Ever since my first baby was born I’ve tried to be more mindful of our family’s use of plastics. Something about becoming a mom just makes you more aware. Of ingredients. Of potential toxins. Of how the earth will be someday when they’re grown. I’m in no way perfect. There is definitely plastic in my …

We are still in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. About two weeks ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guidelines encouraging people to wear a cloth face covering (not a medical mask—save those for health workers!) if they needed to go out in public during this time of social distancing. While …

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 …

Whoever said vegan food wasn’t tasty was seriously mistaken. All you need is the right recipes and proper execution of them, and you will have yourself a meal thats just as delicious as any other kind of recipe that’s got meat. Check out these healthy recipes so you can see just how versatile and scrumptious vegan food …

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 …

I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited for a new movie release, just for something to alleviate the tedium of being stuck inside my house for going on four straight weeks. My family made popcorn for breakfast and plopped ourselves down in front of the TV to review Trolls World Tour for you all, …