How to Keep Kids Occupied on a Long Road Trip
This post may contain affiliate links. This means The Mommy Mix will receive a small amount of what you spend that will go towards the blog. Thanks in advance! Sometimes, keeping kids occupied on a long road trip is a real challenge. This is especially true with younger children. But, there’s no need to panic! These are just a few (of many) great ideas to entertain everyone until you reach your destination. Get ready…get set…have…
Help your Kids Learn Core Values with These Netflix Shows #StreamTeam
Core values are not always easy to teach a child, in fact, it can be downright hard with a 4-year-old – this is the age where they just want to know “Why?” “Don’t hit your brother!”. “Why?” “Share your toys!”. “Why?” Everything has to have a reason and “Because I said so!” just isn’t going to cut it anymore, and it shouldn’t. He needs to know why he should always be respectful of others but…
Emergency Preparedness Checklist from Duracell
I’m a city girl through and through…until recently – last summer we moved out of the big windy city to a rural part of Manitoba. As much as I love and sometimes miss the city, country living has been amazing; quiet streets, lots of room for my boys to run free and you can’t beat the fresh air out here. However, as many advantages there may be too country living there are also some disadvantages;…
60 Fun Date Ideas for Mom & Son
This post may contain affiliate links. Quality time between a mother and her son is so important, for the mom and the child! Life can get hectic between getting the dailies done plus work & school but it’s important for both of you to push all the chaos to the side and enjoy each other’s company. It doesn’t have to cost anything at all – it isn’t about finding a room in the budget, it’s…
Two for the Price of New: How to Save Money on Baby Clothes
Having a baby can be expensive. One of the major expenses you’ll come across is baby clothes and accessories; such as bibs, sleepers, diaper shirts…and that’s just the beginning. Jenny from Mom Loves Best is here today to tell you how you can save money on clothes during those precious baby years. Two for the Price of New: How to Save Money on Baby Clothes By the time your darling wears the outfit twice,…
My Kids Cheat & I’m Okay With It #StreamTeam
Some may say that I’m a bad parent for knowing my kids cheat or worse yet allowing them to do so. But if I’m being really honest with myself and all of you, I’m happy they do. In reality what can I do? I mean I do it all the time so how can I get mad when they’re really just following in my footsteps? That would make me a complete and total hypocrite, and…
Let Netflix Help You Help Your Children #StreamTeam
Kids these days seem to be a lot more mature for their age than they should be…maybe mature isn’t the right word, “advanced” might be a better one to use. I remember waking up super early every Saturday morning to watch cartoons and this lasted well into the beginning of my teen years. Now, it seems like kids don’t really even like cartoons. Take mine for example (4 and 9-years-old); if given a choice between…
24 Days of Christmas - A Book Advent Calendar
This post may contain affiliate links. December’s here! You know what that means, right? It’s time to start counting down the arrival of good ol’ St. Nick. Growing up, I remember there was only one form of advent calendar…chocolate! Now, there are so many options when it comes to how people want to count the days until Christmas arrives and we’ve purchased just about everyone possible in the past - different variations of chocolate and…
5 Ways to “Escape” Mommyhood
We all have those days where we’d rather be anywhere but where we actually are. Don’t get me wrong I love kids and wouldn’t change my life for anything in the world, but sometimes life just gets overwhelming. My crazy usually starts in the morning when I get up and realize I forgot to make my 8-year-old’s lunch for school the night before, followed by a 10 minute debate on the importance of wearing a…
5 Back-to-School Essentials from Church & Dwight
School has been in session for about three weeks now and we are getting back into a routine. We’ve traded our late nights for early mornings and staying in our pj’s all day with unwashed hair for clean clothes after hot showers. As much as being on a routine is great, sometimes there will be certain hurdles that you’ll need to overcome. What if you get up with only 10 minutes to spare and no…
