How to Have a Budget Friendly Valentine’s Day

How to Have a Budget Friendly Valentine’s Day

Ah, Valentine’s Day. It seems that most people are in one of two camps: either you enjoy this holiday or you loathe this holiday. I’m in the second camp, mostly because I see Valentine’s Day as overly commercialized.  I haven’t bought anything for Kyle and he knows not to buy anything for me. We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day with gifts, cards, or things like that. We honor Valentine’s Day every day of the year in the sense of showing love and appreciation. But that’s not to say that we won’t do something special- maybe for the kiddos, just not for us. We’re also trying to keep a close eye on our finances so instead we look for budget friendly Valentine’s Day ideas. Budget Friendly Valentine’s…

Free Mini Valentine Printable Pack

Free Printables for Valentine’s Day featuring a free mini Valentine printable pack This, I suppose, could be considered as part of the 14 Days of Valentines series and I hope to have another round-up post filled with printables for you. In the meantime, I have a free mini Valentine printable pack for children of all ages that features: coloring pages, 9 piece puzzles, letter recognition, matching, and more. I also have one free printable to share and one that I’m previewing on the blog that will be sent out to subscribers tomorrow morning. There’s a preview of the freebie and here’s the preview for the subscriber freebie: As mentioned above, the subscriber freebie will go out tomorrow morning. So if you still haven’t signed up…

100+ Valentine’s Day Ideas for Toddlers

100+ Valentine’s Day Ideas for Toddlers

As I attempt to get back on track with my 14 Days of Valentines series (which, at this rate, won’t be finished on time but will still culminate with the Gift Guide), I’m just going to post what I had planned and hopefully get to everything. For today, that includes 100+ Valentine’s Day Ideas for Toddlers (crafts & activities only) while I finish up the printable packs that I’m working on and a few more free printables (love themes, kid friendly Valentine themed quotes, printable Valentine’s Day cards) to share and some exclusives for my mailing list. That all being said, I bring you day 6 of 14 Days of Valentines: 100+ Valentine’s Day Ideas for Toddlers I’m hoping to get to a few of…

A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Diets

A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Diets

Are you embarking on a weight loss journey or taking steps towards living a healthier lifestyle? One of my main goals, year after year, is to live a healthier lifestyle- by adding a regular fitness routine, eating healthier, and reducing the amount of toxins that are in my life. Some of these require more baby steps than others, but the overall goal will be worth it in the end. I should also add that living a healthier lifestyle is an ongoing goal and not one that I’d like to stop once I’ve reached it. So I want to look for a food change, not a short-term diet solution. For me, that begins with understanding different types of diets.  Why weight loss is more than just your…

Spinach, Sausage, and Turkey Meatballs

Delicious Spinach, Sausage, and Turkey Meatballs This past weekend being the super bowl, Kyle and I were looking for something easy to make that would be ready in time for the big game. Sundays are usually low key for us, but since his boys get dropped off to their mom on Sunday afternoon, sometimes figuring out something to make for dinner can be a bit tricky. I’m all for an easy meatball recipe and after seeing a recipe for Sausage and Turkey Meatballs from Wife, Mom, Geek- I decided that this was something I needed to make. And did I mention that we also put bacon in ours? We always put chopped bacon in our meatloaf recipes, so since this was similar to that in…

Children’s Dental Health Month

14 Days of Valentines will resume on Saturday as I want to get to a few other things before that. Plus, I’m still working on a few things for my 14 Days of Valentines series, so I want to make sure that I have all of that together before we delve back in. In the meanwhile, February is a special month. Aside from being my birth month, there are quite a few special things about February that we’re going to cover this week. For example, did you know that February is National Children’s Dental Health Month here in the United States? With all of the sweets being consumed this month for Valentine’s Day, plus the runoff from Christmas (we still have candy canes laying around);…