I never went “off to college”, but I did go. I did a full year and stayed at home, but I still needed all of these skills! This is a great guest post that shares 7 skills you need before going off to college. 7 Life Skills You Need before College Ian McArthur I remember…
3 Ways to Encourage Your Children to Clean Up
Hey everyone! I’m back and ready to blog again. I took a little break to catch up in life and maintain my sanity! Life it good though and I feel great! I have been doing THIS eating plan and working really hard to exercise daily and drink more water and I feel awesome! I’m exhausted…
Family Game Night with CASHFLOW + 10% off Code
Many thanks to RichDad for sponsoring today’s story and encouraging me and my family to be financially savvy with CASHFLOW! One of our favorite family traditions, especially around the holiday season, is to have Family Game Night! We have them weekly with just our small family, but love to have big games nights with our…
Our Family Business and Happy Veterans Day
My kids and husband and I started a little business in our community putting up flags for nine holidays during the year. It has been a great way for our kids to earn money for college/missions/family trips and a little to spend. It has taught them hard work and dedication. My seven year old amazed…
Keeping a Clean House – Let’s Start with the Bathrooms
As most of you know I like a clean house. A lot of my friends probably think I spend hours cleaning and picking up after my kids. The trick is…I don’t! No my house isn’t the sparkly clean, but it is picked up after and I don’t have lots of piles. {which I do have…
What age do I start having my kids do daily chores?
Do your kids help around the house? Or do you do everything for them? Do you think it is easier for you to do it yourself? Sometimes it is. But I am telling you…after a year of consistency my kids are actually doing a great job at their chores and helping around the house. It doesn’t take…
Let Their Confidence Shine – 10 Ways to teach your kids to have Confidence and a good Self-Esteem
We as parents no doubt want our children to be successful. Helping our kids to have confidence and a good self-esteem is one of the most important things we as parents can do to teach our children. I recently read an article here and love what she defines confidence as… “(Self Confidence) It is determined…
How to Enjoy Your Summer – Summer Jobs
You might think it’s funny that I am starting off my “How to Enjoy Your Summer” with Summer Jobs. But seriously if your house is clean every morning, it makes for a better summer, and when the school year starts they will be used to doing them that they will keep doing them before they…
Our Little Entrepreneur!
Isn’t this kid So cute?!?! He’s mine!! My little Entrepreneur Cowboy has been begging to sell something outside. He has even wanted to sell his toys to earn money to buy new ones. I am a bit partial to their toys because first off we got rid of the ones we didn’t like a…
Teaching your kids to be independent!
I had the BEST weekend away at Woman’s Conference! It’s wonderful spiritual weekend, and if you ever get a chance to go, GO!! Now on to my post for this week! The Parenting Breakthrough: Real-Life Plan to Teach Kids to Work, Save Money, and Be Truly Independent How many times a day do we say…