Meal Planning Upgrade Every week I work on meal planning for our family of 6. Joe bought me this cute chalkboard menu from Target a while back but the chalk that came with it kind of sucks. But I didn’t even realize there was another other until I heard about Chalkola. Chalkola Chalk Markers are…
Biggest and Littlest Brother I hate when my boys fight. It drives me insane to hear them bicker with each other and boss each other around and whine about each other. But sibling rivalry and bickering is very common, in fact I think it’s sort of healthy. My children fighting can actually be a really…
On Saturdays, our family likes to explore all of the fun places within a short drive of Raleigh. We frequent many of the Raleigh and Wake County parks so I thought I’d share some of our Saturday Adventures with ya’ll. This past Saturday we ventured to Historic Yates Mill located in south Raleigh. Yates Mill…
My boys love all things Nintendo. Santa will be bringing them a few new games come Christmas morning including a few surprises in their stocking in their stockings. If you’re looking for some awesome stocking stuffer ideas for your gamer try a Nintendo DS Game like Mario Party Star Rush or Amiibo figures. Mario Party…
I always have these grand ideas of creating Holiday Traditions by baking sugar cookies from scratch with the boys and decorating them with icing and fun candies. But then reality sets in, and I remember that I have to help all of the boys with their cookie decorations, and none of them are particularly helpful…
The other day, I took the 3 oldest boys to Pullen Park for a last-minute afternoon adventure. Because Joe works from home, we can sneak away while Abel takes his afternoon nap. It’s actually very ideal because the boys get really loud and rambunctious in the afternoons. I love a good plan, but I also…