The following is from Michelle of Open Eye Health: Cruising through the aisles at my local grocery store recently, I couldn’t help but notice the huge assortment of Easter decorations, baskets, plastic grass, egg coloring kits, and overly packaged candy. While I was not surprised to see this many options, I started wondering if there…
The following post is from Emily of Live Renewed: A Beginning Guide to Cloth Diapers Almost four years ago, one of the very first changes I made on my green journey was to start cloth diapering my daughter a few weeks after she was born. I had no idea the "slippery slope" that decision would…
The following post is from Madison of My Dollar Plan and Kids and Money at about.com: I recently met with a group of moms and talked with them about finances and parenting. It was a helpful and fun discussion. Here are some of the questions asked and the discussion that we had about each topic.…
The following post is from Krystal of Krystal Griffin Photography: 11 Tricks for Photographing Babies and Toddlers We have four kids who all arrived within five years. There was a season of my life when all I knew were pre-schoolers, toddlers, and babies. Like any mom, I took oodles of photographs in those days and…
The following post is from Kristina of Toddler Approved: Bookmaking is a simple and fun way to get kids excited about reading and writing. When I was an elementary school teacher, bookmaking was always a favorite activity. I've recently started making books with my five year old, and he is now obsessed! Simple accordion envelope…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: Gardening with Your Kids I happen to know that Mandi is going to talk about cooking with her kids in a week, and while I have shared my personal feelings and a few strategies for doing just that, I thought I'd…
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of the American Kennel Club for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Why You Should Let the AKC Help You Find Your Next Family Dog My husband said no, absolutely not, no way, no how-to a puppy for years. But after watching our girls bond…
I am counting down the days to my 30th birthday, and I couldn't be more excited! Truly! As I was brainstorming ways to celebrate here on the blog, I couldn't help but think that 30 lists of {30} items would be just about perfect for my type-A, list-making self. Join me for the next month…
The following post is from Kristina of Toddler Approved: The anchor text: We love reading books and have fun creating book-inspired activities and crafts. One of our favorite ways to make books come alive is by making puppets. Puppets are fun to create and a fabulous way to help kids practice retelling stories and learning about…
Although we have a simple ornament journal as part of our Christmas planner, I really wanted to create an ornament journal for my kids to record memories and notes about their individual collections of ornaments. Our girls get a new ornament every Christmas (plus any they make during the season), and each year we pack…