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Cutting the Chaos of Dinner Time With Kids

March 11, 2016 By Lauren

Dinner time with kids can be chaotic. Spilled drinks, complaining, no one in their seat. But it doesn't have to be a total wash. Here's how one family makes it less chaotic so that they can enjoy their time together. Includes a free Conversation Starters printable.

Not long ago I found a bunch of stock photos of families at dinner time and I’ve got to tell you, they looked NOTHING like our family dinners. Everyone was in their seat. Everyone was smiling. Kids were grabbing second helpings of vegetables. No one had food on their face or shirt. These photos were remarkable. They […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Informational, Parenting Humor Tagged With: chaos, dinner, dinner time, family time, kids, pizza, supper

Week 49: Did Christmas Meet Your Expectations?

December 29, 2014 By Lauren

Keeping It Real Christmas Expectations

Does anyone else feel like Christmas day is always a little anticlimactic? I love love love the season leading up to it, but then the actual day arrives and it’s kinda like, eh. It doesn’t usually live up to the hype. Or maybe I should say, it doesn’t usually live up to my ridiculous expectations. […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: Christmas, christmas expectations, expectations, family, family time, fun, keeping it real, lower expectations

Meme Monday: Family Movie Night

November 17, 2014 By Lauren

Family Movie Night Meme

Welcome to another exciting edition of Meme Monday. This week’s topic: Family Movie Night. Does your reality live up to your expectations? Meme Monday: Family Movie Night

Filed Under: Family Life, Meme Monday, Parenting Humor Tagged With: expectations, family, family movie night, family time, meme, meme monday, reality, theory

Week five: National Lampoon’s February vacation

February 24, 2014 By Lauren

If you’re just joining me, please click here to find out what this is all about. I never wanted to be one of those moms who dreaded school vacations and longed for her children to go back to the classroom. What was the point of having kids if you didn’t even want to spend time […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: family time, keeping it real, outdoors, screen time, tablets, vacation, video games

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