My sweet baby girl turned six last week. Seriously? I wish I could still cuddle her in my arms for hours, like when she was little. Instead, I take joy in being able to talk with her, teach her, and listen to this incredible young girl and all that she knows and feels, right now in her [...]
I was 19 years old when I got pregnant. My boyfriend and I had only been together four months. Everyone thought it was too soon, that we were too young, and making a huge mistake. Maybe it was too soon, but it was our choice to make. Looking back, I have no idea why I [...]
This post was originally published in June of 2010, but it works great with our Challenge this month! Tonight was the first night since my birthday last August, that my husband and I had a date night! With a two little ones and the littlest only six months old, we obviously don’t get out much. [...]
It’s almost April, which means you only have a few more weeks left to file your taxes, if you haven’t done so already. I filed ours a few weeks ago. Sadly our return wasn’t as much as it usually is. My blog is my business, so I get to pay my taxes at the end [...]
Of all the things you will ever teach your child, money management is the one that will always come handy. Managing money and budgeting is a skill that does not come naturally to children; they need to be taught by parents and lead by examples at home. Starting from the early tooth fairy and piggy [...]
I love my children, I really do. But after a long day of feeding, changing, teaching, playing, and cleaning, I very much look forward to their bedtime. Once the kids get locked up in their rooms go to bed, it becomes “me” time. By then the house is as picked up as it’s going to [...]
I don’t know about you, but I’ve personally got three little mess masters in my house, and they are all under the age of six. My Dirty Jobs, the company that makes cleaning products formulated to handle the dirtiest jobs, is launching a nationwide search for America’s top ‘Mess Masters.’ Mess Master Creator All you [...]
Health care “shopping” can be great if you know your way around. It can also be very overwhelming, because of how many options are available. Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) can offer relief from increasing health care costs, because these benefit plans rely on pre-tax money for qualified health expenses. They are especially good to have if [...]
I don’t know how many times I’ve thought this to myself. I’ve read stories about this happening, and thought how scary, but It hasn’t happened so far, so we should be fine. Then it happened. Saturday night I was cooking dinner, my husband was in the living room with our older daughter, and our middle [...]
For me, my biggest flaw has always been over spending. I think it started when I was only 18, living on my own, and not having to really think about what I was spending my money on. Fast forward almost a decade later – three kids, a mortgage, and a car payment – it’s pretty [...]
What happens when you live in a home that is just too small for your family? This is our dilemma right now. Our ever expanding family is slowly outgrowing our current home, and as much as we would love to purchase something that would be a better fit for our family, the housing market is just [...]
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