5 Tips for Taking a Stress Free Family Vacation

Fun and Creative Ideas for Family Vacations!

Family vacations can build memories that will last a lifetime but it’s easy for them to become a source of stress for parents. My advice? Plan ahead, plan ahead, plan ahead. I’m talking more than just your travel reservations– plan for the challenges that inevitably come when traveling with kids. Here are some tricks to […]

9 3/4 Harry Potter Gift Ideas For Your Fanatic Friend or Child

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Harry Potter Themed Christmas Stocking

If you live with or have a close friend who is a harry potter fanatic then they will LOVE this Harry Potter Themed Christmas Stocking!

***Reminder! If you are doing any online holiday shopping, don’t forget to activate your cash back from your Ebates account. This is the time of year when I get the most cash back! You can install this button on your browser and it will remind you every time you go to an eligible site for cash back! […]

How to fire Santa and change Christmas Forever!

This is such a cool idea! I'm totally doing this with my kids this year. Santa...you've officially been replaced!

**Reminder! If you are doing holiday shopping, don’t forget to activate your cash back from your Ebates account. This is the time of year when I get the most back (if I actually remember to activate it!) You can install this button on your browser and it will remind you every time you go to an eligible […]

9 Great Ways to Keep Kids Happy in the Car!

After our last road trip, these were the things that kept us all sane! Keeping kids happy in the car is no easy task!!

We recently went on a road trip to California and I knew it would be a stretch for my kids to not only be happy in the car but to be NICE too. I planned ahead and looked for great ideas to help make our trip more enjoyable. In the long run, I just hoped […]

Emergency Preparedness: What to Get, Why, and Where

Are you prepared? One important reason you should be and how to get there.

I know, I know.  You don’t want to be one of THOSE people.  The person on the block who everyone thinks is crazy because they have a nuclear bunker in their basement full of wheat and their backyard is fenced with 50 gallon barrels full of water.  And I definitely don’t think it is a […]