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Stop Cleaning While Your Kids Sleep – ASAP!!

March 27 by Kaley

How to make a DIY Kids' cleaning kit to help teach kids responsibility and create a kids chores routine in your home.

Today Kaley is sharing with us a very clever (and cute) way to get the kids involved in the cleaning. The take home message here is clearly "start getting them involved early!" and I think it would be a great thing to share with your mom friends. How cool would this be as a gift?  Kaley's even sourced a few pretty picks to help you get started... How many of you do the cleaning while your kids are asleep?  If you do, stop! Kids should not only see what it takes to keep a home, they should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleaning House, Kaley, Learning & Engaging, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: cleaning kit for kids, cleaning with kids, how to organize your life, kids chores, kids cleaning kit, organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

Meal Planning Made Easy – A Prep Dish Review

January 18 by Kaley

How I'm Finally Figuring Out Healthy Meal Planning this Year!

  One of my big resolutions for the year is to finally get on top of meal planning. Yes, I've made this resolution in the past but this year I have a secret weapon; the meal planning service Prep Dish. I asked my contributor, Kaley, to review it for me and, based on her experience, we're starting at our house next week. If you'd like to learn more, here's Kaley with her thoughts... Last year, my husband and I did the Whole30. For those of you who haven't heard of the Whole30, it is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kaley, Meal Planning Tagged With: dinner meal plan, dinner recipes, easy meal planning, fast meals, gluten free, healthy dinners, healthy eating, meal planning, paleo, prep dish

3 Easy ways to Declutter After the Holidays

December 19 by Kaley

Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: How to de-clutter and get organized for the New Year

The holidays aren't even over yet, and I am already thinking of all of the things I want to declutter and purge before the new year. It always feels like December is filled with overindulgences and lots and lots of stuff. And we all tend to get so busy, there is no time available to even try to control the chaos. After the holidays are over, spend a bit of time on each of these 3 steps in order to have a fresh, clean start to 2017. Step 1 - One In, Two Out You (and your children) likely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Decluttering, Holiday, Kaley Tagged With: declutter, decluttering the kitchen, holiday decorations, How to get organized, New Year's Resolutions, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

24 Super Low-Prep Advent Activities For a Fun (and Low Stress) December

November 29 by Kaley

24 Super Low-Prep Advent Activities for Kids - Here's a little secret, kids will have just as much fun with these simple ideas !

I am always super gung-ho about doing an activity Advent... before December actually starts. By December 5th, I am regretting all of the super involved crafts I had planned, like building a gingerbread house from scratch, and wishing for a simple activity like singing Christmas carols instead. Then I feel like a failure because I can't do everything I had planned. December just gets too busy too fast. Advent activities are supposed to be fun, not stressful. They should help you connect … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Kaley, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: advent activities, advent activities for kids, Christmas, DIY advent calendar, Easy advent ideas, family advent activities, kids advent activities, simple advent calendar

Mom Hack: 17 Ways Kids Can Use Wipes to Help You Clean the House

November 21 by Kaley

Chores for Young Kids - 17 Ways kid can help clean the house using simple baby wipes. #spon

This post is sponsored by Huggies. Both of my girls are long out of diapers. But I still buy Huggies Natural Care Wipes by the caseload. Did you know that Huggies worked in partnership with NICU nurses to develop the first baby wipe specifically designed for fragile premature baby skin to be used in NICUs? They're called Huggies Natural Care Extra Sensitive Wipes and they're only found in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, not sold in stores. However, many of the features found in the Extra … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleaning House, Kaley, Parenting Tagged With: baby wipes, cleaning floors, cleaning with kids, Huggies, uses for baby wipes

Halloween Dinner the Kids Will Love: Jack-o-Lantern Stuffed Peppers

September 16 by Kaley

Halloween Dinner Recipe: Cheesy stuffed peppers that the kids will love!

We have been blessed to find ourselves in a neighborhood that really goes above and beyond on Halloween. You know the one- the houses decorations are over the top, at least a few give out full candy bars, and parents drop kids off by the van load. Last year we started, what I hope will be, an annual tradition of having a few families over to our house for dinner and trick-or-treating on Halloween night. I've been brainstorming filling dinner ideas to serve to all the kids before heading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, In the Kitchen, Kaley Tagged With: Gluten-free Halloween treats, Halloween, halloween dinner, halloween dinner recipes, halloween food, halloween ideas, Halloween kids food, Halloween recipes, halloween stuffed peppers, jack-o-lantern stuffed peppers, kid-friendly halloween dinner ideas

27 Must-Know Tips for Happy Family Travels

July 13 by Kaley

If there's anyone that's qualified to write about how to travel with kids, it's our talented contributor Kaley. She's currently living in Vienna, Austria with her husband and two little girls and "on a mission to see as much of Europe as possible before heading back stateside". Her blog is full of gorgeous photographs of her family's travels to places like Berlin, Slovakia, and the Netherlands. She also shares lots of smart tricks she's learned along the way, including how to make a DIY … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kaley, Parenting, The grown ups (that's you!), Travel Tagged With: car hacks for kids, Family Travel, family travel hacks, organized travel, summer travel, tips on traveling with kids, travel, travel tips

Healthy Blueberry Muffins Your Kids Will Love

June 28 by Kaley

This post is sponsored by Abbott Nutrition, all opinions are 100% our own. Today we’re back with our final recipe post with our sponsor, Go & Grow by Similac Food Mix-Ins. Inspired by how easy Mix-Ins makes it to add vitamins and protein to our kids’ favorite foods, we’re once again sharing a healthier twist on a classic kid favorite. And, in case you missed our last post, don’t forget to visit the Mix-Ins site for information on the product and store locators! Visit this page to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kaley Tagged With: easy breakfast, easy breakfast recipes, easy breakfasts for kids, easy healthy snacks, easy kid breakfasts, energy boosting breakfast ideas for kids, getting toddlers to eat healthy, healthy eating for kids, healthy food for kids, healthy kid snacks, healthy toddler breakfast ideas, healthy toddler food, healthy toddler snacks, school breakfast, Similac Go & Grow, Similac Mix-Ins, sponsored, what to feed your toddler, wholesome breakfasts

Summer Snacking: Yogurt Pops for Toddlers

June 19 by Kaley

This post is sponsored by Abbott Nutrition, all opinions are 100% our own. Today we’re back with our latest sponsor, Go & Grow by Similac Food Mix-Ins. Inspired by how easy Mix-Ins makes it to add vitamins and protein to our kids’ favorite foods, we’re once again sharing a healthier twist on a classic kid recipe. And, in case you missed our last post, don’t forget to visit the site for information on the product and store locators! Visit this page to learn more Here’s Kaley with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kaley Tagged With: easy healthy snacks, getting toddlers to eat healthy, healthy eating for kids, healthy food for kids, healthy kid snacks, healthy popsicles, healthy toddler food, healthy toddler snacks, homemade popsicles, Similac Go & Grow, Similac Mix-Ins, sponsored, summer, summer dessert, summer recipes, summer snacks, summer treats, toddler recipes, what to feed your toddler

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