Tag: kids
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The (Affordable) Parents’ 2021 Winter Survival Kit
By Emma Grace Brown, guest writer No matter what, winter is always a challenging time for parents. It’s cold out, there’s not a ton to do, and kids and parents alike start to get pretty stir crazy. However, this year promises to be an even tougher time for many. Lots of families aren’t going to […]
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How to create a capsule wardrobe for your children
I don’t know about you, but we fight two frequent battles at my home: my kids wanting to wear things that don’t match, and my kids having a closet full of clothes they don’t wear. Each year, we seem to buy so many items of clothing, and some of them are outgrown before they are […]
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Intex Quick Set Pool Review
We had a Target version of an Intex family pool at the start of summer. It was 7 feet in diameter with a bench and it held 200 gallons of water. It was great. Until we came outside one morning to find it leaking badly and partially deflated. I tried to patch it and make […]
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Room Refresher: From underused office to fab family room
We have a strange layout to our home, and somehow we have two bonus rooms. We currently have one of them set up as a playroom and one was set up as our office. It was a beautiful office but we never used it. Entire weeks would pass without us even setting foot in the […]
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Valentine’s Gifts for Kids…That don’t involve candies!
Every year we struggle with what to get our children that doesn’t involve candy or sugar. While material objects are nice, we try these days to limit the stuff we buy and just spend money on things we can experience as a family. Nevertheless, we still find some small Valentines goodies to get for our […]