Below: Give your kids a midday pick-me-up with these fun, encouraging, and free printable April lunchbox notes. They’re perfect for the month of April and Easter! Is anyone else extremely HOPPY that April is here? (Sorry, I couldn’t resist the lure of the cheesy Easter pun.) Here in Maine we still have snow on the ground and […]
Cooking Gifts for Kids Who Want to Be Kitchen Superstars
Below: Looking for awesome cooking gifts for kids? If your child loves to cook and bake, you’ll find everything you need to make their next birthday or holiday gift a hit! My oldest son loves cooking shows, especially the competitions. Whether it’s Chopped, Guy’s Grocery Games, or Cake Wars, he chooses his favorite contestant and […]
Do These April Fools’ Pranks Make the Grade?
When it comes to making holidays ‘magical’ for my kids, I like to think I fall comfortably in the middle of the spectrum. We have special traditions that the kids (and my husband and I) look forward to, but they tend to be on the simpler side (i.e. snowman shaped pancakes on Christmas morning, but not […]
Free Printable Lunchbox Notes for the Month of March
Below: Free printable lunchbox notes that are perfect for the month of March! Includes St. Patrick’s Day themed notes. I’ve learned a lot about blogging in the four and a half years that I’ve been doing it. For example, I’ve learned that you should start your blog posts with an interesting story to draw the reader […]
Make Your Kids Smile With These Free Printable Lunchbox Notes
I’m not the type of mom who creates bento box masterpieces for her kids each day. I’m not the type who cuts their sandwiches into little bears with blueberry eyes and a red pepper mouth. I’m not even the type who always comes up with new snack ideas to pack in their lunches. I have nothing […]
The Kids Are Gone! Here’s What to Do With Your Time
I teamed up with Atmos Flare 3D Drawing Pen for this post. I recently found myself with something I haven’t had in over eight years: Regular time to myself. You read that right. Time. All. Alone. It sounds magical, doesn’t it? Like something right out of a fairy tale. Except this time it’s real life. With […]
19 Homemade Cleaners You’ll Feel Good About Using
Before I had kids, I never really thought about the types of cleaners I used, and using homemade cleaners never crossed my mind. I figured the worse it smelled and the more chemicals it had in it, the better job it did at killing all the germs. Then I had my oldest and before I […]
The One Thing You Should Do (That No One Ever Does) When You Car Shop
A big thank you to Kia and Drive Shop for letting our family try out the Sedona SXL during our vacation! I cried the day we sold my Corolla. It had been my first car; the one that took me back and forth between Maine and Pennsylvania through four years of college, the one that […]
How to Make a DIY Photo Christmas Tree
It is one of my favorite days of the year: Our annual hunt for a Christmas tree. We move between rows of spruce trees, lose sight of each other, then shout when we think we’ve found ‘the one’. Inevitably a flaw is found and the search continues, usually ending with a tree that’s ‘good enough’ when […]
Irresistible Cream Puff Recipe (Betcha Can’t Eat Just One!)
This post contains affiliate links. Almost everyone I know has a recipe they’re known for. It’s their go-to for get-togethers and, if for some reason they ask what they can bring, it’s the one that’s always requested. My sister’s go-to is her cream puffs. Every Christmas Eve she used to whip up a batch for dessert and […]