Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
My husband took Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey several years before we ever got married. And ten years into our relationship, he sent me to learn the basics of budgeting and escaping debt while he watched our four kids. Since meeting we had accumulated more houses, moved across the country, finished more than one […]
Our family of six has half of our birthdays in December. And two more within about 6 to 8 weeks of Christmas.That’s a lot of celebrating! But it then causes the age-old question of how to handle birthdays around the holidays, especially if you have as many parties as us. Are you in a similar […]
My daughter was 4 and sitting in the back seat of our van when we were driving down the road. I heard a distinct sound that I won’t readily forget. In a blur, my husband pulled over as I realized she was crying and choking on a peppermint that I thought she had long finished […]
Christmas doesn’t sneak up on you. Literally, it’s the same day every single year. But somehow, we all tend to not have the money we want or thought we had to spend gifts on friends and family. Therefore, instead of rushing to find extra means of income in November and December, here is the easiest […]
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Chuck E. Cheese’s . The opinions and text are all mine. So far, summer in New England this year has been full of chilly breezes and torrential downpours. Both can easily put a damper in our plans to spend every waking minute outside soaking […]
Jenn was wearing underwear before her second birthday. Emma was so strong-willed she refused to accept help in getting dressed from a time before she could even say a simple sentence. And Rhett was putting on his own shoes by 9 months. And while some of this is self-guided, we believe in empowering our kids […]
