Tips + Tricks

Have you ever seen Under the Tuscan Sun? There is a scene where Diane Lane’s character talks about choosing a room and making it yours. I started on a quest to find small ways to start home organization projects. We...

Got a junior or a senior in high school this upcoming school year? Thinking about scholarships? Tackling scholarships is a team effort, parents! No one tells you about the pain and agony of scholarship applications. I am a first-generation...

Father’s Day is right around the corner. If you're like me, you might be slacking a bit on shopping for the special guy in your life between swim lessons and summer camps... Father’s Day always tends to sneak up on...

Mom’s get asked a lot of questions and are required to make a lot of decisions every day. Let’s create some mental space and think through easy wardrobe options that keep us confident, cool and don’t require a lot...

I started pinning items in a newly created "Ellie's First Birthday" board when she was about 2 months old. You might call it early preparation, or you might call it wishful thinking (not a fan of the newborn phase),...

Like you, I’ve been invited to all kinds of parties: wedding showers, baby showers, gender reveal parties, birthday parties, retirement parties. But I was intrigued when I was invited to my first Salad in a Jar Party. Salad? What?...

Get some Vitamin D, connect with nature, and learn a little something while you're out there. Dallas has lots of nature preserves and trails, both in the city and just a short drive from home. Check before you go...

Children are finicky. Today they like corn, tomorrow they don't. Today tomatoes are awesome, tomorrow tomatoes are gross. As parents, we're always doing a daily mental checklist of each food group. Vegetables can sometimes be trickier than the other food...

Parties aren't really my thing, but I have always enjoyed the New Year's Eve tradition of reflecting on a year gone by and thinking about hopes for the next one. This year we will be spending our NYE at...

At the beginning of a 3 hour road trip, my 7 year old cried out, and I turned to see his nose gushing blood.  It was the nosebleed of the century, and it caught me totally unprepared.  I leapt...

No more scrambling around, trying to think of the perfect birthday present. Here's a list of gifts guaranteed to please! Do you have any home-run gift ideas to share? Leave a comment! I've had great luck with these electronic piggy...

Financial literacy is often overlooked in schools. As a homeschool mom I have made it a priority to fill that gap at home. Most money problems we face as adults could have potentially been avoided had we been given...