Author Archives: Kristina Slaney

This past fall, on my kids' first day of school, there was another big milestone in our house: I went back to a traditional, full-time, out-of-the-house-5-days-per-week job. And on that day, there was...

I'm a huge advocate for having children do household chores. Chores curb entitlement, help kids develop valuable life skills, and make them feel like contributing members of the family. That being sai...

When our kids were little, we were protective of our evenings. We didn't want our young children over-scheduled or under-rested, and we wanted to preserve the all-important family dinnertime. Fast-for...

Alright, mom. Stop me if you've heard this one: You've planned your family's meals for the week, meticulously purchased and organized your groceries, and food prepped like a boss. You're ready for the...

The sun shone through the windows, giving the kitchen a brightness that hadn't been there in months. My family was up, dressed, and contentedly occupied elsewhere in the house while bacon and scratch-...

We spend a lot of our lifewaiting. Waiting to achieve some thingthat we expect to be life-altering. We wait to be married. We wait to have kids. We wait to have the perfect job, the forever home, the ...

There are a million solutions for pot lid storage. The problem is, most of them are either expensive or require permanent hardware installation. If you're not remodeling and installing a designated po...

You know how sometimes you find a new recipe and it hits just right? Well, friends, I've hit the jackpot. And by "jackpot" I mean "tater tot cups." Now stick with me. I'm currently working in partners...

Nothing makes me feel more accomplished as a wife and mother than cooking a meal that everyone devours: no complaints, no dinnertime drama, enthusiastic requests for seconds, and clear plates at the e...

The stores are sold out, your kiddo broke their sled on the first run of the day, or your Amazon delivery got rescheduled due to bad weather. Whatever the reason, you need a sled...stat. There are a f...