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31 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

August 12, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

31 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

Are your kids back to school yet? We just finished our first day. I always have mixed emotions – the freedom of summer is wonderful and we love getting out and exploring. But in reality, we don’t do that every day…and the days we don’t often have plenty of bickering and too much screen time […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, recipes, seasonal Tagged With: back to school, cooking with kids, kids, lunch recipe, recipe, school

Printable lunch notes to brighten anyone’s day

August 7, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Printable lunch notes to brighten anyone’s day

I can’t believe we’re already here. I’m pretty sure every parent is saying this, or something similar to this, this week. But it feels like we just started summer and now school’s starting again. My kids actually go back next week, and we have done zero back to school shopping because I’m deep, deep in […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: back to school, kid, kids, kids activities, lunch

This banana nutella milkshake recipe makes the perfect summer treat

July 24, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

This banana nutella milkshake recipe makes the perfect summer treat

We’re milkshake maniacs around here. We do plenty of healthy smoothies for snacks and breakfast, but let’s face it. Summer deserves some bona fide, ice-creamy milkshakes. We’ve even been known to make them for birthdays (my husband’s not much of a cake guy). My kids love making milkshakes (and messes) so much that my brother and […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: drink recipe, recipe, recipes, summer

How to Care For Handknits

July 22, 2018 By Laura 7 Comments

How to Care For Handknits

I love starting a new knitting project. I love that “Aha!” moment when you start to see a pattern emerge on a blanket or a scarf. I love that same moment when a sweater starts to take shape. I love when I try a new stitch or embellishment, and after several tries and some muttered […]

Filed Under: organizing Tagged With: cleaning, household, knit, knitting

Delicious Chicken Taco Bowls For Your Family

July 20, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Delicious Chicken Taco Bowls For Your Family

When my kids refuse to eat something, I’ve found it’s for one of two reasons. One is because it really, truly tastes horrible and disgusting to them. Then we do things like trying it different ways, or trying it several times over a long period to see if they’ll eat it. Sometimes this works, sometimes […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: dinner, dinner recipe, recipe, recipes

What’s in your child’s school lunch? Here’s how to find out

July 18, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

What’s in your child’s school lunch? Here’s how to find out

This post was sponsored by The School Nutrition Association. All opinions are my own. Do you remember your school lunches as a child? I didn’t get them often, so it was kind of a big deal when I got to stand in the lunch line and eat with the cool lunch kids. I got chocolate […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, Sponsored Tagged With: back to school, kid, kids, lunch, school, sponsored

Try this peach lemonade recipe for a refreshing twist

July 13, 2018 By Laura 94 Comments

Try this peach lemonade recipe for a refreshing twist

It’s been warm here. Ok. Hot. It’s been hot here. At least…hot by Colorado standards. Anytime it gets above 85° here, my children start wailing about how they’re melting. I shudder to imagine them transplanted somewhere like Nevada…they’d think they were dying. 🙄 So along with playing in the hose and finding splash parks and fielding […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: drink recipe, kids, recipe, spring

7 classic kids books no one reads anymore (but they should!)

July 9, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

7 classic kids books no one reads anymore (but they should!)

Are you doing a summer reading program with your kids? I really love our library reading program, because even babies can participate (parents track the minutes they read out loud), and adults can as well. I always sign up along with the kids because I feel like I can’t nag them to read unless I’m […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities Tagged With: indoor activities for kids, kids, kids activities, kids reading

Staying Clean and Organized When Camping

June 27, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Staying Clean and Organized When Camping

This post was sponsored by Mean Green. All opinions are my own. I had the opportunity to take five junior high Girl Scouts camping last weekend. I love camping with the girls. And yes, I mean camping camping. Not staying in a cabin. Not using an RV. Putting up a tent in the rain and standing around […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, Sponsored Tagged With: outdoors, scouting, sponsored

Make your own bath paints for hours of fun

June 21, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Make your own bath paints for hours of fun

My kids love playing with bath paints. They’ll sit in the tubby as long as I let them and paint all over the walls and the bathtub and have a great time. But the paints run out quickly, and they’re kinda pricey…so now we make our own. The paints only take 4 ingredients (and one is […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities Tagged With: indoor activities for kids, kid, kids, kids activities, kids play

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