Four Ways to Use Wall Decals in Nurseries Putting together a nursery can be both exciting and stressful for parents-to-be. Painting is a time-consuming, physically taxing, and often a costly activity. Many parents shy away from painting their children’s walls because they know they’ll have to repeat the process in just a few years. That’s…
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Four Ways to Spend Quality Daddy Time with Your Kids
Four Ways to Spend Quality Daddy Time with Your Kids As a father, I want to help my wife who chooses to be a stay at home mother and spends about 90% of her time with our children. One person with 4 kids all day can be exhausting, so when I come home from work,…
5 Ways to Get Kids Excited About Exercising
5 Ways to Get Kids Excited About Exercising Regular physical exercise is good for our body. Exercise helps keep our weight in check and enables the body to burn any excess calories in a healthy way. It also helps prevent disease and gives the body a chance to strengthen its immune system. On top of…
What Happened to the Nursing Home Residents at Hollywood Hills?
What Happened to the Nursing Home Residents at Hollywood Hills? Everyone has heard about the destruction that Hurricane Irma has left in its wake by now. The entire Florida panhandle was hit hard by the tropical storm, leaving homes destroyed, roads flooded, and hundreds of thousands of people displaced. But why did eight nursing home…
How Prep Schools Work in the UK
How Prep Schools Work in the UK The education system in the United Kingdom is more complex than many people realise, that is until they begin looking for a school for their child. It’s not only a case of identifying the right school but also the right type of school. There are many state and…
How to Show the Man in Your Life You Really Care
How to Show the Man in Your Life You Really Care It’s always important to show the people who are close to us we really do care about them. It can be easy to take people for granted and now show them the true appreciation we know they deserve. If you’re wondering how you can…
Trini Thursday Soca Music that Shaped the Early Years of My Life
Trini Thursday Music that Soca Shaped the Early Years of My Life Earlier this week my brother tagged me in a post on Facebook and I was immediately taken back to my life in Trinidad. This time it was on a soca music video for one of our favorite songs as kids. My siblings and…
Football- A Stephens Family Tradition #SmarterFootball
Football- A Stephens Family Tradition For as long as I can remember football has played an integral part of my life. As a kid, I dreamed of being just like my father playing football in the NFL. While other kids wanted to be Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, or Lawrence Taylor when we played street football…
New Games from Winning Moves for Family Game Night
New Games from Winning Moves for Family Game Night Earlier this year my family and I made a commitment to having family game night every Friday night. We figured it would be a fun way for us to spend time together as a family while discovering games from my husband and I’s childhood. One of…
Cars 3 Activity Sheets #Cars3
Cars 3 Activity Sheets If you have a Cars 3 fan in your home, they’re probably counting down to the opening on June 16th. Kids are starting summer break all over the country and parents are looking for a way to keep kids busy during the break. Grab these free Cars 3 Activity Sheets that…
Embracing the Mess with Huggies #HugTheMess #ad
Embracing the Mess with Huggies [embedit snippet=”linqia-huggies”] Being a parent is hard work. It’s not easy but it’s one of the most rewarding jobs I’ve ever had. Over the years I’ve learned to not stress the small stuff. With four children, and taking care of another I’m still learning as a parent. Embracing the mess…
Our Cucina del Capitano Dining Experience #CruisingCarnival #CarnivalMagic
Our Cucina del Capitano Dining Experience Our final night of our cruise we enjoyed dinner with our entire family at Cucina del Capitano. Cucina is one of two specialty restaurants aboard the Carnival Magic. There is a required fee for guests to dine at the restaurant, however, it’s lower that Prime Steakhouse. I loved the…
Skint? Don’t Be Bored Too!
Skint? Don’t Be Bored Too! When it comes to keeping yourself and your loved one entertained, you don’t have to spend money to have fun. In most instances, you just need to think of ways of being together. With that in mind, I’ve published some excellent suggestions on this page to get you started. If…
The 2017 Mazda 6 GT: Stopping Traffic and Getting Attention #DriveMazda #DriveShop
The 2017 Mazda 6 GT: Stopping Traffic and Getting Attention So it was a very nice day for February day in Maryland, considering that around this time of the year we are normally buried in 20 plus inches of snow. It was a normal day in the Stephens home the kids were playing, the wife…
Share Your Formula for a Chance to Win from Store Brand Formula #ShareYourFormula
Share Your Formula for a Chance to Win from Store Brand Formula Before I had children, I dreamed of being a mother. Along with all the different careers, I’ve wanted to try in my life, motherhood was always on the top of that list. No one in the world can ever prepare you for being…
