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How You Can Make Your Home Feel More Warm and Inviting
The first and the most important step when considering home renovations of any kind is to consider your family’s needs and tastes. If you are making major changes your children will soon tell you if a planned redesign of their bedrooms is not to their requirements. This also applies to the kitchen of course – [...]
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Dishwashers for Dummies
We had a dishwasher growing up and it was always my job to unload it after they got washed. And just like any chore I hated it after several years of having to do it all the time. My mom was always in charge of FILLING the dishwasher. She had this WAY that she did [...]
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The Advantages of Giving Homemade Mother’s Day Gift Baskets
Giving Mother’s Day gift baskets to your mom during Mother’s Day is a special thing you can do to make her feel special. Regardless, if you are close to her or not, she deserves to be appreciated because of the hard work, love, and sacrifice she went through during her motherhood.If you are hesitant to [...]
Five Ways to Save Time and Money on House Cleaning
This is a Guest Post If, like me, you find that cleaning your house is a really time-consuming chore, these tips may be helpful to you. While we all know that house cleaning is essential, it is often a task that we put off in order to do more enjoyable or urgent things. Luckily, with [...]
Pinterest – Great Place to Find New Family Meal Ideas
I have recently joined Pinterest and I have already become completely addicted. Being an artist myself, I love that it is based on all visuals. So, if you are not yet on Pinterest, I am sure you are wondering what it is all about and how in the world can you find meal ideas there? [...]
Stuck in Bed
Guest Post written by our friend Solomon Thompson I have the flu and I must say it sucks. I can’t breathe can hardly even move, the only thing I can do is lay here in bed. I guess I can’t complain too much though because I am actually enjoying the Lifetime Movie network. I didn’t [...]
5 Trips to Take the Kids on Before They Grow Up
There is a certain age that all children suddenly turn into the too-cool-for-mom pre-teen. The groans, the eye rolling, mass food consumption and the yearning to be anywhere their parents aren’t is something all parents dread. So before they turn into these monsters, take them on a family trip that will produce the much deserved [...]
5 Homemade Gifts Kids Can Make
Guest Post: Homemade gifts are often the best kind, especially when they are made by children. Making gifts takes time and effort rather than money, which makes them even more valuable. Have your kids try giving one of these easy homemade gifts today, and watch smiles appear. 1. Wind chimes – Almost anything [...]
Making the Most of Your Time as a Work at Home Mom
“How Do You Do It?” That is the #1 question I am asked by almost anyone I run into. They ask me: “How do you do it with 4 kids and running multiple businesses?” . It makes me chuckle sometimes because I don’t always know how I do it. Yes, I have things that I [...]
A Moms Guide to Reading a Child’s Behavior
Guest Post by Nisha Sharma All moms struggle to understand and cope with their children’s behavior. In any stage of development, it can be difficult to determine the difference between normal and abnormal behavior. Family expectations, social and cultural environments and the child’s own temperament can all influence a child’s behavior. While there are general [...]
Online Games – Fun for the Whole Family
Life has changed so much in the area of game playing. I remember as a kid that my family and I often played board games together. We were not distracted by the digital world of cell phones, internet and video games. Life was simpler then. Now toddlers are playing video games and 10 yr olds [...]
3 Ways to Make the Most of Videogames with Your Kids
This guest post is contributed by Lauren Bailey As a parent I was very hesitant to bring any videogames into my home. The media is riddled with news, studies, and polls that argue against allowing children to play videogames, especially ones that depict violence in a stylized way. The underlying current seems to be that [...]
The Big Apple Circus – Fun for the Whole Family
We had the wonderful opportunity of going to the Big Apple Circus in New York City for the second time. We went last year to the “Dance On” show and I shared a lot of insight into our experience which you can read here. Our tickets were for the 12:30pm show on a Sunday so [...]
5 Free, Fun Places to take Your Kids
This is a guest post by Nancy Parker You love to take your kids to new places, but you really don’t have the money. Where can you take them that are fun for them and free for you? Well, here are five great ideas for fun day trips with your child. They’ll love the adventure [...]
