Getting your family to spend time together is exciting but sometimes challenging. You want to ensure everyone has a good time while avoiding boredom or conflict. When planning, consider your attendees’ ages, abilities, and interests. Involve everyone in the process to get the best results. Here are 10 fun family reunion activities for all ages. […]
20 DIY Baby Gifts- Clothing and Nursery Decorations
Baby on board! You’ve told the news, even shared your first ultrasound picture on Facebook but now you are perusing your BABY Pinterest board to find the must have pieces for your baby’s closet and nursery only to discover that baby stuff is expensive, and not just expensive but ridiculously so. $15.00-20.00 for a onesie? […]
Delicious Homemade Fruit Roll Ups: A Healthy Snack Option
Looking for a healthy snack? I have you covered with two amazing recipes for homemade fruit roll-ups. The first recipe is uses fresh fruit to make fruit roll ups. The second recipe used dried fruit to make homemade fruit by the foot. Both of these fruit rollup recipes have just two ingredients! They’re easy to customize with […]
Tips For Fast Pinewood Derby Car Designs
My son has been in Cub Scouts since Kindergarten (it is for children in grades K-5). I enrolled him because I knew that he would learn lots of great skills. As it turns out, he loves Cub Scouts! He not only has fun, he also learns skills to help him do things himself, he picks […]
Why Kids Play Dress Up & The Benefits
I can remember playing outdoors for hours on end pretending I was someone else. Usually, it was acting out “Little House on the Prairie” episodes or simply playing house. Sometimes I was alone and sometimes I acted with my sister. The benefits of kids playing dress up are many and they go way beyond keeping them […]
How To Find Joy In Your Family Life
Let’s face it! Family life is a huge adjustment from your care-free single days where you were responsible for no one except yourself. It is a wonderful, joyous gift to be surrounded by family. However, there are times when things may be going less than spectacular and you think, “Is this really my life?” The […]
Blueberry French Toast Casserole Recipe
Instant pot cooking is all the rage these days. They are known for speeding up your cook time and being especially useful to busy parents who want to provide a home cooked meal in less time. Today, I am happy to feature a recipe from the cookbook, COOKING WITH YOUR INSTANT POT® MINI, by Heather […]