The Happy Unbirthday Every Child Needs

Create a stronger bond with your child by celebrating their happy unbirthday! Sing the Unbirthday song and find lots of ideas to do for your child's merry unbirthday!

Happy UNBIRTHDAY!! Are you having an unbirthday party? Start out by singing a song to your child! Here are the Unbirthday song lyrics for your happy unbirthday! (Whooo that’s a lot of unbirthdays) Unbirthday Song Lyrics A very merry unbirthday to me To who? To me Oh you! A very merry unbirthday to you Who […]

Helping Your Children Become Life-long Friends

A little long-term perspective goes a long way when it comes to helping your children develop a lifelong friendship- It is one of the most important things we can do as parents.

We all want our kids to to get along, right?  Nothing grates on our nerves or breaks our hearts more than listening to our kids fight with each other.  And I am not writing this post today because I have it all figured out and my kids get along beautifully– I don’t, and, sadly, they […]

1 Goal EVERY Mother NEEDS!!

Goals keep you focused! Goals stretch you to achieve great things! Here is 1 Goal EVERY mother needs

With the beginning of the new year, I have been thinking of different goals and ways I can improve. The mental list is long. There are times that I feel completely and utterly overwhelmed with the goals that I want to tackle that I don’t know where to start. There are days when I sit […]

Smartphones and Kids: What You Need to Know

When should you give your kids smartphones: Some excellent advice to help you navigate the world of technology with your kids.

We live in a world where there is a smartphone in every hand and parents are giving their children smartphones at younger and younger ages. There are amazing benefits to being able to reach your kid any time you need to, and long car rides are a lot quieter and less painful with the help […]

How to Make Comfort Kits for Kids

#LIGHTtheWORLD! These comfort kits are great for natural disasters, emergencies or for when your kid is just going through a rough patch! Also a great idea for families to make for neighbor gifts! #LIGHTtheWorld

After making 72 hour kits for everyone in our family, I realized that if natural disasters or another emergency hit, my kids were going  to need more than just the bare necessities to physically stay alive. They were going to need items to help comfort them emotionally as well. That’s when I knew we were […]

5 Simple Ways to Strengthen Your Family

It is amazing how doing these 5 simple things can make all the difference.

Sometimes when I am in the thick of things as I navigate family life, it is easy to get discouraged and distracted.  But if I step back and evaluate how I am doing at the simple, but most important aspects of family life, it is easier to see clearly how to refocus my efforts in […]