Want to make sure your kids aren’t bored on your next road trip? Try making them vacation journals to document their memories—it’s a super fun idea for long road trips! I love taking road trips with my family. Some of my very favorite family memories were made in the car in the middle of nowhere…
Some days, I worry that my children are never going to get along. So much bickering. So much unwillingness to share. So much eye-rolling. And so much more bickering. But then I remember that my brothers and bickered and refused to share and rolled our eyes and bickered some more. All the time. My poor…
Choosing a planner is very personal to your own life and preferences. Here are some guidelines to help you pick a paper planner that you will love! Even amidst all of the electronic technology out there, people still love and use their paper planners. I am one of those people. I have tried to go…
Family camping is so much fun—as long as you have the right supplies! If you’re novice campers, prepare for your camping trip by making sure you’ve got everything you need. We have never been big campers. The first time that we went camping together as a family was when our second child was a baby…
This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! My girls did their first summer book club in the summer of 2012. My youngest daughter was still a bit young for such an activity (though she did…
This summer, my husband and I will be celebrating not one, but THREE momentous occasions. In June, we will celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. That’s the most important. But we both have summer birthdays, too, and this year we are both turning “The Big 4-0.” (I don’t really know what’s up with that, by the…
Sticking to a budget can be difficult, because some things come up so rarely that you forget to budget for them, or you don’t realize how much your are actually spending on what you think should be a non-category. Budgeting can also be difficult because it’s too easy to use a credit or debit card…