Budget Friendly Summer Fun – Book Swap

summer reading party

Beat the heat and encourage summer reading with a book swap party! It’s a budget friendly & fun way to kick-off summer reading, and it might become a summertime tradition in your neighborhood.     Book Swap Party Invite friends (in the same grade) to bring 3 used paperback books that are at their current … Read more

Back to School Traditions

family traditions

Does your family have any back-to-school traditions? Maybe shopping for a new first day of school outfit or making a special treat for the first day of school lunch? Think of family traditions as inexpensive little ways to create lasting family memories…no matter how silly the tradition, it will be remembered for a lifetime! If … Read more

It’s the best kind of Snow Day!

snow day

Photo courtesy of Free Web Photos I live in Houston, Texas where the average high in February is 65 degrees, so my teens were thrilled to experience a snow day on Friday! It didn’t exactly look like the picture above because they really missed the forecast, and we didn’t even get a flake of snow! … Read more

Power Outage!

Photo courtesy of Free Web Photos   Last week during a wicked thunderstorm we had a power outage for a couple of hours, and our house was suddenly silent and peaceful. Before the storm, I was working on the computer, my oldest son was doing homework on his computer, and my daughter was sitting at … Read more

Travel The World At Your Dinner Table!

Family dinner, it’s a challenge for moms night after night. Twelve years ago, when I decided to become a stay at home mom, I felt like my “job description” included cooking…real cooking, not just microwaving some frozen meal. What’s for dinner? It’s a question that’s asked each day in homes everywhere, and it’s a challenge … Read more