chores Archives — What's up Fagans?

How Parents Can Encourage Reading at Home & Limit Screen Time

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

If you are looking for ways of encouraging your child to read, here's a smart way we've done summer reading incentives that also limits screen time. These tips for parents to encourage reading serve multiple purposes for both parents and kids. Try out these strategies to encourage good reading habits in your kids!One of the defining ...

The Age-By-Age Guide to Teaching Kids How to Do Laundry

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

Teach kids to do laundry with the following age-appropriate laundry chores so that they have all the necessary laundry skills far before the time they leave home. This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Tide at Walmart. The opinions and text are all mine. I have a large family. There will soon be seven of us. Seven bodies ...

The Fast (Yet Lazy) Way To Do Laundry Only 3 Days a Week

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

We are a large family of six, and it can be a daunting task to know how to do laundry fast for so many bodies.My husband likes to change his pants (at least) after work for some "chillin' shorts." And my daughters like to play dress up, and my three-year-old likes to "accidentally" get himself soaking wet at the sink, and my baby's poop ...

11 Habits that Help Keep Your House Clean Even With Kids

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

If you want to know how to keep your house clean, I'm sharing my best tips below, so keep reading! Big thank you to Endust for sponsoring this post.Trying to keep a clean house while raising young children seems like an oxymoron. Am I right?I have not one child, not two, but four children at home with me, all day long, as we homeschool. ...

Why To-Do Lists are Overrated and What List You Need Instead

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

Over a year ago I took this amazing course from Elayna Fernandez, The Positive Mom, called Stepping Into Balance. She really challenged me during the course as she pushed me toward a new way of thinking about goal creation, what a balanced life looks like, what my passions and purpose are, and how to deal with anger and frustrations in new ways. ...

The Truth About Paying Kids for Doing Chores

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

This is a sponsored post. All opinions on should kids get paid to do chores and otherwise are my own.The other day we went to the grocery store and my 6-year-old daughter Alison brought her purse with her. As I'm loading up the vehicle to go home, she pulled out a $1 bill and offered it to me, to help pay for the groceries.While the ...

How Kids Can Unload the Dishwasher Without Breaking Anything

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

I am all for cleaning with awake kids, instilling the value of work, and having my children do chores. One of my five year old twins' chores is to unload the dishwasher first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, by having my young children unload the dishes by themselves, they have, on several occasions, broken cups, bowls, and plates. We've since ...

9 Ways to Speed Up Your Everyday Cleaning Routine

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RealLifeClean #CollectiveBias I don't love cleaning my house every single day. I don't love sweeping up after just about every meal, or cleaning dishes, or scrubbing bathtubs. But, cleaning is a necessary part of life. In my experience, ...

Improve Your Family Life with a Basic Kids Chore Chart {Free Printable}

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

Five months ago now, I posted a picture on Instagram of our first official basic kids chore chart that I crudely made by hand, laminated, and stuck on the fridge with a magnet. One of my main goals for homeschooling for preschool this year was establishing good chore and habits in my children along with life skills. And this simple, basic chore ...

15 of the Best Parenting Tips and Articles from 2014

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

This year, 2014, has been a great year for me and the ole blog. Today I'm sharing my best parenting tips (in order or most traffic received according to my Google Analytics) that I've written and share in blog posts in 2014. So, if you are a new reader, I hope you'll enjoy checking them out, and getting a better feel for who I am and my parenting ...

Life Skills for Kids – How to Teach Them to Your Preschoolers

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

Part of the reason I chose the Preschool curriculum I did (and you should too, it's only $20!) is because it emphasized teaching life skills for kids, like making your bed, using a knife and scissors, knowing your address and more.So, it has me thinking about what life skills kids, especially preschoolers should know, and some smart ways of ...

How to Teach Kids How to Load the Dishwasher Like Mom & Dad

This post contains affiliate links which may earn me commissions should you click through them and take certain actions.

If you want to teach kids responsibility and give them a great chore, then teach kids how to load a dishwasher! I'll show you how to get them doing it the right away. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. In our new apartment, we have our dining table in our kitchen. Our kitchen ...