Welcome to Homemaking Tips Tuesdays where contributing writers share helpful homemaking tips so you can feel more successful caring for your home and family. {This week, post by: Jaimi} Spring cleaning time is here! Do you get excited to give your house a good deep cleaning or are you more likely to want to hide in the closet hoping someone else will take care of … [Read more...]
Teaching Children to Sew
Recently I was sewing a robe for my oldest daughter. She asked if she could help and said she wanted to learn how to sew. Before jumping in, I wanted to look for a project to help with teaching children to sew. As a child, I remember my mom sitting at her sewing machine. She still has the same one. It had its own table that the sewing machine folded down into for storage. … [Read more...]
Reusable Baby Wipes
Reusable baby wipes are essential when your baby has sensitive skin, you want to save money, or you just want to know exactly what you are putting on your baby's precious skin. Store-bought diaper wipes were a problem for my twin boy when he was born. Even the sensitive version of store-bought diaper wipes irritated his skin. We had to improvise-and our pediatrician gave … [Read more...]
Holiday House Rules, Chocolate Dipped Meringue and Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #154
Welcome to our party! Last week at the blog hop we had a fabulous collection of creative ideas, delectable dishes and holiday pizazz ... and again we had one big tie for the most viewed. Six posts were in this exclusive group. Let's take a look ... … [Read more...]
Free Printable Gift Tags and Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop #152
Well, it is officially "the holidays," and after taking a week off from the blog hop, we are back for another week of Wonderful Wednesday! I love this season! I'm looking forward to seeing all of your family friendly posts right here but I am especially excited to see all of those incredible holiday ideas here in the Wonderful Wednesday blog hop! Our last blog hop … [Read more...]
Mom Motivation Quotes (Subscriber Freebie)
Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Jaimi} I need to stay positive, upbeat and clear-headed. I can't let the kids behavior pull me into frustration, although it does happen. I want to share with you what I came up with to stay focused on … [Read more...]
Family Challenge: Collect Box Tops for Your School {Free Printable}
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of General Mills®. The opinions and text are all mine. Teaching my children to give back to their community in ways that are appropriate for their ages is important. We pick up trash in our neighborhood, we participate in food drives, and we collect Box Tops™ to donate to my son's school. The Box Tops program is such an … [Read more...]