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Easter Dessert Recipes Your Kids Will Love

March 9, 2018 By Lauren

Easter dessert recipes the kids will love

Below: These 12 Easter dessert recipes will be loved by kids and adults alike.  Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Since we live a few hours away from my husband’s side of the family, early in our marriage we “claimed” Easter as our holiday. That means that we host every year. We have a […]

Filed Under: Holidays, Recipes Tagged With: easter dessert recipes

Six Easter-Specific April Fools Pranks You’ve Got to Try

February 27, 2018 By Lauren

Easter is on April Fools Day this year! Get a great list of Easter-specific April Fools pranks here and be ready for the best day of the year!

Below: Need some Easter-specific April Fools pranks to play on your kids? (Easter falls on April Fools’ Day this year!) I’ve got you covered with these six fun ideas. April Fools’ Day is my holiday. I don’t do much for Valentine’s Day. I don’t do anything for St. Patrick’s Day. But when April 1st rolls […]

Filed Under: Holidays, I Tried It!, Parenting Humor Tagged With: April Fools, april fools day, april fools pranks, easter

The Best Gift a Christian Mom Can Give Her Teenage Kids

February 19, 2018 By Lauren

This gift from a Christian mom to her teen is one that her child can treasure forever.

Below: Want to give your teen a gift she’ll cherish forever? If you’re a Christian mom, this is the best gift idea for your kids that I’ve ever come across. It would make a great birthday, Christmas, Easter, or graduation present. It was a day or two into the new year when I saw the […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Holidays, I Tried It!, Informational Tagged With: christian, christian mom, gift, gift for teen, present, teenager, teens

17 Swoon-Worthy Home Command Centers

January 2, 2018 By Lauren

Home command centers will help you get and keep your family organized, but you have to put some thought into what you really need in your family command center before you set it up. These 17 swoon-worthy examples will give you tons of inspiration.

Below: Home command centers will help you get and keep your family organized, but you have to put some thought into what you really need in your family command center before you set it up. These 17 swoon-worthy examples will give you tons of inspiration. Four years ago I decided the giant bare wall in […]

Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Family Life, I Tried It!, Informational Tagged With: DIY, family command center, get organized, home command center, home decor, organization

Four Awesome Planners to Finally Get Your Life in Order

December 29, 2017 By Lauren

If you struggle to keep your life organized, one of these four awesome planners will help get you on track!

Below: If you struggle to keep your life organized, one of these four awesome planners will help get you on track! I never owned a planner until last year. I saw one a fellow blogger and business mama had created and it was so pretty that I just couldn’t help myself. It’s been a year, […]

Filed Under: Family Life, I Tried It!, Informational Tagged With: day planner, life planner, organized, planner, planners

Memory Foam Hybrid Mattress: A Tomorrow Sleep Review

November 6, 2017 By Lauren

If you're in the market for a new mattress, you have a lot of choices. Two parents of three tested out a memory foam hybrid mattress. Here's what they thought.

Thank you to Tomorrow for providing us with a memory foam hybrid mattress and accessories in exchange for an honest review. I married an older man. Eric is eight years my senior, so by the time we got married, he’d been on his own for a while. This had a lot of perks: He already […]

Filed Under: I Tried It! Tagged With: best hybrid mattress, mattress review, memory foam hybrid mattress, tomorrow sleep

One Simple Kitchen Hack That Will Save You Money and Food Waste

July 3, 2017 By Lauren

This simple kitchen hack is so easy I don't know why I didn't think of it years ago! Save yourself money and food waste with this two second trick.

Below: Discover the simple kitchen hack that saves my family both money and food waste! He stands in front of the open refrigerator, surveying the contents inside. After a moment, he reaches in, pulls out a Rubbermaid container, cracks the lid open, and does the sniff test. “When did we have stir fry?” he asks. […]

Filed Under: I Tried It!, Informational, Random Tagged With: food, food waste, kitchen, kitchen hacks, money, saving money

Staying in a Hotel With Kids, By the Numbers

May 15, 2017 By Lauren

Staying in a hotel with kids is far different than staying in a hotel by yourself. Let's break it down by the numbers.

About a month ago, the kids and I left Eric home and went on a little mini-vacation with some of my family. We spent three nights in a hotel, which was a huge treat for the kids since we rarely do that. It was fun for me too, and having my sister in the room […]

Filed Under: Family Life, I Tried It!, Parenting Humor Tagged With: hotel, memories, numbers, pool, travel, traveling with kids, vacation

A Month’s Worth of Fun and Free Lunchbox Notes for May

May 4, 2017 By Lauren

It’s a new month and that means a new batch of lunchbox notes for May! This month there are jokes, words of encouragement, and lots of fill-in-the-blanks, including some fun ones that let you tell your kids about life when you were a kid. Lunchbox Notes for May Sign up below to get immediate access […]

Filed Under: DIY, Family Life, Holidays, I Tried It!, Informational Tagged With: encouragement, free, kids, lunchbox notes, parenting, printable lunchbox notes, printables, school

The Problem With How We Teach Our Kids About Money

April 2, 2017 By Lauren

We all want to teach our kids about money so they can be financially responsible adults, but there's a problem with our current teaching methods. I dive into what that problem is and how to rectify it.

Thanks to Kidibank for sponsoring this post! BELOW: We all want to teach our kids about money so they can be financially responsible adults, but there’s a problem with our current teaching methods. I dive into what that problem is and how to rectify it. I check the clock. We have 15 minutes to leave […]

Filed Under: Family Life, I Tried It!, Informational Tagged With: app, financial management, kids, money, money management, saving, saving money, spending, teaching

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