Importance of the Family Dinner
Family dinners can be the most important part of your child’s day. I’m not talking about what your child eats (although that is important too!), but more arguably the conversation. A family dinner is a huge predictor of how well rounded your child will become. The more frequently kids eat dinner with their family boosts children’s developmental state, improves both their mental and physical health, and increases the family bond. All these positives seem like enough reason to make it a priority to sit down once a day as a family. Whatever that might look like for you! So how do you create a family dinner that works for everyone…
Saint Patrick’s Day Shenanigans
Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day With Your Kids Flashback to the perfect Saint Patrick’s Days of your early 20s. It probably involved hopping on a bus for a pub crawl with your friends, drinking green beer, and closing the bars down. A few years and maybe a few kids later it involves loading up the minivan with the littles, heading to McDonald’s for a Shamrock Shake, and in bed by 8 if you’re lucky! I wouldn’t trade these moments for anything. Let me start off with I love holidays. I enjoy planning and hosting big family celebrations. I love the traditions behind how we celebrate the big ones: Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving.…
Top Ten Family Staycation Ideas
Ever needed a vacation from your vacation? You spend a week away in some exotic, beautiful place only to come home stressed from the travel, overwhelmed from the heap of laundry staring you in the face and pinching pennies to try to catch back up financially. Look, we’ve all been there! Let’s be real though. There are some years, a vacation just isn’t in the cards for your family. Whether you had some unexpected car issues, dentist bills were higher that anticipated or life just happened, sometimes a staycation is just what the checkbook ordered. Good news, we have the answer for you! These are our top ten family staycation…