Hi, I'm Lydia! Mommy to three: Otto, a fresh five year old who is starting kindergarten this fall; Meredith, our sweet natured three year old; and six month old Ned, who is just starting to scoot across the floor. While we currently live in the DFW metroplex, both my husband and I grew up in East Texas. Summers for us were filled with water based activities, non-scheduled days, and roaming the outdoors with our siblings.
Fiscal Responsibility
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The first proms were held in the late 1800s and they’ve only become more expensive as the decades pass. According to the Guardian, the average cost of prom in 2015 was $919 — with parents bearing 73% of the expense. If you’re not willing to drop a grand on your teen’s big night, consider the following tips to help lower the prom price tag.
Select budget-friendly prom theme
Oh No, The Horror!!
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It is an honor to be asked by Kids in the House to share about topics that I live and love: Service, Homeschooling and Second Harvest Curriculum. Now a little about myself and what I hope to contribute to this fantastic resource website.
My name is Lory, and since January 2013 I have been the owner of Second Harvest Curriculum which is a web based business where families can buy and sell used homeschool curriculum. Our website address is www.usedhomeschoolbooks.com.
If you’re a mother-to-be and you’re confused about health insurance, you’re not alone. With the introduction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there have been a lot of changes in the way insurance works — especially for pregnant women. Let’s take a look at some of the most common insurance questions that new and future moms often ask, and find out their answers.
In my opinion, the short answer is “no.”
However, like all things, this is debatable and a recent article in The National Post newspaper in Canada raises some intriguing questions and supplies thought-provoking research (1). Recent studies showed that “bullies have highest self-esteem, social status, lowest rates of depression.” This is confirmed in previous studies that foreground the popularity and status of bullies (2). However, what’s new is the conclusion reached. Journalist Tom Blackwell writes:
Here’s a gem of a question I hear weekly: Should I pay my kids to do chores? It doesn’t sound like a hard question to answer on the surface, right? But what I’ve found is the topic is touchy and frustrating for a lot of parents. The general consensus I hear is, “I get paid to work, so I should pay my kids to work around the house.” Sure, that makes sense intellectually, but in real life? Not so much.
Traveling with four kids for a month in Israel and Italy equates to a lot of leftover shwarma, pasta and pizza on the little one's plates that's hard to resist. My family loves fine dining so our travels are always focused around our next meal. We search for the best chefs, local organic fare and fun atmospheres. We recently returned from what was truly the best vacation of our lives. We spent two weeks in Israel celebrating my eldest daughter's bat mitzvah and then flew to Italy where we spent another two weeks devouring the best tuscan cuisine.
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