Egg Cookers of 2020 on Amazon

• Dash Rapid Egg Cooker: 6 Egg Capacity Electric Egg Cooker for Hard Boiled Eggs, Poached Eggs, Scrambled Eggs, or Omelets with Auto Shut Off Feature

• Dash DEC012AQ Deluxe Rapid Egg Cooker: Electric, 12 Capacity for Hard Boiled, Poached, Scrambled, Omelets, Steamed Vegetables, Seafood, Dumplings & More with Auto Shut Off Feature

• Maxi-Matic EGC-007: Easy Electric Egg Poacher, Omelet, Scrambled, Soft, Medium, Hard-Boiled Boiler Cooker with Auto Shut-Off and Buzzer, Measuring Cup Included, 7 Capacity

• Cuisinart CEC-10 Egg Central: Egg Cooker, Brushed Stainless Steel

• Hamilton Beach Electric Egg Cooker: and Poacher for Soft, Hard Boiled or Poached with Ready Timer, Holds 7

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How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs in the Oven

Before buying my egg cooker, my favorite method was to make hard boiled eggs in the oven. (Sidenote: I also make bacon in the oven because it minimizes the smell and mess of bacon grease and cooks it beautifully!) It just felt easier to put the eggs in the oven and set a timer instead of trying to babysit a boiling pot of water. I know, I know… boiling water is nothing difficult, but I’m all about taking the easiest route in the kitchen!

This option is also great for when you need to hard boil dozens of eggs at a time – like for Easter. You’ll need some eggs for the kids to decorate and eggs to serve while hosting Easter brunch!

{ READ: The Easiest Way for Kids to Decorate Easter Eggs }

Instructions for Hard Boiled Eggs in the Oven

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Use a muffin pan and place one egg in each circle
• Bake in oven for 30 minutes
• Immediately put the eggs in a bowl of ice water for 10 minutes (to stop the cooking process)

Note: The eggs will often come out of the oven with brown spots on the shell, but this does not affect the flavor of the hard boiled eggs. You may also need to experiment with setting your oven to a slightly lower temperature if your oven tends to run hot.

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How to Hard Boil an Egg in a Microwave

Yes. You can hard boil an egg in the microwave. And you know that I had to go try it out for myself! As you can gather, if you can use something to boil water, you can use it to boil an egg – including your microwave. This is a method that I could see the kids having fun with too – just be careful when removing boiling water from the microwave!

Instructions How to Boil Eggs in the Microwave

• Fill a microwave safe bowl with water
• Microwave the water until hot (about 3 minutes)
• Stir in a tablespoon of salt
• Place eggs in the bowl and cover
• Switch the microwave to 50% power and microwave for 8 minutes
• Place bowl in sink and let cold water run over the eggs to help cool them down

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How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs in an Instant Pot

I think I am the only mom on the block that doesn’t own an instant pot so I had to go do some research for this one! From what I here, you can use these handy appliances to make just about anything so I wasn’t surprised to find that many people are using their instant pot to make hard boiled eggs!

Instructions for Using an Instant Pot to Make Hard Boiled Eggs

• Pour 1 cup of cold water into the inner pot of the pressure cooker
• Carefully place eggs on the top of the rack
• Seal the instant pot
• Set for 5 minutes on high pressure
• Then let the pressure release naturally for 5 minutes
• Release any remaining pressure by carefully switching the vent knob to “vent” position
• Remove the eggs from the instant pot and put them in a bowl of ice water for 5 minutes

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How to Boil an Egg in a Crockpot

There was a time in my life where I used my crockpot on a daily basis. The house always smelled like a mixture of whatever was cooking for dinner, which meant that the house usually smelled like onions – not ideal. Even though I’ve moved away from using the crockpot as regularly, I still understand the appeal of it! Making hard boiled eggs in a crockpot seems like a great idea – especially if you have to make a large batch of them.

Instructions for Boiling Eggs in a Crockpot

• Fill crockpot with eggs (just don’t stack them)
• Add just enough water to cover the eggs
• Add a tablespoon of salt to the water
• Set to cook on high for 2.5 hours
• Remove eggs and put them in ice water

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Shari Medini is the co-owner of the parenting website Adore Them. Her prior experience includes working as a marketing strategist and writer on multi-million dollar capital campaigns, website designs, advertising campaigns, and book launches. Shari's parenting articles have been published in dozens of publications; and she enjoys doing various speaking engagements. When she's not on her laptop, Shari can be found spending quality time with her husband and two sons exploring their hometown of Lancaster County, PA

Contact: Shari@AdoreThem.com

There is a form of synesthesia where people see letters and numbers as colors! It is a beautiful way to imagine the world, and it seems like it would automatically bring more personality to each and every name, word, or equation that you come across. (Would taxes be more enjoyable if they were more colorful??) Of course, the first question that comes to mind when learning about this phenomenon is, “What color is my name?” Luckily, there is a synesthesia tool created to let you discover and share just that!

What Color is Your Name?

• Go HERE
• Type your name
• Save your image

I had fun looking up my family members’ names, and then looking up other words in general!

I also encourage you to spend some time browsing the synesthesia site and learning more about the topic! It is a fascinating project that is a great reminder of just how differently we see the world sometimes 🙂

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How many days have I been a parent? This simple question resulted in a whirlwind that has reached 2 million people on Facebook (and counting)! To find out for yourself, Google this: “How many days since [ your first child’s birthdate ].”

– Check out the viral Facebook post HERE –

How many days have I been a parent personally? 3,500 days right on the nose! And that number was amazing to see.

Those numbers are validating because we know just how much goes into each and every day as a parent! Being a parent is not a 9-5 job. There is no paid time off (in fact you don’t get paid at all). And you work nights and weekends. Picturing thousands of days of parenting makes you understand why you feel permanently tired!

It also puts the various stages of parenting into perspective. My heart goes out to the parents who haven’t even hit triple digit numbers yet. Those early days of parenthood are so challenging in so many different ways! Making it through baby’s first year is an accomplishment all on its own because each and every day is so intense.

There are the parents like me that are currently in that sweet spot of parenting. Our kids still need us, but their problems are still relatively small. Sure, we spend hours in the minivan trekking to and from youth sports and other activities; but the kids can at least buckle themselves into said minivan unlike the toddler stage that is in your rearview mirror.

I was able to look up to the parents just a few thousand days ahead of me and respectfully understand that they are trying to navigate the teenage years. Those parents have bigger concerns with real world ramifications for their children, and I can only imagine how many sleepless nights they are still enduring. The waiting, the worrying, and the wondering that goes along with raising a teenager can’t be easy.

Parenting also doesn’t stop once your child becomes an adult! There were many people commenting who were well past the 10,000 days mark, and yet they still have an incredibly important role in their children’s lives. Parenting is a beautiful commitment to a lifetime of love and helping your family through the ups and downs.

So whether you have been a parent for 8 days or 8,000… you are amazing! And you deserve credit for the many, many long hours you have dedicated to raising your family.

How many days have YOU been a parent? Share with us on Facebook!

And for parenting tips and resources, check out our full website: AdoreThemParenting.com

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Our family loves celebrating Christmas! We enjoy opening a door of our advent calendar every morning. We like writing letters to Santa. Sipping warm cocoa. Decorating the house. Searching for the elf on the shelf. Baking cookies, and so much more! But one thing we are always sure to do, is mix up some Reindeer food, read the special poem, and sprinkle it in the yard on Christmas Eve. Because this magical recipe will help ensure that Santa’s sleigh finds it way to our house 🙂 Below is our favorite Reindeer Food Recipe, along with a free printable poem. Enjoy!

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This article is written by Karissa Tunis
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How to Make Reindeer Food

Some years we enjoy making this at home together as a family. And other years, I offer to go into school and help each of my children make it with all of their classmates. It is always a huge hit! What I love is that it is less messy than decorating cookies or gingerbread houses, but still offers something fun for the kids to take home and show their parents.

If you decide to make this at school, or with a group of kids, I suggest pouring the ingredients into large separate bowls. Have the kids form a line, and walk around the table (almost like a buffet), adding a scoop of each item to their goody bag. At the end of the line, have a parent or teacher make sure each bag is sealed, and staple the poem to the top. Now their parents will know exactly what to do with this fun reindeer food!

 

Reindeer Food Recipe

Each child will need one goody bag to store their mixture. What goes in it is up to you, or each little chef. But my favorites are:

• 1 cup of Oatmeal
• 1 cup of Birdseed
• A few dashes of colored sprinkles
• A few dashes of glitter

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Free Reindeer Poem Printable

Grab some cardstock, print this out, and staple it to your goody bags. Read it again on Christmas Eve night before you sprinkle your Reindeer Food on your lawn.

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A study conducted by the University of Toledo suggested that children who have fewer toys are more creative and have longer attention spans. The Ohio-based university recruited 36 toddlers who were allowed to play in a room with either 16 toys or just four. They found that the toddlers who played with four toys used each for twice as long.…

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Create, draw, & name your own Dr. Seuss style character to celebrate his birthday!

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We hear all the time how important it is to open up the lines of communication. Communication improves relationships with partners, friends, & coworkers; but we can’t forget that it also improves our relationships with our children.

Taking the time to have a genuine conversation with your child can be so much fun & so insightful! It also helps to build up a great family bond, which is why we are offering a few family conversation starters to go a long with each curated collection of content….

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