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Real Examples of How to Develop a Family Mission Statement

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A family mission statement helps create the culture within the home. Learn how to develop a family mission statement through several real family mission statement examples from Christian and LDS families. I don't know about you, but I have big plans for my family. I want my kids to grow up into amazing individuals who are super smart and ...

18 Cleaning Games for Kids That Make Chores Fun

Curious about how to make chores fun? Read on for a list of awesome cleaning games for kids including some unique chores games! Moms. Dads. Grandparents. I feel ya. You see the house a wreck after Johnnie and Susie ran around, playing gleefully, absent-mindedly dropping toys left and right, changing their wardrobe about five times in ...

VIPKid – A Great Way to Earn up to $22/hr Teaching English Online!

Want a great part-time work from home job? Then learn more about VIPKid! A few months ago, one of my college classmates posted some videos on her Facebook profile about her new job with and how much she loved it! As a stay-at-home mom to two little boys, it was a great way for her to earn extra money from home, doing something she has a degree ...

22 Genius Ways Moms Squeeze in Time to Read

This post is sponsored by Deseret Bookshelf. All opinions are my own. I haven't always loved books. Or reading. Blame it on all the stuff I had to read for school sucking the joy out of reading for me, or a lack of family members who liked to read while growing up. Okay, my mom did read: she read the newspaper and magazines. Only on occasion ...

What Happens When a Stay at Home Mom Leaves for Two Days

We have four kids. Four young kids: twin six year olds, a three year old, and an 11 month old. I stay at home with them and have since giving birth for the first time six years ago. My transition into this SAHM role wasn't easy on me. I went from full-time student to mother of twins overnight, and then moved across the country six weeks later to ...

The #1 Reason We Aren’t Sending Our Kids to Public School for Kindergarten

The last week of August we officially began our homeschooling journey with our five year old twins. We did this even though I have two other children at home, a 2.5 year-old toddler who is my constant shadow and lap snuggler, and a brand new baby, born a month before homeschool began. Just thinking about homeschooling as a very tired, ...

21 of the Best Survey Sites for Moms that Pay Cash!

Back before I was doing this blogging thing for money, I was often looking for simple ways to make money online while a stay at home mom to supplement our income. So, I looked to get paid to take surveys online, especially surveys that pay cash. I enjoyed how easy it was to spend a few minutes each day giving my opinion in online surveys for cash. ...

Why Do Moms Obsess About this One Big Thing?

I wanted children long before my first child was born. I longed to be a mom, to experience motherhood. I dreamed about holding my baby in my arms. Like many moms, when my children were born, each birth event was photographed and I cried (a few) tears of joy. Every moment holding my precious new babies was captured in those first pictures, and ...

6 Ways to Deal with Stress on those Overwhelming Days

I feel like this day had been coming for a while. You know, the day where you just feel completely overwhelmed, when you finally realize the stress and the unhappiness you've been carrying around with you. It's the day you actually burst into tears (which is a very rare occurrence for me). On this day, the kids were especially uncooperative, and ...

Sweet! Earn Money Just for Having an Opinion as an Expecting Mom

This is a sponsored post. I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating. My affiliate links are also used. Are you an expecting mom like me? Then you might be interested in this simple way to earn a little money, simply for sharing your opinion. Right now you can join other expecting moms in a private online community to discuss ...

The Key to Creating a Successful Stay At Home Schedule

Today I am thrilled to be guest posting for my good friend Lauren of The Military Wife and Mom. Her blog is fantastic for new parents as well as those in the military! However, she really wanted to know how I created a successful stay at home schedule while I had multiple kids to manage. So, I wrote this guest post for her, sharing how the basic ...

The Epidemic Affecting Stay at Home Moms Everywhere

Sometimes, even when you are surrounded by people, you can feel completely alone. You can go to church, school, work, and parties with a large amount of people, people you know, but sometimes it feels like all of these relationships are fake, as you realize that none of these people really, truly, intimately care about you. Because, there is a ...