Spend Less Without Losing the Holiday Magic The holidays are supposed to feel joyful.Yet somehow, between the gifts, food, travel, decorations, school events, and approximately 47 requests for “just one…
Let the Kids Help! 10 Easy Thanksgiving Recipes to Make Together Thanksgiving is full of delicious food, family traditions, and lots of busy moments in the kitchen. While it may…
Easy Fall Fun for Busy Families Every fall, -let’s face it, every season, it’s defeating- social media fills with beautiful family bucket lists:Visit the pumpkin patch.Bake homemade pies.Take the perfect…
Creative Halloween Writing Ideas for Ages 8–14 Halloween gives kids plenty to imagine—costumes, trick-or-treating, mysterious noises, and creepy characters that make us laugh or shiver.So why not turn some of…
Beautiful Ugly: The Thriller I Couldn’t Figure Out With Halloween coming next month, I decided Mom’s Reading Corner needed something a little darker and more mysterious. I don’t usually…
Simple Ways to HELP YOUR CHILD BE HEALTHY THIS SCHOOL YEAR School has started—and apparently, so has your child’s mission to bring home every cootie in the building.Suddenly, they’re surrounded…
FALL INTO WRITING—WITHOUT THE BLANK-PAGE STARE Fall has plenty to get kids thinking.Back-to-school routines. Cooler days.Changing leaves. Football. Pumpkins. Thanksgiving. And some pretty interesting events and people from history. But…
Small moments your children may remember forever When I was growing up, I had a girlfriend whose dad took her and her brother out for donuts every Sunday.It was Donut…
Let’s be honest.Chores sounds like a naughty word.It brings to mind arguments, nagging, threats, pleas, and bribes.In the end, we give up and do it ourselves because, honestly, it’s faster….
Host a Kids’ Clothing Swap: Save Money, Declutter, and Have More Fun Shopping Have you ever watched, and silently smiled, while your child was awed and excited about the “new”…
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