Question: How do you make a Valentine’s day box stand out from the rest? Answer: Get some help from one of your friends that is always thinking outside the box. In this case I literally mean “outside the box.” Have you ever had a friend that was so creative and just thought about things on…
HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR WEATHER OR NATURAL EMERGENCIES
HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR WEATHER OR NATURAL EMERGENCIESThanks to SSA Public Relations for presenting today’s post. Last year, during hurricane season, Becky and I had to call the next-door neighbors of our beach house, in Hilton Head Island, multiple times. Living close to the coast meant there were several occasions when hurricanes were…
Valentine cards for Boys
I wanted to share these Valentine cards for Boys because our 3 sons have their Valentine Cards due next week for school. Our boys love to get creative & make things… (which is why I shared these 10 toys for kids who love to build). If you read that post, you’ll know that our sons are…
Give children what they need
Growing up, I always had what I needed, not always what I “wanted” or at least that is what I thought. This was a hard concept to understand, as a child, especially when everyone was (and is) trying to keep up with the Jones’s. So how can we give our children what they “need” and what they “want”?…
Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Teens and Grown Kids that are Unique & Practical
This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of tech21. I’m sharing Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Teens and Grown Kids that are Unique & Practical because we have had stocking gifts on our minds all week. It started the other day, when Becky was talking about trying to find a few stocking stuffers for the kids. …
Gift Ideas for Dad
This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com. What makes a great gift? It starts with knowing what they want and then looking for a fun way to gift it. In our house, we go for practical things… things that will get a lot of use. That’s why I liked the latest Babbleboxx. It was filled with…
10 toys for the child that builds
Our son Beau loves to build- he could build all day long. He’s the type of kid that goes into our back yard and just creates for hours: forts, traps, clubhouses. This Christmas, Beau didn’t know what to ask for, so we told him to leave it up to us. We would make this his…
10 things to tell my son before he is 16
Time will pass you by in a blink of a moment. It seems like just yesterday when we took this picture. Fast forward five years… our kids are growning so much. The time of dressing like a super hero and showing off your muscles is long gone. However, while they are still young, We have…
Teacher Gift Idea: “C is for Caffeine”
save on Peet’s Coffee Big Bang bags and/or K-cups at Publix.This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Peet’s Coffee. The opinions and text are all mine. When my wife was teaching, she loved when kids would make her little gifts: cards, drawings and notes. Now that we have four kids in…
Study shows large families are actually sick more often.
A study by scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine found that large families have some sort of viral infection in their home 87 percent of the year. The study tracked viruses such as influenza, parainfluenza, and rhinovirus (the cause of the common cold.) “The team found that people living in childless houses…