These Plant Pokes are an easy DIY to do with the kids. Besides planting our Square Foot Garden, the kids have been enjoying all the spring (and now summer) flowers growing all around. To liven up our potted plants, we made plant pokes–perfect for mailing to Grandma to put in her porch container. They’re also …
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Host a fabulous budget birthday party for kids! This adorable Kitty Cat Birthday Party is filled with frugal food, decor and game ideas. Another double birthday party for twins! Thankfully, my girls were in complete agreement on the theme for their 4th birthday, so we had a Kitty Cat Birthday Party. They spend an awful lot …
I wish you could smell this… It’s a busy season. You’re scrambling to get it all done. Wouldn’t it be great to have a yummy dinner that you just mix all in one bowl, dump into a casserole dish and bake? I love those kind of recipes. I give you: Macaroni & Cheese Casserole* 1 …
I’ve had a few comments and emails lately, particularly on Meal Plan posts, that suggest that some of you out there: don’t cook don’t know how to cook but want to cook for your family (Yay!) What you need is some easy recipes, I mean really easy recipes. I have a few for you. Let’s …
Time for a Lego Birthday Party! So many kids spend years and years in love with Lego. It makes sense to throw a frugal, fun birthday party around this classic toy. It was the perfect theme for my son’s 6th birthday. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Decorating was easy! I used a game board …
No matter where you are in the baby stage (thinking about starting, already pregnant, have twin toddlers running around?), you’re probably thinking about the expense of diapering. Even with playing The Drugstore Game to buy diapers, I still think that cloth diapering costs less overall. If you’d like to learn more about cloth, you’ll want …