Seattle has a reputation for being gray and rainy and while all stereotypes about the city were shattered with blue skies and sun on previous trips, Thomas and I stepped off the plane to steady rain coming from stormy skies that set the stage for our 72 hours in town. We were in Seattle for…
How to Be Realistic About Screen Free Dinners without the Guilt
If you’ve ever wished, asked, or insisted that family members put down devices at the table, you’re not alone. I find myself telling Emily to put her phone in her backpack in the mornings before school starts, insisting that my husband finish work emails before he comes to the kitchen table, and catch myself responding…
How to Get Your Kids a Real Smartphone for Under $150
This post is sponsored by ZTE If 2018 might be the year you get your child a phone, it’s possible to get them a smartphone without breaking the bank. Look beyond their wish list of devices and ignore their pleas to keep up with their friends in favor of devices by manufacturers who offer phones…
7 Ways Technology Can Help Parents Organize Home and Family Life
This post is sponsored by Adobe Document Cloud. One of the most common questions I’m asked is “How do you do it?” Fellow parents want to know my secrets for parenting when my husband and I are constantly traveling for work, staying on top of my business as an entrepreneur, and still finding time to…
Things Parenting Books Don’t Tell You
This post is sponsored by Always Discreet “These are the things that parenting books never tell you,” I said as I sat with friends, laughing over dinner before heading to the movies. As fellow moms of tweens and teens, our conversations tend to be about our kids even when we’re out together and away from…
6 Features Tweens and Teens Look for in a Great Pair of Headphones
This post is sponsored by Motorola Pulse Escape. Headphones are a must-have accessory for today’s tweens and teens who are always listening to music from their playlists, songs from their favorite streaming service, YouTube videos, and streaming shows and movies on the go. Kids with ear bud cords hanging from their ears or donning headphones…
How to Reclaim Joy with One Stop Holiday Shopping at CVS Pharmacy
This post is sponsored by CVS Pharmacy The holiday season is a busy and hectic time of year where everyone has mile-long to-do lists that are reviewed while waiting for parking spaces in over-crowded mall where patience is often lacking among fellow shoppers. As parents, take making happy holiday memories seriously because we hope our…
Feeling Left Out When Your Kids Play Video Games? Do these 3 things!
This post is sponsored by Best Buy When our kids were little, their holiday wish lists made sense because they were made up of things we understood but as they get older, items on their lists can suddenly feel like a foreign language. In the blink of an eye, Legos, Star Wars, ponies, and princesses…
Teaching Tough Topics: 5 Tips for Talking to Kids About Disabilities
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass There’s nothing that pushes the limit of being human like an Ironman Triathlon. Consisting of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, followed by a full marathon (26.2 miles) completed one right after the other in the course of a single day, any Ironman race is…
6 Things to Consider When Buying a Drone as a Holiday Gift
The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Tis the season and suddenly you find yourself tasked with the monumental decision of purchasing and gifting the season’s must-have gift for the tweens and obsessed with the . Drones…
