How to Teach Your Child to Read in a Digital World
Let’s face it, whether we like it or not, we live in a digital world. As much as I would rather see my kids noses buried in a good old book or writing everything with a piece of paper and pencil, or playing normal board games and puzzles all the time, I cannot deny the […]
8 Ways to Be More Comfortable During Pregnancy
The other day I was twisting and turning on my couch trying to figure out why in the world my pregnant self couldn’t manage to find a comfortable position. Pregnancy introduces a whole slew of different aches and discomforts in places never noticed before. As I’ve researched and talked with other moms about these different […]
How to Stop Screaming at Your Kids
I have a big problem. I’ve had it for awhile. I repeat myself over and over and over again like a broken record and yet no one in my house seems to hear me! It’s like they are all plotting against me. It drives me nuts when I feel like it takes 10 times […]
6 Important Tips For Blended Family Success
After 8 years of experience blending our 15 children as one family, here are OUR 6 IMPORTANT TIPS FOR BLENDED FAMILY SUCCESS: 1. SURVIVE THE 1ST YEAR. A few weeks into our marriage we ran into another couple that had blended their family successfully. They surprised us with the best piece of […]
How to Really Connect with Your Teenager
Ok, so I’m not saying I was the roughest of the rough during my teenage years but I definitely went through my own teenage “rebellious stage” that caused some of my family members concern. I refer to grades 7th-9th as the brutal years where kids can just be outright cruel. The years where friends turn […]
10 Tips for Keeping Your Sanity While Raising Children
10 Tips for Keeping Your Sanity While Raising Children Oh how I’m going to love writing this post. I, like so many moms have been through (oh wait, STILL going through) those crazy times where I feel like my world is turned upside down, or I’m falling into a black hole, or the day is […]