Family and Kids
The holiday season is a time of great cheer. And holiday shopping! But, we all know that gift-giving and receiving aren’t all the holiday season is about. In fact, they play second fiddle to the fact that we get to …
With the nationwide rise of homeschooling, comes an increase in educational costs. Or so we think. While homeschooling seems to cost more money, it really costs less than the national average to send your child to public school. According to …
Since it is now officially falls, it’s time to start thinking about the holidays. I realize that sounds crazy, especially because it is still warm outside. Halloween is right around the corner and it is all our kids have on …
I don’t know about you, but I can hardly believe that fall is almost here again. Where did the year go? But, with the cooler weather comes a lot of great opportunities to get outside and enjoy fall to the …
Growing up, my mom was really big on education. She would always have my sister and I do workbooks and read over the summer. This helped smooth the transition back to school so we weren’t struggling through the review stage. …
Summer is almost upon us! And with that, comes children asking what we are going to do every day. They expect that since they are out of school, and on vacation, that we are also. While I would love for …
Whether we like it or not, summer is right around the corner. Our kids can hardly wait for it to be here. But as parents, we think about summer break from a slightly different perspective. Since most of us still …
Having multiple children can make life a little bit chaotic at times. That doesn’t change the fact that we, as parents, still have to teach them as much about life as we can while they are with us. Some of …
Spring is finally here and the one thing on our kid’s minds just happens to be spring break. They look forward to it every year because it’s a week of no school of course! But just because they have the …
Teaching children about money and budgeting are some of the most difficult lessons for me to teach them. Not only are these topics extremely diverse and complex, but children are fairly impetuous creatures and want everything right away. Seeing down …
