Back-to-School is just eleven days away, and yes, I'm counting them down! My kids are amazing little humans, but every year, the transition back-to-school is rough on them..and me. When they finally drag themselves off the bus after six hours at school, they act as...
Back-to-School
The best thing I learned from a Professional Cleaning Lady
I'm a stay-at-home Mom and I also work full time from home. I guess that makes me a work-at-home mom? Regardless, this summer has left me feeling like I just can't get it together. With three kids home all day, a full time blogging gig and now a book to write (on a...
Where did my wild child go?
As a kid, I was completely out of control. I left home very young and did absolutely everything I wasn't supposed to do. If anyone told me not to do something or dared to tell me "no", I would make it my mission to do it anyway. I had a real problem with authority...
20 Cheap and Cheerful Summer Activities for Kids!
With only a few weeks left until school is out for summer, I am getting a jump on planning our "Stay-at-Home Summer Day Camp". Every year I try to come up with fun and inexpensive things to keep the kids busy (aka keeping them from driving me absolutely mental) and...
Last minute Valentine’s day gift for school
Today my friend Jess asked me what I making for my girl's classmates this Valentine's day, to which I responded, "say what?" How can it possibly be Valentine's Day already? A even better question is "How could I have been so dumb as to make homemade, Pinterest...
Being a stay-at-home Mom has made me lazy
I used to be a really hard worker. In my early twenties, I worked three jobs at one time, adding up to long twelve-hour days almost seven days a week. After my first daughter was born, I went back to work and then after my second daughter was born, just two years...
Tricks for some “kid-free” mommy alone time!
After running a home daycare for five years, I learned a thing or two about getting kids to play by themselves. It isn't that I don't love playing with my kids, but let's face it, I can only take so much before I want to run screaming out the front door and never...
How to Make a School Memory Binder!
Before I started making a memory binder when my oldest daughter first started school, our kitchen counter was the "catch all" place for the papers she would bring home from school. I would pile them with every intention of "doing something" with them later, only later...
Get Organized with a Back Pack Station
There are thousands of tiny ways that organization has improved the function of my home. Even the smallest project can make with giddy with the results, but I do have my favourites. Over the years there have been a few systems, that after using them, I could never...
Pack a Perfect Lunch with Rubbermaid LunchBlox Containers
If you have read my blogs before, you know that I am kinda in love with Rubbermaid products. I just find them to be more durable than the competition and still really well priced. When Rubbermaid contacted me and offered to send me some of their new LunchBlox...