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Make Hometown Visits Fun for the Whole Family | No Stress on Mom
Going home to visit family or friends is great when it’s just you or your partner, but what if you are the only one with kids? Visiting family or friends can be stressful when you have kids, especially when they don’t have small children in the house or aren’t used to having small children in the house. We found a way to make hometown visits fun for the whole family. For many years we would make the car trip back home to visit family and friends. It was a long trip but we did it to stay connected to those we loved. However, most of the time we were traveling…
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How we had Fun Beyond the Beaches of Hawaii | Traveling with Kids
It’s the first trip, that wasn’t camping or to see family. We were headed to Hawaii with our three kids to renew our wedding vows, but we weren’t a beach family and there was a 10 year age difference between our oldest and youngest. We needed to find some fun beyond the beaches of Hawaii. Pictures of Hawaii were beautiful and we looked forward to the trip. I had looked forward to renewing our wedding vows as I had always wanted a destination wedding. However, the wedding was only a small moment in the vacation week. I was worried that the kids would be bored, electronics would fill our time…
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Kids Benefit More from Making School Lunches | Mom Free School Lunch
I have 3 kids and I haven’t made a school lunch in 18 years. What?! I know! I spend my mornings getting ready for my workday. The kids prepare their own school lunches and have since Kindergarten. Over the years, we’ve discovered that the kids benefit more from making school lunches than if I had made them. Friends would take pity on my kids for having to get themselves ready for school, and for having to make their own lunches. I could have made their lunches, and could have gotten up early every morning to do this, but why? I remember sitting down for lunch when I was in school,…
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The Truth About Clutter | How Clutter Affects Home and Office Life
It’s obvious that clutter is a clear sign of disorganization. Science has proven time and again that disorganization affects productivity, but there is so much more! Here I dig into the truth about clutter, and how clutter affects home and office life. The human body likes to function as an organized, orderly process so chaos doesn’t occur. It makes sense that it easier for us to go with the flow when there is more organization, process, and order. If that is the case, why do we allow clutter to mess it up and create levels of chaos? The truth is we get used to the clutter and get comfortable doing more…
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5 Reasons to Start Meal Planning Today|Helpful Guide to Avoid Fast Food
When you have a busy life, it can be difficult to eat healthily and stay on budget. It can certainly be easier to order take-out or to warm up pre-packaged meals, but in the long run, you are spending more money on food that isn’t healthy for you or your family. As a working mother of 3, I found it stressful to figure out what to make for dinner after a long day of work. The meal had to be easy to prepare and eaten before we had to leave for their planned activities. The meal also had to have ingredients that we could find in the kitchen. When there wasn’t…
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Delegation that Works for Home and the Office | Focus on Compassion
Delegation is tough when you hold on to expectations for a specific outcome. There is so much more to delegation than just about freeing your time for more productive work. The Dalai Lama believes that compassion is one of the keys to happiness, and happiness leads to more compassion. How can delegation to all areas of our life, help us lead a happier more fulfilling life? Here we learn that if we focus on compassion, then you have a delegation that works at home and the office. This post may include affiliate links. I only recommend products that I love. All opinions are genuine. Any purchases made don’t cost you…
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Balance is a Must for Your Well-Being
Trying to maintain a balance between work, home, and our relationships is difficult and as mothers, we can frequently forget how balance is important to well-being. Our mental and physical well-being, our productivity in our work and home life, and the strength of our relationships depend on us maintaining balance. Have you ever felt like if you didn’t keep going then everything would fall apart? Schedules wouldn’t happen at home, the house would be a disaster, work would get behind, and the kids… Have you looked back on your week and watched yourself distanced from your family, distracted by what you thought at the time to be something more important?…
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5 Simple Ways to Reconnect with Your Family
Being busy can complicate life and create a disconnect within your family. Work schedules, school, extra-curricular activities, and social commitments are common factors for a busy life for many of us. Add technology to the mix and we can easily appear to be connecting with our family, but we truly aren’t. Here are 5 simple ways to reconnect with your family. Put down the Electronics In a world where technology has made staying “connected” to others, it has also created a disconnect within the home. Emails, text messages, social media, televisions, video games, are all distractions to building relationships with our partner and our kids. Plan your day and make…
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Little hands want to play cards too!
Have you ever had a family fun night, and your little one has a meltdown because they are having problems holding all of the cards? It kills the fun quick! Years ago, this simple DIY project saved our family fun nights. This simple card holder allows your little one to join in a family game night without having to show their hand. With extra wood left over from another project, we created a simple card holder that made family fun night much more enjoyable. It is easy to make and easy to use. No need to stain it or paint it, unless you want to of course. What you…
