How to Plan the Perfect Ice Cream Party
Ice cream, you scream we all scream for ice cream! If that doesn’t take you back 30+ years hearing your dad make the standard ice cream dad joke, nothing will. It is a dad thing,…
20 Kids School Lunch Ideas for Under $1
I’ll be honest with you upfront: I don’t pack school lunches, do much of the grocery shopping, or pay attention to price tags. I can’t cook (I’m trying to learn), and our four kids are…
20 Awesome Family Bonding Activities
Happy New Year, and Happy Month We All Get to Slow Down and Recuperate From Months of Busyness. Okay, I made up that last part, but you know I’m not wrong. January is like the…
How to Get Your Children to Follow a Routine Without Reminders
“How do you do it?” is the question I am asked all the time. I mean, all the time. How do I manage to do what I do, raise four kids, keep a clean house,…
What is the Ferber Method and Should You Bother?
Ahhh…sleep. It’s a glorious thing, yet many of us get nowhere near enough. WebMD provides a comprehensive list of how much sleep people need by age (I, personally, require 8 hours of sleep every night…
What Do You Do When Your Teen Lies?
If there is one thing I will not tolerate from my children, it’s lying. The number one rule in our household is the truth is spoken at all times. Lying is unacceptable. I remember growing…
20 Organization Hacks for your Refrigerator
Organization is my love language. It’s not really my love language, per se, but my husband can tell you there are few things in life that bring joy to my (undiagnosed) OCD heart than organization….
10 Safe Phone Alternatives for Kids
Middle school is the rule in our home. When you go to middle school, you can have a cell phone. Not a moment before, and we will have full and complete access to your phone…
20 Awesome Random Acts of Kindness for Kids
It began when our oldest daughter was in third grade. She got into the car after school one day, and she immediately began crying. Before she said a word, I could already feel the anger…