Tip: Don’t Let Kids Brush Their Teeth Solo Until They Can Tie Their Shoes
If you’re a parent, you have probably struggled with your kids over tooth brushing many, many times. My one-year-old shakes her head from side-to-side and wants no part of […]
Perfect Mini Ice Pack for Kids: Freeze Condiment Packets
As a mom of four, we’ve gone through a lot of Band-Aids in this house over the last 10+ years. We’re talking a lot. Between the ages of 2-6 […]
Travel Tip: Use Dry Cleaning Bags to Keep Hanging Items Wrinkle-Free
When I was traveling recently, I saw a girl almost forget her hanging bag she was carrying as she was about to board our plane–she frantically ran back to […]
Layer Clothes Vertically for More Space, Easier Viewing, & Neater Drawers
My super-smart (and super-organized!) sister-in-law gave me the idea to arrange clothes vertically in drawers back when I was writing this post with 100+ Organizational Ideas (worth the read–or […]
Kitchen Tip: Make Sticky Substances Pop Right Out
I bake a lot, so I love this tip. When you are working with sticky substances such as shortening or peanut butter, don’t you hate how nasty the measuring […]
b & d Hand Trick for Place Settings
Summer is here! And so is wedding season… we don’t go to as many weddings as we used to–the year we got married, we had 9 other weddings to […]
Keep a Medicine Chart: Never Miss a Dose Again!
Over the last three months, I’ve had kids on antibiotics five separate times–sometimes they were overlapping. It’s almost impossible to keep up with all of it. Who needs her […]
Tip: Apply Sunblock to Your Child’s Face From Behind
My husband is the sunblock police. We were recently on vacation, and I swear, every time I turned around, he was applying another layer on our 14-month-old. He practically […]
Use Duct Tape to Mark Your Gear
This tip comes straight from my oldest daughter. She’s a soccer player, and at her practices there are 50+ girls who all have water jugs that look alike. So […]
Press & Roll Citrus Fruits to Get More Juice
I used to watch my friend roll her orange like nobody’s business before she would peel or cut it. I finally asked her what in the heck she was […]
Hang Pictures Quickly Using Toothpaste!
I am the picture-hanger in our house. My husband can’t stand doing that kind of thing–he really just doesn’t have the patience or the desire. As for me, I […]
DIY 5-Minute Chalkboard Sign
Cute chalkboard signs are everywhere these days! I have admired them for so long in friends’ holiday cards, birth announcements, invitations, and in pictures all over Pinterest, but I […]