Articles: Family Life

Slipper Stealer: My son's new favorite thing to do

This little goober stole my slippers!

Free Entry Days to our National Parks For the Rest of 2017

Woo Hoo! Every year, the National Park Service sets aside several days where everyone can get in free! See the article below from nps.gov for the dates in 2017! 

PSA: Fire Escape Planning- How to Prepare for a Fire & Keep Your Family Safe

Fires happen. They're scary, they're unfortunate, but they happen. Do you know what to do in the event of a house fire? Thanks to the Red Cross for this information and ideas.

Impromptu Game Made from his Pre-K Prize: We had so much fun!

When I went over to school to pick up Froot Loop today, he was super excited! He had won a prize for being the ONLY kid in the pre-k class to go over to the carpet squares and sit down quietly. I am so proud of him. 

Recipe/Tutorial: Healthy Butternut Squash Soup in the Crock Pot!

It's finally getting a little colder here in South Texas. We had a brief cold snap earlier, but it lasted only 2 days! I'm from the mountains... I want some COLD WEATHER! 

So, here's a fun recipe for one of my favorites: Butternut Squash Soup! Enjoy and let me know how you like it. I've included several variations that I've tried over the years.

Cleaning Tips from a Crappy Housewife with FREE Printables!

I’ll come out and say it: I am a terrible housewife. I HATE cleaning. I am bad at it. I don’t sleep well so I am tired and worn out and so on. But, I have made it a priority to get the house clean and keep it clean. I decided to take every cleaning task I could think of and divide them into daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly lists and just GET THEM DONE.

Our First Report Card! How Froot Loop's First "6 Weeks" Went in Pre-K, Speech, & Occupational Therapy

Here in Texas, we don’t have school “quarters” like I did growing up in the midwest. We divide the school year into 6 sets of 6 weeks. Well, right before Christmas was the end of the third set of six weeks. Since our little guy joined school late- in early December- he only had about 10 days before his first report card.

Good-Bye, Woofles (Trigger Warning: This is VERY sad & may make you cry too)

Man, more sadness here. My parents dog, that we've had for 13 years, passed away today. I am absolutely gutted. Gutted. 

Crunch Berries - The story of how we found and adopted this Sweet, Yellow Dog. (& some Sad News)

Last week was kind of a tough week. We took Crunch Berries back to the vet for her followup appointment for her bladder infection and the vet was finally able to do an ultrasound. She found three tumors. Two are small, but right on her lymph nodes. One is really big, getting bigger, and is in her abdomen. She told us that she wouldn't make it through the year. 

Quickie Questions: Let's Have a Real Debate Here, People!

Happy Monday! It's that time of the week where I ask y'all a super duper important question to get y'all talking in the comments. This week's question: