children
Products, tips and more all about children and how to keep them happy and how I raise my three.
Spring Safety Tips for Kids
There’s nothing quite like winter to bring you and your kids closer together. Cups of hot chocolate shared in front of a fireplace, the chilly afternoons spent laughing and sledding, and making snow angels all provide family-fun time during the winter months. Or maybe, that’s a little optimistic. Even with the winter entertainment, your kids [...]
When Your Theory on Life and Happiness Hits Your Heart
I am a positive thinker, I wouldn’t go on to say I am a 100% optimistic person, however, I do tend to lean more towards an optimistic person than a pessimistic one. You see, life is way too short to dwell on what negative may happen or has happened – I say focus on today [...]
Remember to Give Thanks Where Thanks are Deserved
I am a firm believer that you can never say thank you enough where thanks are deserved! Can you believe that two little words, such as Thank You, can really brighten ones day? Well they can. Case in point, my son AJ, never really had much of an interest in school type work. I couldn’t [...]
I Want More than TV Kids
When my daughter was a little one, television shows were monitored heavily. My daughter would have never, ever watched cartoons like SpongeBob Sqaurepants or other shows that I felt had no educational value to them. This was something I would not budge on with rules and if someone else watched what I felt was a [...]
I Don’t Want Her to See My Privacy
The other night at bedtime, I had three kids who needed to use the bathroom at the same time. Well that’s fine for the boys who are ages 3 and 5, no issues, let them use the bathroom together, however, my daughter is a nine year old GIRL and is not going to share the [...]
Will you Force your Child to go to College?
Over the weekend a thought came to my mind, would J and I force our kids to go to college or not. I asked him what he thought after explaining my thoughts on the subject, thankfully he agreed with how I want to approach college with the kids. That was not a big surprise, J [...]
My Family Household is Run with Kids Having a Voice
My household is pretty laid back, the kids have an open voice in my home and it’s always worked well. Now, this doesn’t mean that the kids have a right to negotiate a set rule and win the negotiation. Rules are set in stone, but when it comes to issues, not understanding a discipline action [...]
Children Growing Too Quickly Right Before My Eyes
I swear it was just yesterday I held this little girl in my arms and nursed her to sleep, to think she will be 10 years old this October and my days of having her home more often than not are soon to disappear. With friends, teen years and possibility of a teen job I [...]
