Comfortable and Functional Guest Sleeping Solutions
The struggle of the guest room has been a constant for us. While we love to have visitors, it just didn’t make sense to have a room dedicated to guests that was not in use everyday.
Author: Jill
Tips to Help Children with Deployment
Approximately two million military children have experienced a parental deployment since 2001. While deployment is a shared reality for military children, the experience is very individual for each child. Helping children with deployment is a big job for the parent who remains at home.
Story Time From Space: Astronauts Read to Kids!
This week we stumbled across an article about astronauts reading storybooks from the International Space Station. Knowing how much my youngest loves all things space we had to check it out. Story Time From Space did not disappoint!
Raising Kind Kids
It is almost shocking how quickly my school pickup parent questioning jumped to “What did you learn at school today?” It was as if it was a preprogrammed question in my mom brain. Every parent wants to raise a kind kid. I am no different. While I am interested in what my children are learning…
Yoga for Military Spouses
Being a military spouse requires persevering through loneliness, enduring times of high stress, and having great patience. To be honest, these things don’t come naturally to most of us. That is why I am so thankful that Bernadette Soler reached out to our Military With Kids community with a free offer for her yoga e-book…
Over 100 Scholarships for Military Kids
A new year is underway which means it is time to jump into scholarship season! Organizations and foundations are eager to provide funding for your military child to pursue further education. The first quarter of a new year is when most of the applications for military scholarships open and deadlines will approach quickly, so encouraging your…
New Years Resolutions
The start of a new year is rapidly approaching which means everyone is a buzz with talk of resolutions. You may already be thinking about what resolution you are making or questioning what resolution you’ll make and break. Or maybe you are solidly firm on why you don’t make New Years resolutions. Unfortunately I typically…
Beyond the Baby Book
Some parents are amazing at documenting their children. They start a baby book even before their child is born and consistently update a memory book with all the milestones along the way. Unfortunately I am not that parent. Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to be that parent – I even purchased a baby book with…
10 Temporary Decorating Ideas to Make Your Rental Feel Like Home
One of the joys of military family life is trying to make a temporary house or apartment feel cozy. This can be more challenging when you are renting or living on base and are unable to do things like painting, updating appliances or drilingl things into a wall. Never fear! Here are 10 easy ways…
24 Christmas Activities for a Warm Weather or Beach Holiday
Finding the Christmas Spirit through Warm Winter Activities Imagine a Christmas where the sun-kissed sands replace the snowy landscapes, and the salty breeze carries the scent of the sea instead of pine. Celebrating Christmas at the beach is a tropical twist to the traditional holiday festivities where the beach transforms into a winter wonderland of…
The Best Work From Home Remote Jobs for Military Spouses
Military life challenges create career obstacles for many military spouses. Traditional career paths requiring the employee to work from a specific location make it hard to maintain a job with the frequent military moves to a new duty station. Pursuing a career where you can work from home may be ideal for you as a military…
Potty Training: Is There Life Outside The Bathroom?
The idea of a potty-trained kid is awesome. The thought of getting out of buying disposable diapers or no longer cleaning cloth diapers, is enough to make any baby mom start thinking toward the toilet and dreaming of the day when their child can use the potty. Having a potty-trained child is glorious. Freedom from…
Preschool Problem: Tell Me Something Good
I’ve been the parent of the child who is seen as a problem by his teacher. Maybe you have been this parent too. Perhaps you are a parent who dreads picking their child up from preschool everyday because while you hope (and pray) that you will be greeted with glee about the great day your…
Hot Mess Mom: Two Under Two Success Selfie
When you have a baby there is a giant hoopla about who will be present at the beginning. Who gets to be at the hospital? Who will help the first weeks at home? How long is paternity leave? When can parents and in-laws see the baby? Fast forward a few weeks out from delivery. You…