Halloween is my favorite holiday! I love the costumes, pumpkin decor, candy, and Halloween parties. But I don’t love spending tons of time preparing food. Who wants to be stuck in a kitchen making food when they can be out enjoying all the fall festivities? I have compiled a top 10 list of simple yet …
Cleaning the bathroom may not be your favorite chore. But it’s important to teach your kids to clean the bathroom for them to be independent someday!
Young children love to help out around the house. We have some great job suggestions for them!
Morning with young kids can be rough! After preparing breakfast and lunches, you are probably taking care of pets, cleaning up breakfast dishes, packing bags, and helping your children get ready, and you still need to get yourself ready. If it seems like your mornings run on fast forward and include a lot of reminders …
There are lots of reasons to create a cleaning schedule for kids! First of all, it’s a great way to teach your kids responsibility-that all people in the house help take care of the house. Secondly, it’s a great way to teach your kids how to properly clean something a cleaning schedule for kids takes …
A home with kids is typically a home with messes to clean up. Or at least routine cleaning chores that could use some attention. And there is no reason for parents to take on all of the responsibility for cleaning the house. Including kids in household chores is a great way to teach them responsibility …
I know it’s hard to believe, but yes you really can have an organized home with kids living in it! The key is to keep it organized in kid friendly ways. For instance we have a cupboard that is down low and right next to our kitchen island where we keep all of our kid’s …
Gretchen Rubin once said, “The days are long, but the years are short.” For me, this quote sums up motherhood better than anything else can. Raising children is one of the hardest jobs on the planet, but the time just flies by! Sometimes, during those long days, it can be difficult to forget why we …
If you have school-age kids, homework is an unavoidable fact of life. However, fighting with your kids to get it done doesn’t have to be. My family is living proof that you can teach your kids to do their homework without the hassle. Ever since my son was old enough to know what a pencil …
What was once a neatly organized toy room has transformed into something you’d rather not think about. Whether you’ve spent too many tired nights just shutting the door to the kids toy room or your kids school/sports/life schedule has just left you all too ragged to do a deep cleaning, that mess of toys isn’t going to fix …