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DIY Upcycled Bulletin Board/White Board Combo

September 22, 2017 By Anne Metz 2 Comments

Time to upgrade your command center? Snag this easy DIY for an upcycled bulletin board/white board combo, and you will be crushing on your new organization space! I love this genius!

I’m really excited to share my latest DIY project–an upcycled bulletin board/white board combo! This endeavor combines a lot of my loves: organizing, crafting, and shopping for fabric. Plus this DIY project only takes a single afternoon and is incredibly inexpensive. So if you’re looking to spruce up your command center, follow the steps below […]

Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Homemaking, Organization, School

3 Smart After School Snack Ideas

September 13, 2017 By Meredith 2 Comments

Frustrated over keeping your kiddos fed and happy? Try these 3 smart ideas for after school snacks and rockstar it out, mama! Your kids will love it and the stress of sorting out what to feed them is gone. A win-win,

***This post was sponsored by Nabisco as part of an Integrated Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed regarding after school snacks in my post are my own.*** Anyone else’s kids get off the bus ready to cut someone if they don’t have a snack ASAP? With early lunchtimes and active days, my children […]

Filed Under: Homemaking, Preschool, School, Young Kids

#zulilycutie Search is On!

August 30, 2017 By Meredith 2 Comments

What a cool way to celebrate back to school AND your own unique child! Enter the #zulilycutie search for a chance to win big while a supporting all of what makes us real and unique with a very cool brand!

***Thank you to zulily for sponsoring this post so I could fill you in on the #zulilycutie search! All opinions are 100% my own!*** Friends, it’s no secret that I LOVE zulily–one of my favorite online bargain scoring finds! This site not only offers items that fit so very well with our lives as busy […]

Filed Under: Budgeting, Children's Clothes, Online Shopping, Pictures, Preschool, Saving Money, School, Young Kids

15 Fabulous Back to School Finds on Amazon

August 16, 2017 By Meredith 6 Comments

It's here! The scoop on the genius back to school finds you need to see your way through the crazy season while saving not only a ton of money, but sanity to boot as well! Get your smart shopping on! Especially love #7 and #11!

***This post about fabulous back to school finds not sponsored, but I do earn a small affiliate fee when you shop through the Amazon links–thanks for helping to support my blogging gig, friends!*** It’s no secret, friends. I love my online shopping and I love my deals and steals. So it makes sense that Amazon […]

Filed Under: Online Shopping, Saving Money, School

9 Super-Smart Back to School Shopping Tips

August 15, 2017 By Meredith 6 Comments

Feeling overwhelmed by back to school shopping? Put an end to those worries with these 9 super-smart tips! They make it soooo much easier--especially #4 & #7!

***Thank you to Boscov’s for sponsoring this post so I could fill you in on these super-smart back to school shopping tips. All opinions in this post are my own*** Last year’s back to school shopping adventure wasn’t uber successful. As in I left the store and vowed to pull my children out of school […]

Filed Under: Children's Clothes, Online Shopping, School

The Back to School Prayer

August 10, 2017 By Meredith 2 Comments

Feeling overwhelmed with the coming school year? You're not alone, mama--you're also in good company with this back to school prayer. Read it, feel caught, then embrace what you can with the real comforting support this provides!

I’ve done it all, friends. I have fretted, I have fussed, I have planned, replanned, regrouped, panicked, doubly panicked, taken lessons in zen-ing it out and even considered a vigorously punishing juice diet to set myself straight…but here I am. On the eve of back to school sans a clue to the veritable best course of […]

Filed Under: Faith, Health, Preschool, School, Young Kids

You Can’t Win Them All, Mama

May 31, 2017 By Meredith 5 Comments

Feel defeated trying to keep up with it all? Stop!! You can't win them all, mama! Grab these healthy tips and tricks to latch onto a self-positive perspective to feed your day to day and start feeling like a boss in no time!

Listen up, mamas. You need to hear this one. As seasons in this raising kids gig go, the end of school is, shall we say, INTENSE. I prefer the term BRUTAL, but I am working hard on pretending a positive spin versus diving full-on into drowning status. I have thought long and hard about the […]

Filed Under: Faith, Health, Preschool, School, Young Kids

Teacher Appreciation zulily-Style

May 11, 2017 By Meredith 4 Comments

It's time to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week! I love these ideas for thanking the teachers that are making such a difference in my kiddos' lives--never a better way to cheer them, appreciate them AND help them get the school supplies their classroom needs! Plus, check these real life stories of how teachers are loving on our children--and make sure to have the kleenex handy!

***Thank you to zulily for sponsoring this post so I could fill you in on the cool Thank a Teacher Contest they are running in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week!*** Happy Teacher Appreciation Week, friends! This is a week all us parents need to celebrate–the perfect way to say thank you to the individuals who love […]

Filed Under: Giveaway, Preschool, School

Thoughtful Gifts for Encore Teachers

May 10, 2017 By Anne Metz 2 Comments

Don't forget all the teachers who are part of your child's day--check out these gifts for encore teachers and find something special to give the music teacher, library teacher, art teacher and gym teacher. 24 creative ideas--and I would never have thought of the last few! Genius!

This is my son’s last year in elementary school. He has spent the last 6 years in a wonderful school with some pretty amazing teachers. Although my son and I send in a gift to his main teacher at the end of the year, we haven’t sent in any gifts for his encore teachers! I now realize I […]

Filed Under: Gifts, School

6 PSSA Management Tips that Really Work

March 8, 2017 By Amy Waltermyer 2 Comments

Standardized tests can be so trying for kids! Snag these smart tips to help them ace the PSSAs or whatever state tests you are facing. These tests will never be fun, but with this genius, you can take out the stress for you and your kiddos!

If you haven’t heard it yet, any day now your child will likely come home mumbling something about the upcoming PSSAs, or whichever standardized testing system your state utilizes. Some are excited (Cool! We get new pencils and the teacher said we can chew gum during the tests!), some are annoyed (Ugh! I hate tests! Why do […]

Filed Under: Organization, School

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