I adore the holidays! Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, Birthdays, Valentine’s Day. If it’s a holiday, I want to celebrate it- much to my children’s delight and my husband’s chagrin. Ha! A few years ago, my family was taking stock of how much our family […]
Are you caught in the eternal struggle that is keeping your house clean with kids at home? Do you get one room clean, move on, only to come back and see that your children have moved into the first room you cleaned and wrecked it? […]
My family adores travel. We are always looking for places to go and new things to do. The problem is vacationing as a family can get expensive! Between, food, lodging, event tickets and gas/airfare you can be out thousands of dollars depending on where and how […]
Looking for things to do with your kids? I don’t know about you, but I have a love-hate relationship with summer. By the time the end of the school year rolls around, I’m yearning for a break from being a slave to the business of […]
Nothing makes me crazier than listening to my kids complain about a lack of things to do. So a few years ago, I came up with my own version of the boredom jar. I initially had an actual jar with slips of paper, but it […]
Laundry is no joke at my house. As a mother of three children, we are always doing laundry. If we don’t stay on top of it all, we end up at the end of the week with the Mount Everest of Laundry. Laundry is one of those […]
The ability to stay organized and on task isn’t something that is intuitive to most children. This is definitely a learned skill– and if we are being completely honest, many adults still struggle with this very issue. So, how do we help a forgetful child? […]
Food waste is my nemesis for so many reasons. If I’m completely honest, cooking has never been something that I’m excited to do. I do it because the alternative is that my family starves. Dramatic? Maybe… So, yeah, the wasted food, I just can’t with […]
How to Stop Kids from Running Off Kids have boundless amounts of energy and mine are no exception. As a mother of 3 kids I was constantly grabbing hands, cajoling, threatening and sometimes yelling- circumstance dependent- to keep my girls from running off or running […]
Ziploc bags are incredibly useful! I’m sure you already have a number of them in a variety of sizes in your home. While they are best known for food storage you can use them for so much more! Check out my list of 34 other […]
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