Here’s our favorite cub reporter’s take on our 3 hour tour of Cleveland, Ohio, 110 miles off our roadtrip route and totally worth the detour. Cleveland in a day sights: A Christmas Story House Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Stops on The Greatest Family Roadtrip: Pittsburgh Cleveland Niagara Falls New York City Philadelphia Gettysburg […]
Found Money Fund Files #5: That $50 Shell Gas Gift Card at the Intersection of Procrastination and Money
I’m a procrastinator. Like, the hipster procrastinator—I’ve been a procrastinator since 1983 when my mom had to drive 60 minutes round trip to Moskatels in Sunnymead to buy foam balls for my 3rd grade solar system model due tomorrow. A major symptom of procrastination is perfectionism. If I can’t cut the Cool Whip lid just […]
Best Western Stovall’s Inn Review: Is it Really Close to Disneyland?
If you’re looking for a hotel near Disneyland, we’ve seen em’ all! (Well, most of them! We’ve been Disneyland Annual Passholders for 12 years!) Here’s our family’s latest Disneyland hotel review for Best Western Stovall’s Inn. We usually stay on site or on Harbor Blvd. right across the street from Disneyland so we can walk […]
Family travel tips for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas show in Phoenix (and how we scored free tickets!)
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra rocks Phoenix December 2nd, 2018 at Gila River Arena. Is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas show appropriate for kids? Totally. Did you miss the Trans-Siberian Orchestra show in Phoenix this year? Read on to find out how you can see Trans-Siberian Orchestra in December, 2019 for free and you’ll be ready to jump […]
The Best Phoenix Groupons for Families with Teens and Tweens
I have a tween and a teen, and sometimes it seems like all the Phoenix Groupon deals are for little kids. I’ve found the best Phoenix Groupon deals for families with teens and tweens—these Groupons are great for families with kids who are too old for play places and kiddie museums. When Groupon runs a flash […]
Free Printable Christmas Budget Planner – Christmas, Organized: Gifts, Menus, Traditions, Deals!
How much do you spend on Christmas? Are you sure? Every year, I decide I’m going to be totally organized for Christmas, and every year, I lose track of the money I’m spending and the gifts I’ve bought. I’ve updated my free printable Christmas planner for the 2018 Christmas season. I tweak it each year […]
45 things Mom has to do before vacation: 2 week vacation packing checklist!
Our family has been crazy for travel for more than a decade but it took me years to realize that three days before every family vacation, I jumped on the hamster wheel of frantic. I finally stopped flipping out (though I reserve the right to lose it) when I accepted this fact: packing for a family vacation takes two […]
How I Cure My Kid’s Cold in 3 Days – With Natural Remedies, No Weird Ingredients!
How to cure a kid’s cold in 3 days—naturally (nothing weird—you probably have all this stuff in your kitchen cabinets!) I avoid giving my kids antibiotics like the plague, so it’s important to me to nip cold symptoms in the bud before they blossom into bronchitis or a sinus infection. My 14-year-old son has not […]
Don’t Miss a Trick—or a Treat! 10 Disneyland Tips for Mickey’s Halloween Party!
Don’t miss a trick—or a treat!— with these 5 Disneyland Tips for Mickey’s Halloween Party! I’ve got 10 Disneyland tips for Mickey’s Halloween Party. The first five are vacation planning tips that will help you stack the deck in your favor to have a fabulous time at Mickey’s Halloween Party! 10 Disneyland Tips for Mickey’s Halloween […]
An Old Fashioned 8th Grade Education: 4 Personal Development Books To Read Before High School
This is my 9th year of homeschooling! Last year, when Jefferson was in 8th grade, he informed me that he wanted to go to public high school. All of my relaxed, meandering, unschooling-but-not-unparenting educational ideals screeched to a halt, replaced by a drive to get this boy fully educated before he went to the local […]
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