This post was sponsored by Amazon as part of an Ambassador Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. The other day when I picked my twins up after school, they weren’t digging my music on the car radio. One of them immediately said “Alexa, change the song…” before…
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How I Entertained My Child on a 10-Hour Long Layover
How to Entertain Children on Long Layovers Have you ever been standing at the airport, waiting to board your flight, and the gate attendant starts asking for volunteers to be bumped from your overbooked flight? I was in that predicament the other day at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport on our way back from Panama City…
Stay Connected with a Screen-Free Smartphone Alternative For Kids
Relay works everywhere and functions like a walkie-talkie. This first of its kind, this screen-free smartphone alternative for kids is easy to use both Relay to Relay and using the Relay app. I’m looking forward to using Relay during the school year and never having to wonder if my son is coming right home or not.
Teaching Teens Auto Maintenance and Safety
This month in the year of teaching teens life skills is all automobiles! Perfect timing since I have an appointment with our insurance provider about adding our 16-year-old to the policy. As soon as we find her a car she will officially be on the road. Join me in teaching teens auto maintenance and safety for the…
Teaching Teens Laundry and Clothing Care
Are you making 2018 the Year of Teaching Teens Life Skills? February was all about teaching teens money management and now we are moving into the laundry room! March’s theme is teaching teens laundry and clothing care. Each week we’re tackling things like clothing labels and what they mean, how to operate the washer and…
Teaching Teens Money Management
I recently shared A Year of Teaching Teens Life Skills and February is all about money. From budgeting to monthly bills to credit cards we will be talking with our oldest two about all these things over the next few weeks. If you are interested in teaching teens money management in your home, here’s my…
A Year of Teaching Teens Life Skills
Happy Thursday Mamas! I’ve had a lot on my mind this week and much of it is my oldest daughter. She starts drivers ed next week, turns seventeen this year, and the amount of mail from colleges is rapidly increasing. In two years my baby will be turning the page on the next chapter in…
Things I Didn’t Know About Dental Health for Tiny Smiles
Bringing a child into the world comes with a long to-do list. Once they arrive, that list gets longer and they don’t even bring an instruction manual with them. No manual means we wing it with advice from our parents and friends, and listening to our gut. As we go through the different levels of parenting we realize there are a number of things we don’t know. Maybe even more shocking is the realization that our parents also didn’t know these things and were winging it themselves.
Ways to Help Preschoolers with Speech
This post is made possible with support from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” program. All opinions are my own. There are days that I forget my sassy smart-mouthed tween son didn’t talk. Up until the age…
4 Struggles of Parents with Preschoolers
They’re excited to see me at the end of the day and unload their backpacks full of stick people and finger paint art. It’s awesome seeing them grow but it isn’t coming with struggles. Here are 5 struggles of parents with preschoolers, or at least for this parent of preschoolers.
