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13 Unique Water Toys for Kids to Beat the Summer Heat

July 16, 2018 By Lauren

These unique water toys for kids will keep your kids cool and entertained for hours this summer!

Everyone loves the pool, but if you’re looking to mix things up a little, these unique water toys for kids are sure to do the trick. From crazy squirt guns to the coolest slip ‘n slides, your kids can use these fun water toys whether you have access to a pool or not. I’d be […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Informational Tagged With: summer, summer fun, water toys

Drowning Can Look a Lot Like Swimming

June 12, 2017 By Lauren

It's easy to let your guard down when your family is having fun at the lake, pond, or pool. But remember that drowning doesn't always look like drowning. Sometimes it looks a lot like swimming.

It was a perfect Maine summer day. Fluffy white clouds floated lazily across a cerulean sky. The bright sun warmed the earth and a light breeze kept the humidity at bay. The three kids and I packed up the car and headed out to meet a group of families who all had kids starting kindergarten […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Informational, Parenting Essays Tagged With: drown, drowning, summer, swimming

Keeping Screen Time Under Control: A Summer Plan

June 13, 2016 By Lauren

keeping screen time under control

Summer vacation has arrived! Days, weeks, and months of freedom stretch before us. No homework, no after school activities, fun in the sun, sibling squabbles, cries for ‘just a few more minutes’ on the iPad, clothes and toys and junk all over the house… Hold on a minute! Keeping Screen Time Under Control: A Summer […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Informational Tagged With: chores, kids, nagging, responsibility, screen time, summer

Five Things I Refuse to Feel Guilty About This Summer

May 20, 2016 By Lauren

As moms, we find things to feel guilty about all the time. Put an end to that this summer! Let's resolve to not feel guilty about these five things this summer. Both we and our kids will be better off for it!

© 2015 Lauren Cormier, as first published on Scary Mommy Every summer it’s the same thing. I start the season out with great intentions and end it wondering how it could be over already. Instead of enjoying the days, I usually end up feeling guilty about one thing or another because apparently, as a mother, […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Informational, Parenting Essays, Parenting Humor Tagged With: kids, mom guilt, mommy guilt, parenting, summer

9 Tips to Keep Everyone Happy on a Family Road Trip

June 25, 2015 By Lauren

Family Road Trip

As we head into summer, millions of families will be hitting the road for a good, old-fashioned family vacation. Whether heading across town or across the country, traveling with kids can turn even the calmest parent into a bundle of nerves. With a little planning though, the entire family can have a (relatively) stress-free and absolutely fun experience that will create […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Informational Tagged With: family, fun, LEGO Juniors, road trip, summer, tips, travel, vacation

How Skimmies are Saving My Summer

June 10, 2015 By Lauren

I used to really like wearing skirts and dresses, especially in the summer. I could throw one on with a pair of flip flops and instantly feel casual, comfortable, and pretty, not to mention cool, on a hot summer day. Then I had kids. Suddenly a bunch of the things I used to wear without a second […]

Filed Under: I Tried It!, Random Tagged With: dresses, giveaway, jockey, jockey skimmies, saved by skimmies, skimmies, skirts, slipshort, summer

Eight SAFE Sunscreens to Use This Summer

May 30, 2015 By Lauren

8 Safe Sunscreens to Use This Summer

By now you’ve probably seen the Environmental Working Group’s Sunscreen Hall of Shame that’s been floating around the internet. It contains an impressive list of potentially harmful sunscreens, and I bet if you check the list you can find at least one that you have in your home right now. After reading the list, I was glad to […]

Filed Under: Family Life, Informational Tagged With: environmental working group, ewg, safe sunscreen, summer, sunburn, sunscreen

Seven Signs That Fall is on Its Way

August 27, 2014 By Lauren

Signs of Fall

You’re floating through summer, enjoying the slower pace, the days spent at the beach, the nights by a campfire. You feel as though it’s barely begun and then suddenly, BAM! Summer is over. You’re buying school supplies for your kids, trying pants on them for when the days get cooler, and wondering how the heck […]

Filed Under: Holidays, Random Tagged With: apples, boots, candles, cinnamon, coffee, fall, mums, pumpkin, summer, sweaters

Week 31: The Cormier Kids and the Not Bummer Summer

August 24, 2014 By Lauren

Beach Day

First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to find out what it’s all about! Well, summer lasted about .038 seconds. It always seems short, but this year, wow! It just flew. This was the last week before school starts and the last week that my sister and her two kids […]

Filed Under: Keeping It Real Challenge Tagged With: als, back to school, beach, end of summer, ice bucket challenge, keeping it real, summer, water balloon fight

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