There is nothing worse than having plans just to have them get destroyed by the rain. While your kids may be disappointed, there’s always other ways to change the day around. Laser Tag One of Trent and I’s favorite things to do when the weather is crappy is to go play laser tag. Luckily, Action…

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Sometimes other people say it best. I have scoured the internet for the best quotes I could find to sum up parenting, Everything from heartfelt and funny to just plain true. Enjoy! For When You Feel Like a Bad Parent For Raising Confident Kind Children For the Working Parent Silly But True Now get out…

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Parenting isn’t easy. As hard as we try we will never be perfect. No matter how many blogs, forums or books we read we are still going to screw up and question our sanity. Here are some of the top things I wish I had known before becoming a parent. You Might Not Bond Right…

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Getting a good workout in when you have a family can feel impossible sometimes. We as parents are constantly running around and doing things for other people. It’s hard to get some time in for ourselves. You don’t have to buy a gym membership or wake up at 5 am before the kids to get…

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Fair season! The smell of those fried mini donuts, funnel cakes and cheese curds are already filling my nose. Little kids screaming on the tilt-a-whirl or screaming because they REALLY want to play another game that’s rigged so they won’t win anyway. Yet, year after year we spend waaaaay to much money on sketchy rides…

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My 9 year old has been bugging me to dye his hair blue for months now and on Mother’s Day I finally pulled the trigger. I had leftover hair dye from when I dyed my hair and we went to town. It was a mess. Hair dye got all over the shower because he insisted…

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Birthday parties can be stressful. I used to plan huge birthday parties for Trent and decided to go a different route this year. We went to the Science Museum this year with some close family and friends instead and had a blast! Here’s some fun birthday ideas to try this year. Go Camping Some of…

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Sometimes getting kids to do chores is like pulling teeth. I get it. Being a parent is exhausting though and it’s not asking for a lot for some help around the house. Especially since we’ve kept them alive this long right? Cool. Now that we’re on the same page I have a list of age…

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For Trent’s birthday this year we decided to do something different and went to the Science Museum. I could type out all our favorite exhibits but we decided to document our entire experience in a video blog. Join us on our adventure and decide for yourself if it’s worth it! We had a ton of…

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We love to travel in this family! Also Trent’s dad lives 3 hours away so we have mastered packing a suitcase. Here are my top “must haves” for your kids suit case. Tablet or Nintendo Switch Having a Nintendo Switch to bring along on long car rides and plane trips has been a life saver.…

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