Parenting With Heart And Humor
This is a sponsored post on behalf of The Florida Prepaid College Board for Bloggin' Mamas. All thoughts and opinions expressed are those of our own. Life After College: Debt Free Do you remember back in the day, way back to your college days?! Studying until the wee hours, pushing yourself to get View Post
13 Cute & Quirky Pine Cone Crafts The kids and I recently went for an evening walk along their favorite route: through a nature preserve. Thankfully, I had correctly planned ahead and brought along a bag. Yes, our kids are gatherers by nature, so wherever we go, they collect.Kids (and View Post
How to find happiness when life knocks you down I haven’t written without an agenda in a while. I haven’t grabbed the laptop and let my fingers dance across the keyboard without a deadline looming over my head. Today, however is the day for me to come clean and share some personal things I haven’t View Post
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Bloggin’ Mamas & the Florida Prepaid College Board. All opinions expressed are my own. How to Reach The most important Savings Goals For Families The kitchen table is covered with papers. It’s been years since we last used it as a dinner table. Between the View Post
Discover four fun ways to teach kids about stocks (This post was done in collaboration with BusyKid. I received compensation in return for my honest review. Every opinion stated is 100% mine.) “Mom, did you know that Brandon’s mom is a surgeon. She fixes sick people every day. It’s so cool.” View Post
How to Make a Magical Wooden Christmas Bell Craft (Thank you to Woodpeckers® for sponsoring this post in return for my honest opinion about their products. All opinions stated are 100% mine.) The six of us, snuggled up close on the comfy couch, each with a bowl of popcorn. The smell of freshly View Post
Kid Approved Paint Chip Ornaments: We walked through Home Depot rather briskly. I was, as usual, in a rush. I’m not sure where we just came from, or where we were going, but time was of the essence. Our cart was full of flower pots and dirt. Of course, I grabbed the cart with the sticky wheel, View Post
How to Teach Kids Conflict Resolution Skills, the Easy Way! Ahhhhhh, it’s Friday afternoon. The ONE day of the week where we don’t have ANY plans, activities, homework and I even have the evening off from cooking dinner. It’s THAT heavenly of a time for our family. The kids are nowhere to be View Post
You have not been properly initiated into motherhood until you have worn a LEGO headlamp, armed yourself with strip of tape and gone on a pinworm safari in your sleeping child’s pants!On my first such hunt, I was greeted by three pinworms that mockingly waved at me from the crack of my son’s View Post
Are you planning on taking the kids to see Santa this year? If so, don't miss the 10 must-read tips for perfect Santa pictures! (This post was originally published in 2014, but it was recently updated with a few new tips I learned along the way!) We recently took the kids to see Santa and it went View Post
There are days we need to keep our little ones busy and happy for a few minutes. These easy toddler-approved Perler bead ornaments are perfect for that!The big kids are busy with their homework. Common core math has forced a silence over the house. The little kids are enjoying their simple life, View Post
Congratulations! Your toddler is now potty trained. The little cherub happily wears big-kid underwear throughout the day, and proudly and LOUDLY announces each and every bodily function before, during and after they take place. But wait – the little tot is not dry at night! No matter how many View Post
“Live in the NOW” - they say. Live with your feet planted firmly on the ground in the right here and NOW. "Live in the NOW" is what they tell us. Which “NOW” is it they are referring to? The one where I am hyper-focused on the pain and anguish around me? The NOW where my loved ones are scared, View Post
It is the season of the Elf, the Elf on the Shelf that is! And while you are probably filled with excitement and ideas at all of the wonderful adventures your little Elf is going to go on, you may also be feeling a bit anxious that you will run out of ideas, or that your Elf may not appear to have View Post
