Do you feel like it’s a never ending battle to come up with healthy lunch ideas and/or make lunches in the morning? About a year ago I decided to stop the madness and give the job to my kids! We came up with a few things […]
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Looking for a quick and fun treat for your kids for St. Patrick’s Day? You can easily whip up these St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes in no time at all! Simply grab a bag of Rolo Candy and Airhead Xtremes and try one of these 3 simple
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Our boys are in the midst of winter workouts for their travel baseball team. This also means, our teams are prepping for the upcoming season: ordering uniforms, scheduling games and tournaments and raising funds to pay for it all. In order for all of the planning
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When your kids walk in the door after a practice or a big game there is a pretty good chance they are ravishing! And, they will quickly grab anything and everything in site and start eating away! What a body craves and needs after a
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The minute my feet hit the floor in the morning, I’m headed downstairs to make breakfast. I love breakfast and my kids seem to be taking after me. It’s one of the most important meals of the day and many people (like my husband) skip
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Valentine’s Day Hearts and Hugs $550 Giveaway Well, with the weather that most of the country has been having, it seems like this Valentine’s Day will be perfect for cuddling up with someone you love, watching your favorite romantic movie and sharing a giant size
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If your kids are like mine, they are: A. always hungry B. always in a rush and C. grabbing food as they walk out the door. Trying to get them to slow down and grab something healthy is a constant battle. They think a handful
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With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, I am sure your younger kids are getting anxious to pick out their Valentine’s to give out to their classmates. When my boys were younger, they would always take an entire afternoon to sign and address the perfect Valentine for each classmate.
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You know when you are on a plane and they tell you that in the case of an emergency, if you have small children that you need to secure your oxygen mask first? Well, I think that applies to most situations. As parents if we don’t take
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The BIG GAME is coming up and that means a lot of Super Bowl parties! Hopefully your team came out on top, but either way it’s always more fun to watch the game with family and friends. Football parties can sometimes be a little boring for the
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I have to confess about my current sports situation. We have 3 boys. They all play basketball. Between all 3, they are on 5 teams. Honestly, it’s a bit much. Yes. We over committed. But what is done is done. This means I have
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The holiday season is filled with tons of family time in our house! The snowy cold mid-western nights lend to many evenings when we have a fire in the fireplace and watch a movie. Of course my sports-driven boys love inspirational sports movies. We have complied
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This time of year my house seems to start overflowing. It’s a feeling that our “stuff” is taking up every available space. We have decorations and gifts and food and…you get the point! Do you ever feel this way in December? Well, now is the
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This time of year we all seem to hunker down in our houses. It’s also a time where we make and eat the most sweets (at least in our house!). In a few weeks the kids the will be off of school and before long
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If you’ve ever been a room mom, then you know your big “time to shine ” (and most stressful job) are the parties. Many schools are limiting what type of food and activities you can bring and it makes our jobs even tougher! Regardless of if
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If your athlete is anything like mine, he or she loves to find new ways to help develop their sport specific skills. Often times a simple accessory is a fairly inexpensive way to allow the athlete to practice a specific skill without the help of
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With Thanksgiving on the horizon, we would love to help you plan ahead a bit! You’re bound to have leftover turkey and will need a plan as to what to do with it! You can grab one of these these super delicious 12 Leftover Turkey
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For the past 4 years my family has taken the first 25 day of December and made it all about giving instead of receiving. When we started doing this, my youngest was only two and half years old and my oldest was four. We started out with
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This is the perfect time of year to let all those people in your life know you care. Don’t forget about friends and neighbors this holiday season. Here are some ideas to help you spread the cheer! HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS 1.
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Don’t forget dad this Christmas! If your dad loves sports and sporting events, here are a few things he’d love to get under the tree this year! Sports Dad Holiday Gift Guide 1. Sunglasses There are so many different options and brands of sunglasses. Pick a style you think
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Don’t forget mom this Christmas! Here are a few things she’d love to get under the tree this year! Sports Mom Holiday Gift Guide 1. Fitness Tracker There are lots of different options and brands of fitness trackers available. Pick the one that your mom
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As we enter this month of November and ponder all of the things we are thankful for, it’s important we have our kids take time to think about these things too! We created this simple Gratefulness Printable that you can print out and hand out
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Youth Sports can be both a big time investment and financial investment in our kids. As we write check after check so that our kids can play, there may be thoughts that run through your mind: is this the best use of my child’s time, if
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If your kids play sports, then you know we do lots of laundry! And that laundry is filled with grass stains, mud stains, body odor and sometimes even blood stains and more! There are lots of stain fighting products available and we want to share
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The fall weather has hit here in the midwest which means its 40 degrees in the morning and by the middle of the day it can be 75! Dressing for the day doesn’t ever seem to be easy. Most days I need to throw on
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