Are your children ready for their 1st day of school? I know my aren't but the show must go on. Today I'm sharing the printables I create for my kids on their first day of school. Use the highlighted link below each picture to download a PDF version. I'm usually last minute about the 1st day of school but both of my kids are going to new school. I hope you the kiddos enjoy their first day back and don't forget to share this post. Your friends will appreciate the reminder! Pre-K - Back Continue Reading
Strawberry Pancakes w/ Quaker® Real Medleys® Yogurt Cups #QuakerRealMedleys #CollectiveBias {ad}
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #QuakerRealMedleys #CollectiveBias Morning at my house are on the chaotic side! For the last 5 weeks my teenage daughter has been waking up at 5:30 a.m for high school volleyball practice. Let's just say, she's not a morning person. But how can you be when it's July and practice is at 7 a.m. I'm always on the hunt for a easy breakfast solution. Today I'm going to WOW you with Continue Reading
How to Make a DIY Ice Cream Cake w/ Blue Bunny Ice Cream #SunsOutSpoonsOut #CollectiveBias {Ad}
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SunsOutSpoonsOut #CollectiveBias Summer always reminds me of my childhood. Playing outside with my friends, riding bikes, walking to our local community pool and enjoying the sun and freedom that summer allotted us. Back in April, I left my full-time job outside the home to spend more time with my family. My kids are getting older (one starting junior high & one starting high Continue Reading
Saving Time & Money w/ Scrubbing Bubbles® & Dollar General #SavewithBubbles #CollectiveBias {AD}
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #savewithbubbles #CollectiveBias It’s summertime and my family, especially the little ones, enjoys spending the afternoon outdoors. But as much as I enjoy the outdoors, I like to keep the outdoors outside! As soon as my kids open the back door, I remind them to wash up before heading to their bedrooms or the living room. I have a cleaning routine that doesn’t involve me cleaning the Continue Reading
Strawberry Banana Paletas Recipe – How to Make Frozen Fruit Pops {Ad} #DOLEcioso
This is part of a sponsored campaign with DiMe Media and DolePackaged Foods. However, all opinions expressed are my own Nothing says summertime like frozen ice pops! When I was little, our Southern California neighborhood was filled with local paleta cart vendors. Everyday we would hear vendors chiming their bells and shouting "Paletas, Paletas". If I remember correctly, we paid $2.00 for a single paleta, but the fruity flavors is exactly what we needed to beat the Californian Continue Reading
Sleepover Fun with M&M’s® + Free Printable Slumber Party Invites #ShareFunshine #Ad
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ShareFunshine #CollectiveBias Hosting a slumber party is always a blast for the kids but for the Mom it takes a good bit of prep work to prepare for an upcoming sleepover. Having one child spend the night is fairly easy but adding additional children is a different animal! My daughter is almost 15 years old and has been to her fair share of sleepovers at her friends house. But Continue Reading
Quick Weekend Meal with Cheesy Italian Shells Hamburger Helper® #SaveonHelper #ad
Disclosure: This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Hamburger Helper® . The opinions and text are all mine. I love the weekends! It seems like every weekend I make plan for some family fun but I always forget that I have teenagers. My daughter is notorious for making plans with her friends and failing to clue me in until the last minute. Sometimes she has friends spending the night at our place, other days she's out and about with her friends at their houses. So I Continue Reading
Celebrate National Hamburger Month with Hamburger Helper® #SaveonHelper #ad
Disclosure: This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Hamburger Helper® . The opinions and text are all mine. We like to joke with my mom that she's not much of a cook, but when I was younger Mom was "creative" in the kitchen. I'm not saying dinner wasn't good, it was affordable. Mom and I used to go grocery shopping together. She had the list and money of course while I helped her price check and match coupons. Luckily my brother and I had hearty appetites and ate Continue Reading
How to Clean & Simplify w/ Palmolive® Multi Surface Dish Soap #PalmoliveMultiSurface #Ad
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PalmoliveMultiSurface #CollectiveBias My mother was always a hard worker. When she came to the U.S almost 40 years ago she worked sometimes up to three different jobs. For the most part she cleaned houses and on the weekends worked in a day care for special needs children. Being a single mother at the time, my mother spent every minute she could finding houses to clean and Continue Reading
My Wakeup Call – Teens, College Planning and the High Cost of Books #Sponsored
Disclosure: The following is a sponsored post for CampusBookRentals.com. All opinions and thoughts are my own and is not influenced in any way. With the school year almost nearly completion, my daughter came home from school the other day with a booklet that can help plan her high school course schedule. I mean, I knew it was coming. Her high school days will come and go with a blink of an eye. She started to talk about college choices, moving out of state and the cost of tuition and Continue Reading
Work Hard, Play Hard with Playtex® Sport® #FitToPlay #CollectiveBias #Ad
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FitToPlay #CollectiveBias My teenage daughter and I are always on the go but we have different lifestyles. I'm usually at work trying to decide what the dinner menu is and running across town to see my teen play her game before heading home to cook and clean. After school you can find my teen rushing to softball practice and waiting for me to pick her for voice lessons Continue Reading
Natural Pain Relievers That Really Work
If you live with chronic pain, you don't have to just take pain medication to find relief. There are natural ways to get the pain relief you need, and many of them you can do in your own home. You can even do several of these in conjunction with one another, and since they are natural pain relievers you don;t have to worry about over-dosing and can use them when needed. Get Active Endorphins are natural chemicals that block pain signals from reaching your brain. In short, they are the Continue Reading