It’s summer, it’s finally warm outside and what’s your first thought – let’s go to the beach! Seems easy enough, right? Then you realize you have the kids in tow and it all changes. What’s on your beach packing list now? Think about how much you have for your kids to entertain at home – …
Date Night for Parents Before you have kids, you have no idea what a date night for parents is. You go out to dinner, a movie, a sporting event or friends party without a second thought. Then along comes baby #1 and everything changes. Instead of going out to dinner, we are trying to figure …
Summer is just around the corner, it’s almost time for the kids to be done with school and now we are faced with the question – what are we going to do all summer? Here are some of our favorite summer activities to go with the kids. Go to the park/playground – This is such …
It can be so overwhelming when your baby is fussy and doesn’t want to stop crying. Or even when they are a little older and giving you a hard time getting them dressed or changing their diapers. A great way to distract them is to sing them songs or lullabies. When I was pregnant with …
Backyard Movie Night Looking for a fun summer activity that your kids will love? There is nothing like a an outdoor movie night! There are a couple different ways to set up a backyard movie. We have had an outdoor movie night with our neighbors for the last two summers and have already had one …
Airplane Birthday Theme My son, Gage, turned one last week. I can’t believe how fast a year went by! It seems like just yesterday we were anxiously awaiting his arrival and now, my little baby was now an almost walking one year old! Where did the time go? For his first birthday party, we decided …
Tips to Slash Your Grocery Bill When you are a mom with kids, you suddenly realize how a grocery bill can creep up quickly! A grocery shopping trip can get very expensive with trying to make sure your kids eat healthy. Eating healthy isn’t cheap! And then there’s the snacks – all those snacks! Kids …
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(Note: updated in April 2019 – I no longer like to recommend the Fisher Price Rock n Play even though it worked great for us – there has been warnings due to a number of infant deaths) When you have your first baby and are registering for your baby shower gifts, you know to register …
The day when your little baby gets to start eating something other than breast milk or formula is an exciting day. That day comes all too quickly and you think, this will make things easier as you start to move them towards eating the same food as you. And you want them to try everything! …
We took our first Disney cruise when my daughter was just a year old. She was so excited, we were so excited and I had read lots of articles online to prepare myself. My husband and I had been on a bunch of cruises before so I thought I had a good handle on things, …
