With schools letting out and weather warming up, parents are looking for fun and frugal ways to fill up the calendar. Spend quality time with your kids without worrying about the bill with some of these free kid-friendly activities: 1. Visit the library. Have fun all season long with ongoing public programs, children’s clubs, and…
Hawk is participating in the Reading Rocks program at school. Basically, they have one month (?) to read 50 books. Each time he reads a book, he has to log it with the date, title, and who read it. The program is designed to get the kiddos interested in reading by themselves and with family…
Here is a picture of Papa (my dad) and his youngest grandson. Jett is number seven for Mimi and Papa, and daddy is just as much in love with this one as he is the others. His patience runs thin with the kiddos pretty quickly, and he runs out of gas faster now that he…
Because younger kids and teenagers don’t pay bills, they understandably can’t comprehend the value of a dollar. Cut to: them constantly asking their parents for money. Maybe this scenario sounds uncomfortably familiar and you give your kids money each time they ask. Unfortunately, this behavior doesn’t teach healthy money skills and that’s why parents ask…
After a conversation that went on between Hawk and Andy last night, Hawk looked over and said that he doesn’t have money, but Braxton does. Braxton looks up from the Kindle and says, “Yeah, I’m saving my money.” Andy asks him what he’s saving for. Braxton says, “Well, I’m saving my money to buy Legos,…
Yesterday, Andy asked Hawk to check the mail. When he came in, Andy told him there was a “bill”, and Hawk grabbed it and really wanted it. When Andy asked for it back, he told him “you don’t have money to pay it,” and Hawk got so upset. We let him have it and open…
My boys have always slept in separate beds. When Hawk was born, Braxton moved (that day, on his own) from our bed to his own twin bed, and when Jett was born, Hawk moved (a couple of weeks later, on his own) from our bed to his own twin bed. Even when they had twin…
This weekend, Andy and I were talking about how the lizards and geckos are pretty much gone from our area, even thought it was getting up into the 80’s last week. Sunday night, a cold front blew through Texas, and it has dropped down into the 50’s, 40’s, and 30’s. Not all that uncommon for…
Lately, I have been overwhelmed. I’m a work at home mom, and contrary to whatever everyone thinks, it’s not an easy job. I oftentimes wish that other family members and friends who have never had this type of job could just be a fly on the wall and watch a day in the life of…
I am SO not a fan of morning routines. Dread sets in, for me, right about the time I roll over and notice that it’s after 4 am. Although I don’t actually get up to get the boys ready for school until 6:20 am, I lay there wishing for the day when they can get…