There are several things that, as a non-parent, you just don't know... And parents don't really fill you in on until absolutely necessary. However, I WISH I would have known these things (at minimum) before having kids. It just would have made me feel slightly more... Prepared. Although nothing ...
We've been supplementing our home preschool curriculum with a few different apps, mainly teaching letters/phonics and numbers. There are a lot of really great, really well designed apps out there, and it's easy to spend a lot of time browsing the App Store in search of just the right one. Kids ...
It's been a while since I wrote part one of this miniseries, but we have learned many MORE ways to skinny up our budget since then! We're still living solely off freelance jobs, which can be few and far between, but we have not missed a bill payment yet since my husband lost his full-time job, the ...
Since my husband lost his job, we've been in super-frugal mode. We've been here before, so it's just kind of implementing past methods we've found to work for us... But since we're asked a lot by families thinking about having more kids how we make the pennies stretch (and still live comfortably), ...
When you're a parent, there are almost always inevitable moments of chaos. You're cooking dinner and all of a sudden everyone needs your attention at once, you're in the grocery store and a tantrum begins, you're on the phone and your child chooses that moment to be the loudest he/she has been all ...
With a baby or toddler in tow, going places in general–much less traveling extensively–can be a bit more challenging. But don't go lugging that carseat everywhere, when you can carry your baby in style! For each of these, I'm including a set of pictures with my 3 month old, my 22 month old, and ...
