These past few weeks we've had to adapt to a new way of life. So much has changed. My daughter LOVES her birthday! We are huge on celebrating birthdays, we love She's been talking about her birthday for months! Last year she had a huge party, this year...
Years from now, when our kids are remembering this crisis there's a good chance all they will remember will be the little garden they planted, the cookies they baked, the makeshift camping tents... all the little things we do to keep them occupied while we stress are probably...
I spend all my time shielding my kids from being online. I didn't want to have to be monitoring online activities. I pretty much run a screen-free home. I just gave my kids phones this year with very limited freedom. My approach used to be play ostrich, head...
The Holidays are long gone, most of us are back to work and all the Christmas decorations are ready to get back in their boxes and tucked away until next year. Not for me! I don't want to take them down! I normally take them down around January...
Kids and family bonding time Moto: Always be part of the kids life as they grow up participate in the silly stuff they’re into, like that as you don't get left behind. You don't want to wake with teenagers you have no idea how to talk to them,...
This is a guest post written by 11 year old daughter Ms Kailee. What is a VSCO girl? A VSCO girl is a super perky and happy girl, who wears scrunchies, big shirts and is very environmentally conscious. She's all about the turtles. Basically a girl who looks...
I love the Holidays, from thanksgiving to new Years! I love it all! I love everything about it. The food, the presents, the togetherness... But every year, between Church Christmas programs, multiple kids Christmas recitals, Christmas parties, Christmas photo-shoot for Christmas cards, shopping.. I would miss it! So...
Because representation matters. Kids like to see people that look like them, they thrive when they can relate. I watch my "I-don't-like-to-read" daughter devoured a book cover to cover in one sitting at the library because the girls on the cover looked like her. She relates to the...
1. Show them the money I started a fun little game with my kids this summer. For every book they read and write a report/summary of, they get $2. My kids don't get a lot of opportunities to earn money because I don't pay for chores or anything done around...
Happy First day of Summer! Today is the Summer Solstice but we've knee-deep in our summer break for a minute. We just got back from our DC trip we had tons of fun. Now that we are back home we have to keep having fun and My kids don't go...
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