Thank you Recycling Simplified by Republic Services for sponsoring this post. Learn more about recycling by visiting the Recycling Simplified website today! Have you read something that stops you in your tracks and you have to read it over again? That happened to me recently. It said that on average 30% of the items that consumers put in their recycling don’t belong there. 30% is a lot of items that are unrecyclable. There are a few things that contribute to this number, and contaminated items are one of them. If you recycle a bottle of ketchup and you do...

Thank you Scientific Explorer® for sponsoring this post. Ignite your imagination with Scientific Explorer® today! ! In our house, we struggled with the common problem of boredom. They get tired of playing with the same things over and over. My kids regularly ask what the next activity is. In the past, I dreaded this question of what to do next. It was a struggle to continue to come up with new educational activities that both my daughter and son enjoyed. Their four year age gap makes it a challenge when choosing activities. But not anymore thanks to Scientific Explorer®...

Thanks to Party City for sponsoring this post. As always all opinions, thoughts, and ideas are my own. If you have been following me for a while you know I love a good party. Party planning is something I enjoy and seeing everything come together brings me joy. Growing up we didn’t do parties and when I became a parent I knew parties would be a big part of my kids lives growing up. This year my daughter’s theme was Descendants. She is obsessed with the movies and thanks to Party City I was able to make her dream...

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FindReliefWithPrepH #CollectiveBias Pregnancy is a beautiful time in a woman’s life. Your body goes through a lot of changes during the process of growing a human inside you. Some of those changes are beautiful, such as your growing belly. Other changes are not as easy to share with others. I got a gift from my sister in law when I was pregnant with my first child. It was everything I didn’t know I needed. I took her gift idea and passed it...

When you or a loved one get diagnosed with a disability, there is a new world of unknowns. You learn that you are about to walk a new route, and nothing is going to be the same. When you receive the initial diagnosis, a million things run through your mind. How is my life going to change? How am I going to tell others? Did I do something wrong? Is this my fault? How am I going to pay for this? What is the cost of services or treatment going to cost? This is a sponsored post written by...

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make and purchase. I am so excited to finally be sharing the post with all of you. Ever since Amazon released their prime wardrobe I have been dying to order some items. I decided to wait a few months so they could work the kinks out of the program to get the full experience. I was so happy selecting my items online but it wasn’t smooth. I would find an item I wanted...

This story was produced in partnership with Duracell. All opinions are mine alone. ​ #DuracellOptimumBrandPartner Family time is a huge part of our weeks. We have certain activities we do together as a family. We do board games, charades, movie nights with a popcorn bar, indoor s‘mores night and video games’ night. The most popular family night activity in our house is video game night when we play Xbox. The whole family gets to sit around and play against each other. We have a variety of games we get to choose from. We have a method to select which games...