The Secret to a Successful Homeschool Week

I always start the school year off with a spring in my step and a song on my lips. "School is so fun!" It's not long before my school schedule and everyday life want to part ways and I seem to forget some of the basics for creating a great…

Get Ridiculously Organized For a Stress Free Summer

Plan for a ridiculously organized, stress free summertime. Children love summer. However, for moms, summertime means something totally different. It means shifting schedules, busy social calendars, sleepovers, camps and the days when the kids are home in between. We like summer too, but its just complicated and we have a lot on our…

20 Hacks to Organize All of Your Kid’s Toys

If you have kids, it's likely you need this. I've been there, so I speak from experience. I wish I had had these ideas when my children were little. The extent of our toy organization was the colored-bin-holder-thingy that everyone had from Target. But, nowadays there's no excuse not to have…

Teaching Your Kids to Search Safely Online

Internet safety is a big concern for parents. Think about it ... you don't let your kids run around a new neighborhood unsupervised. You keep them close until you feel comfortable and find the parts of the hood where it's safe for them to have more freedom. Same goes for the…

How to Reuse Old Candle Wax to Make New Candles

As I type this, I have a box of old, burned-down candles sitting on the floor in my back room. Why do I keep these? I know not, but now I can make new candles with them. Maybe you have a few laying around, shoved in the back of drawers…

FREE Art, School, and Lettering Printables

Do you love to make lists? If you are someone who likes to track your work or progress, then this is your lucky day because they've got a printable for everything you can think of! I'm always on the hunt for free, but these printables are not only free, but also very practical!…

FREE Printable 2017-2018 School Year Calendar

As you begin your new school year, it's important to have a calendar to keep your busy life on track. Sometimes I have several calendars - one for personal use, one for the family, and one for school. This particular one is perfect for marking special dates on such as…

Bubble Bath Play Dough Recipe

Have you ever been to Lush? If you're asking, "Is that the cute, but outrageously expensive handmade cosmetic store?" then, yes you have! I love everything in that store, but as I walk through I'm thinking, "I could make that at home for a dollar."So, here you go. A copycat recipe…

FREE Life Skills Printable Checklist

Teaching life skills to our kids is an important part of any home. However, breaking these tasks down into doable chunks and figuring out which tasks are appropriate for a specific age group can be daunting. Here is a great checklist to reference, and all that organizational work has already…

50+ Recipes for DIY Natural Beauty

I love, love, love natural beauty products! They are usually way more affordable than conventional products and they are almost always healthier! Our skin is the largest organ of the body. It absorbs what is placed on it which then enters the blood stream. If you'd like to make your own…