This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NatureMadeFamily #CollectiveBias Recently, all three of my kids have been more and more interested in nature. Katie with her soft, tender heart talks about flowers and dandelions and cute, little birds. Emma with all her energy longs to climb trees and boulders and jump off just about everything. William with his intellectual curiosity pours over science books and draws diagrams of life cycles and insect anatomy. Each in their own individual ways kept asking for the same thing: a nature ad...

This post was sponsored by Nabisco as part of an Integrated Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. Even though we homeschool part-time, I have the kids pack their snacks and lunches every day. We have a little formula for what’s allowed in the lunchbox and what isn’t, trying to keep things as balanced and healthy as possible. I like to include a little treat in there as part of that “formula,” and our latest lunchbox treats of choice are the TEDDY SOFT BAKED Filled Snacks. I found TEDDY SOFT BAKED Filled Snacks in the cooki...

This post is sponsored by Carter’s; however, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. If there’s even a sliver of a chance that I’m going to sleep past 7:00 am, it’s going to be on a Saturday. The rest of the week we are waking up for school or work, running out of the house for church. But Saturday! Saturday is my only hope for perhaps even a little extra sleep. Oh, who am I kidding! My kids would never let me sleep in on ANY day, and since I’ll be up early anyway, why not score some sweet deals? Carter’s is having their AWESOME Semi-Annual Big Baby Sale...

I never really got into the show “The Big Bang Theory,” so when I heard there was going to be a spin-off, I didn’t give it a second thought. Until I heard the concept. In case you aren’t familiar with it, “The Big Bang Theory” follows the lives of best friends and roommates, Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadtler, both physicists at Caltech, and their next-door neighbor, a waitress/aspiring actress named Penny. Uber-nerds fraternize with hot blonde. Hilarity ensues. A lot has happened to these characters in the past 11 seasons, from what I gather. Sheldon&...

I used to be one of those people who ALWAYS had a paper planner. When I was in high school and college, I looked forward to picking out a new academic planner every school year. When I entered the work force and began balancing work, marriage, friendships, church responsibilities, finances, and everything else, I searched the racks of my Target and Staples to find the perfect planner each year. Around 2011, when I had my first child and switched from working outside the home to full-time motherhood, I dropped my paper planner habit. I also got my first smart phone that year, and with the switc...