Maybe you're looking for less screen time in the car? Maybe you need something to entertain the whole family as you travel? Or maybe you just need a way to keep the peace in the backseat? No matter what your reason, having something that everyone can listen to on a road trip is a helpful thing to have. Save your ears from the sounds of bickering or endless Kidz Bop (may it be ... Read More
Best Family Travel Games (that can also be played at home)
Our family loves to play board games at home and I frequently pull them out when I need a quick activity to do with my kids. Games promote social-emotional development and lots of reasoning and language skills so I love it when we can work on those skills through play. Many traditional board games involve a large box and lots of little pieces, making them less than ideal for ... Read More
Simple Family Valentine’s Day Traditions
I try not to go too over the top with holidays around our house. Mostly because if I set up the expectations to be too high, I tend to get stressed out and then nobody is happy. I love traditions and can get very distraught when I can't keep them going year after year so I've learned that simple is better when it comes to minor holidays. Our family has two easy traditions ... Read More
Tarkington Park Playground in Midtown Indianapolis
My kids have been begging me to check out the newly opened playground at Tarkington Park since they started hearing the school yard gossip about how amazing the redeveloped park is. And like any good mom, I gave into peer pressure when we had a unexpected 60 degree Saturday morning in January. As always, those kiddos know what they're talking about because this new playground ... Read More
Our Favorite Christmas Books
One of our traditions each year is to purchase a new Christmas book for our family. I keep them up on a high shelf all year so that our collection only comes out during December and each time we put the books out, they're greeted like long lost friends. Some years I get a few out at a time and other years I set them in a basket by the tree. I try not to make it a complicated ... Read More