This is a post sponsored by Lunchbox. All opinions below are my own. Thankgiving is a time we are thankful for all and come together to celebrate. However, we can't forget about the other members of our family: our pets. Specifically, the puppies in our lives. We are thankful for our newest member Koko, whom we adopted from my mom this past summer. She's been a joy in our lives since we first met her so of course she's a part of our family. Aside from giving her human food, we love to give her ... View the Post
DIY: Homemade Laundry Detergent
I've been trying to be more cost effective and deciding to make my own laundry detergent came from the fact that it seems no stores around Columbus seem to sell the detergent I like to use. You see, I am a Charlies Soap girl. Loved it from the first time I used it. However, everytime I took the time to find it, it took me longer to find the powder version. I found a way to order it online but I learned that they were discontinuing the free shipping, especially since I found a way to have it ... View the Post
DIY: Homemade Flubber
My kids love to play with things like play-do and anything that could be mold-able. But I hate going out to buy all those things and the they dry out and we have to buy more. The boys are known to leave things out. So, I happily searched for a way to make something at home but didn't really find anything. However, we went to our local science museum and they had a experiement that let you make Flubber. After seeing how easy it is and realizing I had all the ingredients at home, my sons and I ... View the Post
DIY: Switching Hosts, from one to another
Memorial day weekend, I made a change on my blog that no one really would be able to see. I took it upon myself to switch hosts. I basically just went from one place holding my files in the background, to another place doing the same thing. I've never done something like this on my own but I was convinced that I could do it, even if it took me a couple of months. So I decided that I would post about my experience to help others make the change in case they wanted to. Switching hosts isn't as ... View the Post
DIY: Kitchen Key Holder
Need something to do with all those photo frame that you can't ever seem to figure out where they should hang? I tend to buy a bunch of frames because they are on clearance and then they sit in a box in the closet of basement collecting dust. Then I want to do something special for Christmas but all I have are all these frames. Well, pinterest has me thinking of interesting ways of converting things I don't use into something that I will. So I decided on a Kitchen Key holder. This is what ... View the Post
Transitioning into chores
With Hayden turning 6, we've started thinking about chores for Hayden and possibly Noah since we really hadn't thought about previously. Yeah, I know... we should have started a long time ago but there was never anything that we specifically wanted the boys to be doing. Plus, Hayden was always so helpful anyway. The first thing I found is this Age Appropriate Chores chart made over at The Happy Housewife. It breaks up a basic set of chores that each age group can do. Of course not every kid can ... View the Post
