Encouraging kids to eat healthy foods is not always easy. Kids tend to prefer foods laden with sugar, salt, and artificial ingredients and turn their nose up to greens. Of course, this is not just kids; this is adults as well. What can you do to get your children interested in some of the green …
I don’t think we are doing enough in our homeschool. I think we are doing too much. I think we need to skip taking a week off. Do any of those sound familiar? Homeschool mom guilt is strong, it is overwhelming at times. Ditching Homeschool Mom Guilt It can also sound like: my child isn’t …
We often don’t take the time to think about where our products come from and the impact they have on our planet. Things like everyday kitchen gadgets, cleaning supplies, and health care tools all have eco-friendly alternatives that can help reduce or eliminate waste in your daily life. Eco-Friendly Alternatives for Your Home I have …
This year, we’re planting a fun herb garden together that I know my kids will love. Because they love pizza. When we bought our house, my girls were so excited to be able to have a garden to grow our own food. While the excitement didn’t translate too well to weeding our garden last summer, for any …
While we are a homeschooling family now, I still worry about lice (ewww!) especially in my oldest, her hair is so thick, thicker than mine or anyone else’s in our home. Girls hair tend to end up in their face, flying every which way, and all of that. Now instead of school hair we have …
New year, new you, right? Get started by cleaning up, and gather together these things to toss out now, have less clutter in your homeschool, feel great about making some donations, and maybe have a little extra cash in your pocket from things you might sell. Clutter: 130+ Things to Toss Out Now *This post …
We were so excited a few weeks ago when we adopted our kittens. Everyone was excited, Hubby and I, all three kids. Very happy to have welcomed new pets into our home. And then it happened. We learned there was a cat allergy in our house. Let’s rewind a little here, on the day we …
Does it seem like toys have taken over your house as soon as your children reach toddlerhood, and only get worse the older they get? Toy clutter is all over my house, from the living room to the kitchen, to the bedrooms, even to the bathroom, because they have to have bath toys too. Tips on …
Three children later and I am still using the same teething product that I was using when Austin was little. It was recommended to me by a friend with a little one, and I could still hug them for that recommendation. Boiron’s Camilia has been in my medicine cupboard for 6 years now! So I …