Over the course of the last few years, I have been the room mom for my child’s school four different times. It is something I love doing, but it can be so. much. work. For the first couple of parties, I spent hours and hours cutting out each little craft. Now I spend a few […]
Parenting
Tips For Sending Your Kids To School
Probably one of the most difficult rites of passage that all parents go through is when they have to send their kids off to school for the first time. Just that first day alone can be stressful, and in many ways, it can be very upsetting a lot of the time from there on […]
Use Alexa to Get Your Kids to (Finally) Do Their Chores Without Complaining
I don’t know what it’s like in your house, but getting my kids to do their chores has always felt like pulling teeth. I’ve tried everything: chore charts, charts with stickers, adding allowances, verbal reminders, making it a game, and more. But the end result has been the same: the chores aren’t done, I’m frustrated, […]
Thoughts on Raising Change Makers- Changing the World, One Book At A Time
Growing up, my parents always worked hard to instill in me a desire to change the world. From watching my dad take care of people in his job at the hospital, to watching my mom make meals for families with new babies and serve those in our neighborhood, to watching both of them serve in […]
How To Help Kids Make Their Own Lunch
This post was sponsored by Del Monte as part of an Influencer Activation and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. The end of July is always when I start uniform shopping, looking for deals on backpacks and lunchboxes as well as figuring out ways to streamline our school days to be […]