Recipe from Pinterest: Taco Pizza!

I’ve been browsing Pinterest like a fool, and pinning so many great recipes! This is a quick and easy one that everyone loved so I thought I’d share! Taco Pizza! It’s basically a crescent roll crust covered in taco fillings and baked! Super easy and fun for the kids to help make too! Not to […]

Christmas Comfort in a Cup

This post is sponsored by Tempur-Pedic, the brand millions of owners trust to deliver their best night’s sleep every night. Enjoy our Buy 2, get 1 free pillow offer now and give the gift of custom comfort to someone you love. I love the word comfy. My middle son, Chase, pronounces it “comfty”. How adorable […]

Kids and Allowances – Teaching the Value of a Dollar

This post was underwritten by BMO Harris Bank, which offers a matching $25 on a new savings account opened for your child through their Helpful Steps for Parents program. Learn more at bmoharris.com/parents. I’ve been wanting to write about kids and allowances for awhile now so I was super excited to be asked by the […]

Parenting: Saying No Without Saying No

It’s no wonder that so many kids say “No!” as their first word. It’s probably the word we say most often as parents, isn’t it? I’ve learned that there are a lot of ways to say no to a child without using the actual word. (Mostly from Love and Logic, my favorite parenting resource.) I […]

Cube Dog App – Your Kids Will Love It!

Thank you to Cube Dog for sponsoring this review. For more information about Cube Dog please visit the Facebook page or download it on iTunes. I am always looking for fun new apps to put on our iPhones for the kids to play. It’s the perfect thing to keep them busy during those waiting periods […]

Love and Logic Parenting: DO IT NOW!

This week’s Love and Logic Insider’s Newsletter was really helpful for me so I wanted to pass it on! I get asked often about the fact that when we do Love and Logic Parenting that it doesn’t leave room for what to do when you need something done NOW and the child won’t listen.  For […]

Five Fabulous Bloggers You Don’t Want To Miss!

Thanks to Trop 50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 fabulous wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to help grant a friend’s wish! Today I’m going to share my five favorite bloggers with you!  As a blogger I really appreciate the “art” of […]

Christmas Receipt Envelope – Easy and Quick Craft!

Do you have a bazillion Christmas gift receipts haphazardly thrown into your purse? Do you have to dig and hunt for receipts all over your house when you need to return something? Do you forget what you bought and tear your closet apart tracking down all the gifts you have hidden? Well, not anymore! Just […]

Love and Logic Parenting Tip: Aren’t There Enough Unpleasant, Rude People in the World?

This is this week’s Love and Logic Insider’s Club email. I love the subject matter of this one. Raising kind and respectful kids is top priority to me and I’ve mentioned before that the best way to raise a child like that is to be an adult like that! Here is what the email said […]

You Have Reached My Homemade Happiness

Hi there! This is Tasha’s blog. Sorry she is unavailable to share her latest recipes and parenting tips with you this week. She is busy volunteering to do crazy things like bake 100 homemade biscuits, make enough sausage gravy for an army and boil 3 lbs of elbow noodles in an attempt to recreate Grandma […]