My kids absolutely love yogurt. I knew that it was a favorite food of theirs because within two days of going to the grocery store, all my yogurts were GONE (is it just in my house..?!). Although my kids love having yogurt as an afternoon snack, I wanted to find some new, fun yogurt hacks that would spice up the way to my kids eat yogurt every day. We are so excited to try these! 10+ continue reading...
20 Fun Ways to Display Kids’ Artwork
Every day after preschool, my 4-year old's backpack is busting at the seams, full of her artwork projects from the day. I love seeing what she has made and the glow on her face when she shares all of her work with me! However, we have a little problem. Space. Sound familiar? There's never enough space to display my 4-year old's creations, let alone my 2-year old's creations as well! Our continue reading...
Over 20 Amazing Resources for Stay at Home Moms
I'm thrilled to be sharing these amazing resources for stay at home moms. Because when I left my job, I wanted to find great posts (that were all in one place) which talked about how to make staying home with my kids work - financially, emotionally, and otherwise. Whether you're trying to make the decision to stay home or you're already a seasoned stay at home mom, here's a list of must read continue reading...
I-Spy M&M Gift from Kids
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of My M&M’S for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. I absolutely love making gifts with my kids. We often turn to gifts that I know will be yummy (insert smiley face here), but I also love giving pictures as gifts as well. In fact, I often call my camera my third child. So, imagine how thrilled I was when I found out that I could have pictures continue reading...
Easiest EVER Melted Pony Bead Ornament
I remember the first time that we tried making a melted pony bead ornament. I was terrified to melt pony beads in the oven. After taking a plastics class in college (yes, this communication major passed the class -woot!), I was wondering: Would melting pony beads smell bad? (it DOES by the way. I'll tell you how to avoid at the bottom of this post) Would the beads actually melt and at continue reading...
36 Recipes to Cook With A Costco Rotisserie Chicken
Inside this post: 36 Recipes with Costco Rotisserie Chicken. Here at Happily Ever Mom, we help moms streamline life at home so that they can spend more time with family. This post will help you do just that by sharing delicious, easy meals that you can prep at home for the week. This collection of recipes is from one our readers and, my best friend, Lisa, who is a busy, working mom just like continue reading...
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs: Kid-Made Ornament
I love Mama Miss and her fabulous kid-made ornament blog hop each year! I'm thrilled to be joining because it inspired me to make an ornament with my kids that I've wanted to make for a while. One that would honor my Grandmother each year on our tree. But, honestly, as excited as I was to make this kid-made ornament, I was also dragging my feet about it too... I think I was dragging continue reading...
1 Simple Tool to Help When Kids Are Full of Questions
My four-year-old son’s endless questions used to intimidate me. “How does a rocket work?” “What does a piston look like?” “Where are those ants going?” Being someone’s ambassador to the universe can be a lot of pressure. Sometimes just getting through the day with two young boys is challenging. Add in estimating the speed of a 747, the number of spokes on a bicycle wheel, and the continue reading...
Gift Guide for Dramatic Play: For Preschoolers and Toddlers!
My daughter is a dramatic play lover! So, it's no big surprise that we'd come up with a gift guide for our favorite ways to play grocery store or dolls or tea party. These are not only our favorite family toys, but ones that have held up when I was teaching preschool, too. But, most of all, we love these toys because they will inspire hours and hours of play! This post contains links to continue reading...
Dear Moms, I Hope You Treasure This…
I saw a picture of a friend of mine hugging her five year old son as I was scrolling through my Facebook feed. I'm sure that you've seen photos like that too... Just a sweet mom hugging her child. But, this time I stopped and stared at it. Not because it was an emotional picture. In fact, it was really quite ordinary. They had red eye and all. But, I stared at the photo because I knew continue reading...