Have you been feeling like you need to lose weight? Have you tried to count calories and been unsuccessful? I was in the same boat. It seemed like I would start a new eating plan every week full of excitement and energy. But within a few days, I gave up, feeling worse about myself than when I…
5 Best Ways to Have a Good Morning
I find that the morning sets the tone for the entire day. If I can get my mind right in the morning, then my day goes a lot smoother. When I am dwelling on negativity, anxious thoughts or the worries of the day as soon as I wake up, it tends to send my day…
10 Best Strategy Games for Kids
My husband is a very strategical and logical thinker. This is not a strong suit of mine. Luckily, my kids all inherited his love for puzzles and strategy. From a young age we have been playing strategy games with them. An easy one that can be played anywhere is Bagel Pico Fermi. Recently, my husband…
31 Dinner Conversation Starters – Free Printable
This is a sponsored post. I am a big believer in the family mealtime. As much as we are able, we all try and have dinner together each night. I understand this is not always possible for everyone because of work schedules and other commitments but even just weekend dinners together can have a positive effect on a…
Using Bath Time to Connect with Baby
Thanks to The Motherhood/JOHNSON’S® for sponsoring this post about Using Bath Time to Connect with Baby. Most babies love bath time – and why shouldn’t they? Bath time is a multi-sensorial playground and gives babies another way to bond with their parents and use their senses to discover the world around them. For parents, bath time can…
5 Ways to Teach Kids to Give Back
Despite my best efforts to keep my kids grounded and grateful, at times selfishness and materialism creep in. I can totally relate because the same thing happens to me. In order to try and refocus my kids (and myself) on gratitude and giving, we have implemented some simple ideas into our day to day life….
Have a Frenzy Free Morning with C&H® Sugar
This is a compensated post for Domino Sugar and Mom It Forward Blogger Network, but all opinions are my own. With three little ones to get off to school, I don’t have a spare moment in the mornings. I usually just have a few minutes to eat breakfast and drink some coffee before waking up…
Simple Changes for a More Balanced Lifestyle
January is my favorite month. I love the new beginnings and new hope it offers. My New Year’s resolution this year was to take better care of myself and practice a more balanced lifestyle. As a wife and mom of three, I often put other people’s needs ahead of my own. I recently discovered that…
5 Things NOT to Write in Your Holiday Letter
I was stressing about the upcoming holidays, so I took a laugh break and headed over to NickMom. It’s like the folks at Nickelodeon live at my house and know that instead of holiday standards like freshly baked cookies and carolers at the door, there are burned cookies and ungrateful kids yelling “THAT’S not the toy…
Making Memories – Family Pumpkin Carving
This is a sponsored post. This weekend we participated in a fun family tradition – pumpkin carving. In the past we have made a simple jack o’lantern face using a sharp knife. This is not a bad way to carve a pumpkin, but can be a be a bit dangerous and not very unique. We…