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…
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…
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 Tips For Raising Money-Smart Children
Kids are, like they saying goes, little broke best friends who think you are wealthy. Our kids certainly have no problem sending us links, filling their online carts and asking us to click the order…
21 Awesome Fundraising Ideas for Kids
“I’ll write you a check, but don’t ask me for my time,” is what I said to our oldest daughter’s Assistant Principal when we met the summer before she entered high school. I already serve…
20 Signs You Need to Send Your Child to a Boot Camp for Teens
Boarding school. Boot camp. Parents joke about sending their teens to one or the other – or both – when they’re acting up, and then we all laugh about it. My parents joked with me…
20 Awesome Outdoor Toys for Kids That Bring Endless Fun
“I’m just an outside boy,” my son (now eight) said to my husband and I years ago on he and his twin sister’s fifth birthday. Their grandmother gifted them many things, but among them was…
