Summer is coming, and with it comes the overwhelming heat of the season. Keep yourself cool using these proven methods, such as investing in a reliable air conditioner. Keep It Cool Indoors Image via Wikimedia.org Houses can become stuffy and hot if people aren’t careful. Here are some tips to stay cool inside. Open Windows…
With schools letting out and weather warming up, parents are looking for fun and frugal ways to fill up the calendar. Spend quality time with your kids without worrying about the bill with some of these free kid-friendly activities: 1. Visit the library. Have fun all season long with ongoing public programs, children’s clubs, and…
Hawk is participating in the Reading Rocks program at school. Basically, they have one month (?) to read 50 books. Each time he reads a book, he has to log it with the date, title, and who read it. The program is designed to get the kiddos interested in reading by themselves and with family…
Kylie loves to paint nails. She’s been dubbed quite the nail artist in our small town. Anywhere she visits, she’s either pulling out her nail polish, looking through someone else’s stash. Sadly, she’s not allowed to paint her (or my) nails in the house, because the smell gives my husband a headache. That all changed…
Until last month, I’d never heard of Moshi Monsters. I’m so eager to get my kiddos thinking of things other than Legos and Star Wars, that I put just about anything else in their hands! (Instagram Photobomb!) What are Moshi Monsters, you ask? Well, I had to ask that, too. When I received the Moshi…
Here is a picture of Papa (my dad) and his youngest grandson. Jett is number seven for Mimi and Papa, and daddy is just as much in love with this one as he is the others. His patience runs thin with the kiddos pretty quickly, and he runs out of gas faster now that he…
A 2008 Reader’s Digest article titled “Light in the Dark” introduced the world to triplets Sophie, Emma and Zoe Hooker, who were then seven years old. The triplets were born prematurely at 24 weeks, and a potentially fatal infection caused physicians in their neonatal unit to administer several different antibiotics. Unfortunately, the medications were ototoxic,…
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Because younger kids and teenagers don’t pay bills, they understandably can’t comprehend the value of a dollar. Cut to: them constantly asking their parents for money. Maybe this scenario sounds uncomfortably familiar and you give your kids money each time they ask. Unfortunately, this behavior doesn’t teach healthy money skills and that’s why parents ask…
Spring has broken, and we’re already off to a great start in the Johnston household. The boys are having a battle of the numbers, this morning, for some reason. Hawk: Count to 100 by 10’s. Brax: Count to 400 by 2’s. Hawk: Count to 400 by 6’s. (o.O) Hawk: I did it 155 times. Brax:…