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Fire-Free S’more Rice Krispie Treat Recipe

Don’t you just love the beginning of summer?  Almost overnight the stores are suddenly stocked with red-check tablecloths, freezer pops, hot dogs and boatloads of these… I just can’t help myself.  We don’t even have a fire pit but somehow I couldn’t stop my hands from adding these scrumptious s’more supplies to my cart last week. [...]

Tackling Laundry Mini-Tip 5

Ok, ok.  I know I said I was done talking about laundry but four tips just seemed like a weird place to stop.  Sorry, these things bug me…I can’t explain it.  Additionally, my site is having issues displaying posts on the home page lately (big changes are coming soon) so I thought I’d add one [...]

Add Some Flair to Your April Fools’ with This Free Printable

When it comes to April Fools’ Day, we like to keep it pretty simple.  This year, my husband and I snuck into our kids’ bedrooms at night and signed their faces with washable markers (I made sure to to it in pink and add hearts – just to bug my boys).  Our kids quickly retaliated [...]

4 Ideas for Easier Easter Egg Dyeing

To me, coloring Easter eggs is like crafting with glitter – the end result is lovely but the process is a big mess.  Since cutting out this colorful tradition isn’t really an option (my kids love it too much), I came up with a few simple strategies to make the egg dyeing process a little [...]

Pumpkins and Power Tools – My Favorite Way to Carve a Jack-o’-Lantern

Pumpkin carving isn’t a pretty process.  It’s sticky, pulpy, and flat out messy.  As a mom, you can try to combat this messiness.  You can cover your floors (and children) in plastic, use sharpies instead of cutting tools or even buy those foamy “ever-last” pumpkins from the craft store.  In my opinion, carving pumpkins with [...]

P-Touch Labeler Giveaway – Key to Kitchen Organization

I hate emptying the dishwasher.  It seems like such a tedious task to me.  A few months ago I decided to put an end to this daily annoyance by making dishwasher-emptying a designated kid job.  The solution had both good and bad results.  Although I loved having the dishes put away everyday, I hated wasting [...]

Easy Idea for Managing Kid Towels

I am convinced that the person who invented towel rods did not have children.  Not only are they tough for little hands to reach, but they’re only designed to hold one or two towels.  When you’ve got four kids sharing the same bathroom you need a better way to keep soggy towels off the floor. Last [...]

Quick and Easy Homemade Valentines Giveaway

Valentine’s day is just over a week away and chances are your kids have a big list of Valentines to create this weekend.  Usually, that means you have two options – you either fork out several dollars per child on a generic, cheaply-made store set or you spend your entire weekend (and probably a hunk [...]