For the past few years, I’ve been less and less enamored with the idea of my kids getting “more stuff” for Christmas that they’ll play with for five minutes before breaking or forgetting about. So as I’ve shared Christmas gift ideas for my kids with family members, I’ve added items that will last beyond December…
Reading aloud with my kids is one of my new “intentional parenting” goals, and I recently found a list of 100 books to read with kids that I thought might be a good place to start. When Jenny was little, I read aloud to her. She was (like myself) a bookaholic, and we would read…
As a WAHM/SAHM (work-at-home mom/stay-at-home mom), it’s easy to default to pajamas or sweats as my daily “uniform,” but that tends to set a tone of “laziness” around here, so I’ve been keeping my eyes on Pinterest, searching for casual SAHM outfit ideas for fall, and then shopping my closet, adding a few accessories here…
When you’re a busy family, easy meals are a must. I’m all about finding easy meals for dinner after a busy day of homeschooling, work, and play, and these are a few of our favorite easy recipes for busy families… These are a few of our busy family’s favorite easy meals to make: Slow Cooker…
This slow cooker chicken and biscuits with green beans recipe is so simple that my six year old can make it in under two minutes. And it’s so yummy that the leftover don’t last long in the fridge – it’s one of our favorite crockpot chicken recipes!
My kids have been begging to carve pumpkins since the middle of September. They remembered how much fun we had carving our pumpkins last year, and they couldn’t wait to do it again this year! Last year, we got a late start to the pumpkin fun. Last minute, I found myself searching for a pumpkin…