Tips to Prevent Summer Learning Loss

I have heard many times that children lose a lot during the summer, but was really surprised when—a couple years ago—a teacher commented…

Gift Ideas for Dad

I often hear people say that dads are the hardest people to buy gifts for. I disagree. I’m a dad and I could…

Instead of going for quantity of gifts (or “clutter” as Sharee would say) we wanted to go for quality. In other words, we…

My husband and I made a dream board many years ago that we looked at often believing that the things that were meant…

I think we are celebrating the New Year holiday all wrong. Why is it that many of us begin each new year exhausted,…

The Room Defender has been a hit with our family. It did take some parent help to get it attached to the door…

It’s about time I shared about my son’s birthday. (Read about the preparation here) Nano’s 11th birthday was fantastic. All the fun started…

I’ve always hated spaghetti. Long unruly wet noodles that won’t stay on your fork–sliding off at the last second and falling everywhere while…