Reading Time: 3 minutes This post brought to you by Fellowes . All opinions are 100% mine. Last week I told you about the 10 ways our family prevents colds and the flu. We’ve been implementing 9 out of 10 of these steps for the past two winters–with MUCH success! This winter, we also added an air purifier to […]
Archives for February 2014
Banana Coconut Pudding: The Best Recipe for When You’re Craving Summer
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Elsie, Contributing Writer and Site Editor In the depths of winter, I dream of sunny skies and hot breezes across the sand. I’m a Southern girl learning to love Michigan, but for all our adventures in the snow I’m ready for a heatwave again! I want to play outside with bare feet, drink watermelon […]
7 Places to Find Affordable Children’s Extracurricular Activities
Reading Time: 4 minutes Your kids’ extracurricular activities don’t have to break the bank. You just have to get creative! Here are 7 places to find affordable extracurricular activities for children. Compared to my peers, I did not participate in many extracurricular activities as a child–unless you count making up stories in my head, playing dress-up with my sister […]
Veteran Moms, We Need You…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Veteran moms, we need you. We need you to remember. We need you to remember the diaper changes. The meltdowns. The late nights and early mornings. We need you to remember that, during the little years, going to the bathroom alone–or even taking a shower–is a treat. We need you to remember the time it […]
Dairy-Free Homemade Snow Ice Cream {tastes just like vanilla ice cream!}
Reading Time: 3 minutes This homemade dairy-free snow ice cream tastes JUST like real vanilla ice cream–and it’s dairy-free to boot! It’s such a fun, seasonal winter treat! I’ve eaten more vanilla ice cream this week than I’ve eaten in, well, I can’t remember when. You see–I’ve been dairy-free for over a year now.We don’t own an ice cream […]
Educating Your Preschooler at Home
Reading Time: 3 minutes As many of you know, we didn’t start kindergarten with our 5-year-old. Over halfway through the school year, we have no regrets, and we feel like she will be much more prepared when she starts a part-time homeschool kindergarten program next fall, soon after she turns 6! I’ve been using a variety of resources to […]
Making Facebook Interactions More Purposeful
Reading Time: 7 minutes Feel bogged down by Facebook? Maybe it’s time to reevaluate your friends list and start using Facebook more intentionally! I hope my story will encourage you to make your Facebook interactions more purposeful. Last week, in an effort to create more boundaries in my life, I deleted nearly 500 Facebook friends in the course of […]
20 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for Husbands and Wives {40 Gift Ideas Total!}
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’m not a gift person. I appreciate them, but they don’t necessarily give me the “warm fuzzies” the way that words do. (I’m a “words-of-affirmation” girl all the way!) But my husband’s love language is gifts. And it’s always been a struggle for me to come up with gift ideas for him! (I appreciated when […]