Tips for Moms

Wow. My husband and I just moved back to the Midwest after a decade in Northern Virginia. Even though we both lived most of our lives in Ohio/Michigan/Illinois, after being away so long we still weren’t totally prepared for a winter that continued into April! If your kids are like mine—or your weather is colder …

In honor of Earth Day why not focus your art projects on recycled materials! It’s a win win, you’ll be reusing something bound for the trash and facilitating a fun activity with your kids … it doesn’t get better than that! In addition to the below crafts, you can really expound on Earth Day education …

We have three children: a 7 year old, 5 year old and 1 year old. As we are homeschooling, we spend a lot of time together, and one of our favorite ways to both learn, and pass the time, is with games! Games made for small kids don’t usually take too long, so most of …

Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that people wear a cloth face covering (aka a mask!) if they needed to go out in public during quarantine, people are scrambling to get or make masks. Since we aren’t all handy with a sewing machine, don’t have a sewing machine or basically can’t …

We’ve rounded the corner into week four of our stay-at-home order here. The school provided work for six of the days the kid’s been home, but the other five have been spring break. Most days we’re hanging in there, but boredom is starting in and you can start to see that everyone’s patience is wearing …

Summertime means thinking outside the box for kid-friendly, fun things to do. Mid-summer when 4th of July comes around, it means I have to step up my game even more! Fireworks aren’t safe for the little ones but they usually want to join in the night time activities. Here is one idea for a fun …

I have to admit that before I had a child I would often look at the mom in the store with the screaming 2 year old and wonder what she was doing wrong and why he wouldn’t just calm down.  I couldn’t imagine my own child someday having that reaction.  On some level I thought …

If your baby is outgrowing their crib and nursery, it might be time to start thinking about a big kid room for them. Or maybe you already transitioned your child to a regular bed but never really turned the entire nursery into a place for an older child? Today we are sharing some of our favorite …

We finally started potty training for reals last Monday. I had been putting it off because I didn’t have my act together between the almost 3-year-old and 8-month-old twins. Well, mom finally got her act together and gathered up all the pertinent potty training supplies. It was ON! I printed out a potty training chart …

We all know by now that we need to stay home as much as possible, only leaving the house for essential reasons, due to COVID-19. And we are all probably going a least a little crazy already, especially if you have kids at home. So, we thought we’d bring you a list of things to …

From one homeschool mom to another (because we’re all in that boat now), let me assure you that it is A-OK to employ screens these days. Now, nonstop twaddle, probably is not ideal, but so many of the streaming services are chock-full of AMAZING documentaries and teaching topics. And those Netflix learning shows 100% count …

Easter egg hunts are so much fun to witness, if you ask me. Last year was the first time my son was old enough to understand the concept of the hunt, so it was quite low key and simple. (I think it was even contained to only one room. It was raining so it had …