My kids love waffles. I like to make the homemade ones in my waffle maker. My husband likes those, but still likes the frozen/toaster kind, too. So, we still buy them. My boys will eat either kind, but they’re messy.
Until now (insert infomercial voice here!)
I’ve thought of a way for them to eat waffles and [...]

For about two years, we had a kids’ easel in our already small kitchen. I was constantly bumping into it and the kids climbed on it more than I care to admit. We were always running out of the dry erase markers for that side, so they really only ever used the chalkboard side.
In an [...]

I’m not sure where I first saw this tip, but it’s a super yummy one.
For a healthy (and summery!) snack, put a bunch of seedless grapes in the freezer. Whether you eat one at a time or a whole handful, they’re delightfully sweet and fat free! My kids absolutely love them and sometimes even call them [...]

With baseball season upon us, we’ll be spending a lot more time “living” out of our van. Here’s a Works-for-Me-Wednesday tip for all you moms out there! 
Now that we’ve upped our kiddie total to five (and the oldest is just five), I’m starting to have some organizational Mommy break-throughs. Actually, I thought of this one awhile ago, [...]

After a brief ”maternity leave,” I am resuming my spot
on the Works-for-Me-Wednesday list of links. Did you miss me?  
Our kitchen is fairly small. (In fact, our whole house is.) The kitchen was definitely not designed for a family of seven. I’m constantly out of space, especially after we do our stock-up bulk grocery shopping [...]

This week, Shannon over at Rocks in My Dryer is once again hosting her Works for Me Wednesday… and since it’s the first Wednesday of the month, it’s themed. This month’s theme is “Greatest Hits.” She says, “For fun (and to take a load off!), let’s have the Greatest Hits Edition.  From your own archives, [...]

Every once in awhile, if my kids behave exceptionally well while grocery shopping, I like to reward them with a special, unexpected treat. It happens so infrequently that they don’t really expect it, which makes it all the more fun.
I’m sure every mom out there has been tempted to reward their kids with the tempting [...]

This time of year, Chicagoland is a very cold, very dry place. (We make up for it in summer with very humid, hot weather.) The air gets so dry here in winter that, even with a furnace with a built-in humidifier, we often wake up with sore throats.
Last winter, we were buying some things at [...]

We had Evan’s baby dedication and first birthday party this weekend (though she’s not officially a year old ’til Friday. I’ll post more photos of her then.) To make her party a bit more festive, I decorated my dining room table with this inexpensive and efficient table runner:

Yup, that’s just a huge piece of birthday wrapping [...]

This week, Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer is once again hosting
a Backwards Works for Me Wednesday listing. What she means
is this: “Instead of posting a piece of advice, ask for some. 
Do you have a specific household/ parenting/etc. challenge
that has you stumped?”
So, here’s my deep, profound question for all the world:
How do you get out (or [...]