This year Hudson started school and the first thing that stood out to me was that when I asked him how his day was, I wasn't getting much feedback. Can You relate? It was just Hudson either. I wasn't finding out as much as I wanted about any of my kid's day. Partly, I think it was hard for the kids to remember anything about their day and a general, how was your day? did not make it any easier. I developed a set of specific questions that forces the kids to think about their ...
Family Life
Meal Planning 101
Aside from our mortgage, we spend the most money on feeding our family of six. That probably comes as no surprise to you. With one simple habit, our family has been able to drastically reduce the amount of money we spend on food. I now have a printable grocery list template so you can make the same changes for your family. This printable is one of many from our eBook, An Organized Life, which will give you the framework to create productive habits that will simplify your life. **Click ...
A Reader Comment That I Need to Address
I received a comment the other day from a reader that I want to address. I had sent out an email highlighting some posts I thought would be helpful for the back to school season like first day of school signs, 20 ground beef recipes, etc or something like that. Then a long time reader left a comment. I know she is a long time reader, because I remember her leaving me a comment years and years ago. Her original comment was back on a post about life with young children, family and my thoughts ...
Back to School Organization, Printables & Tips
Once August hits, the reality that summer is coming to a close and the school is just around the corner starts to sink in. These back to school organization, printables and tips will help you have your best year yet. This school year we will have three in school! Hudson will be half day with preschool, Eleanor will be in Kindergarten and Quinn will be in second grade! It isn't just school that is startings, but soccer and dance as well. If any of this sounds familiar you are going to want ...
This Thing Called Life
We have been so busy doing life. This mother's day questionnaire from Eleanor shows that not all my hard work has gone unnoticed. Sometimes it feels like that is all I spend my life doing. The kids are officially done with school and all the sudden I'm stuck wondering where the year went. How is it summer already? It is crazy to think that when this school year started, Fiona wasn't even here yet! Fiona turned six months April 20, so we had to do a six month photo shoot for her. ...
