We had a lovely Valentines Day yesterday – despite having several coughing, fevery kids. We kicked the day off with pink, heart pancakes and wrapped it up with a fancy, candlelight pizza dinner. We held our annual Lotsa Love Celebration and forced our kids to watch us dance to our wedding song and listen to [...]
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Back in 2007, I wrote an article for Organize magazine entitled Making the Grade. It was loaded with great tips for keeping your family organized during the school year. The original article is a bit long for a single post, so I’ll be trimming it a bit and breaking it up into four posts focused on [...]
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
As most of you know by now, I’m a stay at home Mom to four oh-so-charming kids. And as much as I love them, there are many moments when their charming sides fade and their sneaky/rebellious/I’m-gonna-bug-my-sister-till-she-cries sides surface. I’ve never been a big fan of spanking or screaming, so I’ve had to get creative with [...]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
One day the world will do me a favor and someone will develop a truly kid-friendly toothpaste. I imagine it will be something similar to the Electrasol dishwashing tabs under my kitchen sink – compact, individually portioned, and virtually mess-proof. Until that happy day arrives, I’m afraid I’m stuck with the status quo…sticky tubes of crusty [...]
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Yesterday it was a chilly 42 degrees here in Missouri. Last week it was 72 and it wouldn’t surprise me if I woke up to a balmy 80 degree day tomorrow. Around here, the weather fluctuates constantly in the fall and spring which can make it pretty tricky to keep your kid’s clothes under control. [...]
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Keeping track of your kids activities and school schedules can be an overwhelming challenge. My solution? Take the pressure off yourself by helping your kids do it on their own. In our house my kids use their fridge planners to keep track of all their weekly to-dos. When I posted this idea early on in [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
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