My friend Allyson from Day to Day Wonderments recently completed a project that was just too good not to share! She, like many of us, is a renter and not allowed to change the paint color or wallpaper her home. But she LOVES the look of wallpaper, don't we all? Enter a creative solution to an annoying problem. Allyson created fabric to look like wallpaper and starched it to her wall. Once they move, all they have to do is wet the walls and peel it off without doing any damage to the wall or … [Read more...]
POYEL: Untangling Your Little One’s Hair Accessories
I'm not embarrassed, actually slightly embarrassed, to show you the inside of a messy drawer in my house. This type-A loves to organize, yet somehow my daughter's hair accessories have slipped through the cracks. There's a lot. Getting out the door to school in the morning is hard, so having our hair accessories easily accessible is just one more thing that will make my life easier. … [Read more...]
Family Connections One Dollar at a Time
Did you know a dollar can be exciting? So much of life is how you look at it and how you live it. I parent my kids under the rule that you can always let the reigns out a bit, but it's a lot harder to take them in. For example, sometimes we will visit the candy store in the mall. You know with the big bins of sugar in every color of the rainbow? I let them pick three pieces each and it's exciting. … [Read more...]
No More Nagging for Something to Drink
Being a parent is a test of efficiency. It reminds of waiting tables many years ago. You have a million things to accomplish in about 10 minutes and impatient customers will let you know how you're measuring up on the job. Except now days you're serving kids, and sometimes they can be a teeny bit impatient and you may hear a lot of, "Mom, I'm thirsty", "Mom, can I have a drink of water?", "Mooooom!". This summer, I tried putting a water jug outside with cups for the kids to … [Read more...]
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