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#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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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10 Sensory Fidgets for School-Age Children

February 24, 2017 By Meredith 4 Comments

Have a kiddo with sensory issues, SPD or ASD? You aren't alone! It's rough, but grab onto one (or several!) of these sensory fidgets to make your road a bit easier! These things REALLY work!

As we travel further along this road of sensory issues with my son (and now, to a lesser degree, with my daughter), we have learned a few things. Scratch that, we’ve sorted A LOT to managing these issues easier. I’ve shared many of them before: routine is our best friend, go light on Trick or Treating, learn […]

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Filed Under: ASD, Mommy's Favorites, Preschool, Saving Money, School, Young Kids

When Sensory Issues Hurt

February 9, 2017 By Meredith 8 Comments

Have a kid with special needs? Take heart! While the rest of the world doesn't get his sensory issues, you don't have to forge ahead alone! Check this child-rearing truth and raise your kids the smart way!

The last week was a rough one. More accurately stated, it was a fantastically nasty beast of days that left me stamping down a persistant well of tears and longingly eyeing the wine bottle (darn the new diet!). While on Day 19,000 of some hellacious flu/cold/sinus infection/Satan’s scourge-on-the-world mash-up, some kids made fun of my son. Amidst the coughing […]

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Filed Under: ASD, Health, School, Young Kids

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