Note from Melanie: Halloween can be such a fun holiday to celebrate with kids and Halloween decorations are so cute! Our kids crafts contributor, Lisa, will show you how simple and easy it is to make your own Halloween ghost lanterns, using mason jars and other materials from Walmart. {Sponsored content} Oh boy! Did you […]
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Easy Chicken Fried Rice – Only 5 Ingredients! {Recipe}
Chicken fried rice is a really easy recipe you can make for a quick weeknight dinner. It’s best to use leftover cooked white rice for fried rice recipes, but this simple chicken fried rice recipe also uses precooked chicken for an even faster meal! In fact, you can currently find traditional rotisserie chicken at your […]
Sample Meal Plan for a Week Full of Puerto Rican Food, Plus a Pollo Guisado Recipe
{Sponsored content} Meal planning is now my best friend. I went years without menu planning and now can’t believe I ever went without planning my dinner menu in advance! Planning your meals for dinner ahead of time not only saves time in the kitchen, it also helps you with grocery shopping. Since I know what […]
Family Reading and Movie Night: Read and Watch Dear Dumb Diary with Your Kids!
{Sponsored content} My girl loves, loves, loves to read. As such, we’re always checking out books from the library or purchasing new ones for her to enjoy. She already loves many children’s book series, but one she had not yet explored is the Dear Dumb Diary series. To be honest, she was very hesitant to […]
Back to School Style: 2nd Grade Edition
{Sponsored content} I know many of you are gearing up for your kids to head back to school after the Labor Day holiday, but my second grader started her new school year last week. We had a busy last month of summer, including a move to a new city and helping out family, but despite […]