Must-Do Fall Activities for Toddlers
Fun and Simple Fall Activities for Toddlers With these fun and simple fall activities for toddlers, you will be set for the season! This list of fall activities covers not only things to make and do, but it also has great ideas for places to visit with your toddler! This post contains affiliate links. I only promote companies I trust; if you would like to read my full disclosure, you may do so here. Fall Activities for Toddlers Fall is such a fun time for kids. (And me to be honest!) Just by looking around you can often see things going on for all ages. And toddlers…
Toy Rotation: How It Will Change The Way Your Kids Play
Is your home overrun with toys? It’s time to start thinking about a toy rotation. Here is how to start a toy rotation and how to evolve it for years to come. This post contains affiliate links. I only promote companies I believe in; if you would like to read my full disclosure you may do so here. Toy Rotations My son was only a year old when I found myself looking around and thinking “where did all of these toys come from?”. I am sure some of you can relate. We don’t feel like our kids have the mounds of toys they do until we really take…
Stay At Home Date Ideas
I don’t know about you ladies, but my relationship with my husband has changed a bit over the years. Our dating life especially. No longer do we have any resemblance of disposable income and nights free of responsibility. We don’t always get to go out, but that doesn’t mean dating each other is no longer an important priority! So, I have compiled this list of spicy Stay at Home Date Ideas that can be done once the kids are in bed. 10 Stay At Home Date Ideas To Do Once the Kids Are In Bed This post contains affiliate links, for more information visit my full disclosure here. 1.…
Lemon Bar Recipe Grandma Would Be Proud Of
There is just something about a classic lemon bar. The soft, chewy base. The smooth, tart filling. And the perfect amount of powdered sugar to top it off… yum. My Lemon Bar Recipe I have been developing my lemon bar recipe since I was around 12-years-old. My mom was of course more than happy to be my taste tester. Now she asks me for them constantly. If it’s a holiday: You should make lemon bars! A get-together: You should make lemon bars! A random second Wednesday of any given month: You should make lemon bars! I am not one for writing my recipes down often. But, since my mom has…
Why I Started A Blog- How You Can Too
Why I started a blog and how you can start blogging too! Starting a blog can be scary, but you will not regret taking that plunge. Become a blogger today! Why Homemaking? I really started My Homemaking Life with two purposes in mind. To help my fellow homemakers. To be financially able to stay at home with my son. The first is that I have a passion for homemaking and a big place in my heart for homemakers. I believe the title of homemaker far surpasses the connotation that word tends to have with people. To make a house a home is an extremely important, typically undervalued, and, at…
5 Blogging Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Blogging Mistakes That Caused My First Blog to Fail My Homemaking Life is not my first rodeo. With my first blog, I made just about every blogging mistake out there. Many will tell you, myself included, that there is no one “right” way to start a blog. But there are definitely a few wrong ones, and I found them. I found them like a metal detector finds a quarter at a retirement home in Florida. Learn from my blogging mistakes and avoid them when starting your own blog. Check out this FREE 12 Day Blogging Bootcamp that I used to get my blog going! Disclaimer: These are things that…
Places to Clean in Your Home That are Forgotten
What would you do if I told you there are at least 10 places to clean that you forget? You’ve got the bathrooms, floors, and kitchen counters; your house looks clean! But, when you have areas of your home that are truly filthy is the rest really clean? I was guilty of every one of these forgotten places to clean! Let me tell you, they were gross! Through this list hopefully, you can avoid the atrocity I found in my own home. Okay, I’m being a little dramatic… but these areas were desperate for a good cleaning! This post contains affiliate links, I will only ever promote products I…
Marriage Maintenance: Marriage is Like A Car
Marriage is not always easy. Things change, people change. Tragically, divorce rates fall at nearly 50%! It shouldn’t be this way, but what can we do to protect our own marriages? Your New Car When you buy a new car you are so excited, it’s new and shiny! You have so many plans and good intentions for it. You know you will keep it clean. You know you will get the oil changed every 3000 miles. You know you will top off the fluids often. But as time goes on you begin to lose interest. It stops being this new, shiny luxury and becomes the thing that just gets you from…
5 Money Saving Tips To Use This Month
We all want to save money! Building an emergency fund, starting a retirement plan, saving for things like a vacation, and getting out of debt is important to us. With these money-saving tips, you can start saving this month. Starting good money-saving habits can be difficult, especially if you have developed less than excellent money habits over the years. Saving money isn’t just a good idea in case of emergency, but developing good saving habits will allow you to break free from living paycheck to paycheck. Start being able to do more of the things you love with these 5 money-saving tips! Let’s get started! This post contains affiliate links,…
Winter Bucket List For Kids
Winter Bucket List For Kids This winter bucket list for kids is full of fun things to do! There is something for every child. From baked goods, painting snow, scavenger hunts and more! Thanksgiving is over. In my book, that means winter has begun! If Thanksgiving passing by wasn’t convincing enough, Iowa (the lovely state in which I live) is about to be hit with the first real blizzard of the season. Honestly, I am ready for it. I really enjoy all of the seasons, winter is not an exception. Yes, it is pretty chilly here, and sleet is gross. (If you don’t know what sleet is… It is a nasty mixture…
