DIY Back-to-School Supplies: Re-used Notepad

Do you get that back-to-school feeling when you buy school supplies. It’s a dangerous feeling. I get it every time I go to an office supply store, which is why I have entirely too many paper products. I’m trying to help my children have that excitement about the beginning of school without [...]

Babywearing for Pick Up and Drop Off

“Mommy, help me.”
Which one do you help first? Everyone who has had to juggle a toddler and a baby at the same time knows that if you can keep the stuff to a minimum and the process simple, you can focus on the children. When your toddler needs to tell you all about [...]

Back-to-School: What’s for Lunch?

I homeschool my children. We’ve been talking in the past couple of weeks about what we want to cover this year. We’ve decided to focus on food. My daughter’s big list of questions included requests to learn to make “yummy foods from all over the world,” and my son’s questions included “what [...]

Back-to-School: Waste-free lunch box

The most recent issue of Mothering includes a gorgeous, inspiring article about “Beautiful Obento Boxes,” those compartmented Japanese lunch boxes that inspire parents to create amazing food art for children’s lunches.
If you are looking for ways to make healthy food irresistibly appealing to your children, make your own obento lunches with Laptop Lunches Obento Box [...]