Lifestyle March Break Ideas (on a Budget) March Break starts in less than a week (4 days to be exact). I have so many other things going on (painting my room, planning my daughter's 10th birthday party,
Lifestyle Spring Birthday Brunch As my daughter's 10th birthday is approaching, it's time to start party planning. A few years ago, she wanted to do a birthday brunch for her party (totally my daughter
Lifestyle Christmas Eve Boxes As much as we try and teach our children that this is the season of giving and that it's not all about gifts, they are kids and they do get
Family Making Time The other night my oldest daughter wanted to bake one of the recipes from my blog for her class to try. I let her stay up after the other kids
Lifestyle Back to School Questionnaire I can't believe that another school year has begun. It feels like just yesterday that the kids were running out of school for summer break. Now we are already a
Family Home Alone What are you going to do when all of the kids are in school? That is the question that I've been getting a lot lately (and have even been asking
Travel Our First Camping Trip I will start by letting you know that this was not supposed to be part of our vacation. Originally we had a cruise of the 1000 Islands and visit to
Family Our New Family Members A few weeks ago my oldest son turned 6. I don't know what it was about that number, but I was a wreck. I feel like 6 is so much
Family Our First Drive-In Movie Well it is officially summer and we started it off right by crossing an item off of our Summer Bucket List. We decided to end our first day of summer
Lifestyle Summer Bucket List Can you believe that it's already June?! That means that school is out in less than a month and I need to figure out what the heck I'm going to
Food National Donut Day 2018 It's National Donut Day!!! Let's be real here dough, there is more than one "National Donut Day" in this house (ex. my birthday, Mother's Day, Saturdays) but this
Food Breakfast for a Month I'm all about trying to save time as well as money. Mornings are a little hectic around here trying to get 4 kids ready to go to 3 different schools.
Lifestyle Experience Gifts Having 4 kids, the amount of "stuff" they get for birthdays and holidays gets a bit overwhelming. We're trying to declutter and live a simpler life, so we've
Family Easter Traditions Growing up Slovenian, family and traditions have always been a huge part of my life. Easter is a special time where we decorate Easter eggs on Good Friday and have
Lifestyle No Spend Week Recap I wanted to do a quick recap of how our No Spend Week went. The first few days were great, however, by day 3 I realized that I did not
Lifestyle No Spend Challenge (1 Week) I was invited to do a "No Spend Challenge" for the month of March by my friend Kelsey from Kelsey Diane Blog (she always seems to be talking
Lifestyle Declutter Challenge My best friend Kelsey from Kelsey Diane Blog has been doing Ann Marie Heasley's (White House Black Shutters) 40 Bags in 40 Days decluttering challenge for about a week now.
Food Valentine's Day Breakfast I can't believe that Valentine's Day is just a few days away! They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so I'm going to share how
Food Valentine's Day Lunch Idea #3 This last lunch that I've created is super fun and probably my favourite of the 3. My daughter said that the kids at school basically swarmed her to see what
Lifestyle Valentine's Gift Idea This year, Valentine's day falls right in the middle of the week. Being parents of a small team of kids, you could say going out for a romantic dinner will
Food Valentine's Dinner Idea If your plans for Valentine's day dinner are to stay at home and cook, there are always fun ways to make your meal festive. A little heart shape can go
Food Valentine's Day Lunch Idea #2 This lunch creation is a little bit different. It doesn't contain your typical cream cheese, peanut butter, ham/cheese sandwich filling. So what's in it you wonder? Dun, dun, dun.
Lifestyle "Galentine's" Party I know I said I don’t really LOVE holidays, but when Kelsey (from Kelsey Diane Blog) suggested we have a mother/daughter “Galentine’s” party, I was so excited.
Recipes Valentine's Day Lunch Idea #1 I will be the first person to admit that I don't LOVE holidays. I can't even pinpoint why, I just don't love them. However, I absolutely LOVE creating holiday themed
Lifestyle Game On! As hard as it is to admit, we are a very technology focused family. My husband is a software developer so he is on the computer all day long and
