Lasso the Moon • Life is a Gift
Check out this list of 20 fun fall activities for kids (that adults will love, too!). Caramel apples, cozy sweaters, colorful leaves, crisp evenings, and pumpkin patches… Are YOU ready for all the beauty and fun that fall has to offer? This year take autumn from good to great with these unique, family-friendly fall activities. 20 Fun Fall Activities for Kids… Read More
Moving into a new home? Here are seven tips to make the move easier on your cat. Thank you to The J.M. Smucker Company for sponsoring today’s post. It’s easy for us to envision our two cats napping in the sunbeams of our new home, but the transition for them will be anything but easy. You see, cats develop strong bonds with their… Read More
Here are 5 insanely easy, make-ahead, egg-white muffin recipes that will give you a morning protein BOOST. Be sure to check out the Calphalon Nonstick Omelet Pan giveaway sponsored by AllWhites® 100% liquid egg whites at the end of the post, too. These five make-ahead (so you and your kids can just “grab and go”) egg-white muffin recipes are guaranteed be a HIT with your family. School… Read More
I had such grand plans about all the books I would read to my children when they were old enough to comprehend chapter books. I’m stellar at good intentions. Then life happened. Did it happen to you, too? My kids are eight and nine years old and I haven’t read aloud nearly as many of these novels I was going to share with… Read More
Is your tween starting to get the Middle School Jitters? Here’s what you need to know BEFORE school starts to prevent a First-Day Panic. Thanks to Justice for sponsoring this article. From the backseat of the car, my soon-to-be middle schooler asks, “When do we get our school schedule?” I look in the rearview mirror and see she’s biting her… Read More
It’s time to turn the tables and empower your tween to do their own laundry. Check out these five parent-to-parent tips for making this transition. Thanks to Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus for sponsoring this post. . . . The scene stops me dead in my tracks… Standing in the doorway to my daughters’ room, I see it lifeless on the floor. It… Read More
You have to make these crazy-easy, loaded potato bundles on the grill this summer. Find three ways to transform a potato into a new family-favorite below. Thanks to Crystal Farms® for inspiring today’s post. When you’re camping, there’s something about dinnertime that’s absolutely blissful. Perhaps making dinner is more relaxing and fun because your day-to-day worries have been left at home. Or maybe… Read More
This small slip, this simple phrase that comes out so easily, can unintentionally defeat the entire purpose of bringing your kids into nature to relax and unwind… Thank you to OFF!® for sponsoring this post. . . . I say it… more often than I’d like to admit. I say it… when I’m rushing around helping the kids get ready for school… Read More
Thanks to Tespo for sponsoring this collection of life-list ideas for women who want to embrace life. This year I’ll be hitting “The Big 4-0.” Have you reached this milestone yet? It seems this fateful day in a woman’s life commands at least a tinge of reverence. A moment of pause. You see, during this 40-something period of our lives,… Read More