With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving around the corner, the holidays are on the horizon. While your kids are pouring over glossy catalogs, transfixed by YouTube unboxing videos, and listening carefully to a friend share details about their new favorite toy, The Toy Association has been busy compiling the hottest holiday toys for their annual Toy…
How to Use Evite to Text Party Invitations to Guests
This post is sponsored by Evite When was the last time you hosted a party and sent invitations in the mail? Chances are it’s been awhile because if you’re like me, you turn to Evite first. Since 1998 Evite has made it easy for us to invite those we know to join our milestone celebrations…
How to Find the Perfect Flatscreen TV Mount for Your Home
This is a sponsored post I used to think that flatscreen TV mounts were used to save space in hotel rooms, a way for many to view the same screen while waiting in a doctor’s office, a fancy interior design trick, and a solution for parents with little kids who tend to scale furniture. While…
3 Things Your Middle Schooler Needs to Know to Trick or Treat Without You
We’ve hit a Halloween milestone in our house. As a middle school mom, it’s the first year in forever I haven’t been in charge of planning a class Halloween party and one of my kids has decided they don’t want to trick or treat. “Meh,” said Thomas with a shrug of his shoulders a month…
Can Tech Make You Better Cook? Hestan Cue Smart Cooking System Review
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I love food and love to cook. Fresh ingredients from our farmer’s market are my jam and my family prefers home cooked meals over going out. Discovering new cookbooks, strolling through Williams Sonoma, trying different recipes, and kitchen gadgets that will make me a more efficient…
The Tough Road to 13.1: Why I Pushed Myself to Run My First Half Marathon
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass On Sunday mornings my alarm would go off before the rest of the family stirred. I’d tip toe around the house to get dressed, chug a glass of water, and lace up my shoes before heading out the door. A quick glance at my watch told me my…
Star Banks Adventure Teaches Tweens & Teens Personal Finance
This is a sponsored post Sometimes the request for money for the things our kids wants seems endless. Money for the movies, a school field trip, yearbooks, a trip to the mall to replace outgrown items in their wardrobe, sports equipment, and the request for a new and better phone, headphones, etc. adds up! We…
How to Teach Kids to Code with Let’s Start Coding
This post and giveaway is sponsored by There’s no doubt that there’s a need for today’s generation of kids to develop confidence in and mastery of STEM skills as we look towards the kinds of jobs that will be a part of their future but one challenge that many parents face is getting their kids…
TGIHulu Celebrates Friday with a Flashback to Favorite 90s Shows
Celebrating Must-See TV Thursdays with 1990s shows like Friends, Seinfeld, and ER always meant the week was drawing to a close but Fridays were all about Full House, Perfect Strangers, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, and Family Matters. Now these ABC TGIF hits from almost 30 years ago (yes, really- they made their debut on September 22,…
Goodbye Christopher Robin: How a favorite bear inspired classic stories
This is a sponsored post I don’t know when she fell in love with him but all of a sudden, the two were inseparable. I look back on photos of Emily as a baby and her bear is always nearby: on his side in the corner of her crib, a snout poking up in the…
