33 Skills Cooking as a Family Teaches Your ChildrenCooking together is a fun (and free!) family activity that can teach your kids skills that they can carry on with them as they continue to grow and mature. Below are 33 of the most important life-lessons making a home-cooked meal can teach ...
Staying Healthy!
How to start running (when you don’t like to run!)
I'm not the running type... well, let me rephrase that: I am not the running type, anymore. I used to run. I used to enjoy it (what?!). Lately, I've found that the reason I dislike it is because I get bored. Well, I've found a solution and had to share it with you!The solution is Audible. If ...
A proper fitting helmet makes all the difference…
My family loves to travel to the south… Hilton Head Island, to be exact. We don't go for the ocean (sometimes we will spend the whole week there and never play in the water at all), but we do go for the biking. We love to bike along the many winding paths… we love to bike along the beach and look at ...
Stop a cold from spreading
This is a sponsored post by Healthy Essentials. All opinions are my own.Four weeks ago, I caught it- my first cold this year. I rarely get sick (I usually say it’s because I was a teacher, so I was around different germs from thirty kids 5 days a week… I’ve built up a pretty good immunity to ...
5 PRACTICAL ways to get your kids to be more active
It's really important to me that my kids are physically active. I want them to develop habits now that will translate into lifelong fitness. Whether it's finding a sport or sports that they love or just learning to love exercise, it doesn't really matter to me as long as they're moving. In today's ...
How I learned to drink more water with 50 Strong
Everyone knows that drinking water is a struggle for me. It's not just me... it's kind of a genetic thing. hahaha! My mom doesn't drink much water and I can't remember seeing my grandma with anything other than a can of Diet Coke in her hand, either. So, it came as no surprise that I didn't ...
Using Essential Oils for the First Time
I wanted to tell you about using essential oils for the first time because I'm not going to lie... I was pretty skeptical of using essential oils. They reminded me of the 70's (no offense to the 7o's). When I heard of people using oils to treat illnesses, I thought that they were... just really ...
25 Tips to Help Reduce the Overwhelm
Life as a mom is a beautiful gift but it also can tend to fill your life with overwhelm. No matter how hard we try, chaos happens and in enters the overwhelming feel of stress. However, there are some practical things that you can do to reduce the overwhelm in your life.1 As simple as it sounds, ...
How I started using oils (when I didn’t think I would)
As a teacher, a play therapist and a mom of four, I am around children a lot. I see how their moods change, their energy changes and their behavior changes by the things that are around them. I've also noticed that certain foods and chemicals bother certain kids.Now, in all honesty, I'll say ...
Eating healthy doesn’t have to cost a fortune
I am being compensated by LifeSupplemented by participating in this campaign with the Mom It Forward Blogger Network.Eating healthy is what most of us want, but high costs of fresh, organic and otherwise nutritious food deters most families from making it a reality. In fact, a few weeks ago, ...
10 simple homemade juice recipes for beginners
These 10 simple homemade juice recipes will get you going on the road to better health for you and your children.Our kids LOVE to make juice! (ps- this is the juicer that we have although I kind of wish that we had this one! haha! ) Either way- you can make these juice recipes and I think ...
5 go-to hair styles for the busy mom
This content was sponsored by Head & Shoulders but all thoughts and opinions are my own. I hope you enjoy following along! #adMornings are rushed. Four kids. One dog. One Cat. Two hands. That's how it goes, right.. fun, but rushed. Most of you know that I go to the gym in the morning and ...
5 magical ways moms make boo-boos vanish
*This post was sponsored by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare. All opinions are my own.“Mom! Mom! My boo-boo!” Allie cries as she comes running into the room with no “boo-boo” in sight. She proceeds to point out her invisible “boo-boo” that she got on her leg. I’m not surprised that it hurts because ...
Hacks to try when you are sick
Tis the season of colds, stomach bugs and sore throats... when they are sick, it makes our hearts break. When we are sick, we have to just deal with it and move on. (haha!!) Today, I want to share my favorite hacks to make I you feel better (from sleeping with a stuffy nose to curing that itch... ...
How we help our kids sleep with a stuffy nose
"Mom? I'm So cold!" our daughter said to me, as she was bundled up in a blanket that we just happened to have in the car. There we were, sitting on the cold bleachers at the football stadium, watching her older brother play football. Two days later... she was sniffling and crying about her sore ...
Supermom not feeling so super? Tips for the tired moms
Supermom Not Feeling So Super? These Tips for tired moms are great! You won't feel like a worn-out mom anymore. I'm excited that I've partnered with Hyland's Good Morning so I can share them with you!As moms, we have so much going on every single day: school, sports, friend's houses, packing ...
why I vaccinate my children
I debated doing this post because a few of my good friends do not vaccinate their children. I know that it is a touchy subject, but I think that there is a lot of valuable information that needs to be shared. I think getting our children their vaccines (and ourselves, for that matter) is very ...
30 day slim down fitness challenge
WELCOME TO THE 30 DAY CHALLENGE!I wanted to share this today, because so many of my friends have been talking about different workouts, gyms and diets. I really love talking about this stuff, even though I don't write about it all of the time. I am a certified fitness instructor and I used ...
5 quick burst workouts
I am excited to share these 5 quick workout for parents today! It will help you to burn calories in those little moments that you catch during the day! Thanks to Sam's Club for the great recommendations & for partnering with me for today's post.I love to go to the gym, when I am ...
Winter Fitness Tips
Winter Fitness Tips: Find a local gym & go every day. You can break a bad habit in 3-4 days and start a new one in 21 days. Go every day for a month & you'll have a new healthy habit. Watch a movie Watch a movie & do your sitting exercises! Use Your Treadmill ...