Author Archives: Kristina Slaney

Weeknight dinners can be tough. It's easy to fall into a rut or default to convenience foods. Today I'm sharing a quick & easy weeknight meal that's always a huge winner in my house - with kids an...

I never jumped on the smoothie train. Generally, I don't enjoy drinking my meals. But I recently discovered a veggie-packed berry smoothie and kept adding nutritional goodness to it and now I can't ge...

My son is a cub scout, so our family is no stranger to the Pinewood Derby. My daughter, while not a scout, also participates since siblings are invited to make a car for the annual race. This year she...

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...

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...

Today is Veterans Day. Regardless of political leanings or attitudes about hot-button issues, I think most of us are in agreement that our country is safe due in large part to the reputation, strength...

I love Thanksgiving. I love cooking, I love eating, I love family, and I love gratitude. I've cooked the full Thanksgiving spread several times now - sometimes just for our small immediate family, whi...

Breakfast isn't the easiest meal to pull off during the week. It's great if you've got pre-prepared meals or convenience items on hand, but sometimes you want to send the kids off to school with a nic...

Traditionally, there were three parenting styles: permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative. Then they added a fourth: "uninvolved/neglectful." And then, those parenting styles got thrown out the w...

All parents struggle with screens during the unstructured summer months. How much is too much? Should I limit it? Should I stop stressing? We're not here to tell you what you should or shouldn't do - ...