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21 Fun and Simple Family Christmas Traditions

December 8, 2019 By Ashley McKeown Leave a Comment

Family Christmas traditions don't have to be complicated and expensive! Make memories as you decorate, do a Christmas puzzle, hunt for candy canes, make ornaments, and more! Make memories without sacrificing your mental health or budget. These easy family Christmas traditions are affordable and fun for all ages. This list includes Christmas movies to watch, books to read, DIY kid ornaments, white elephant gift ideas, and so much more! #Christmas #Christmastraditions #familyChristmastraditions

Christmas is here, and with it comes so many feelings and mixed emotions. Though we dream of a perfect Christmas filled with love, memories, family, and friendship, the holidays are rarely perfect. The pressure to create the perfect Christmas can be a heavy mental burden, especially for moms.

Family Christmas traditions are a wonderful part of the holiday season, but it’s so easy for traditions to become a stressful race to do everything. Social media is filled with kids decorating cookies, wrapping presents, and ice skating, and as moms, we feel the need to give our kids as many memories as possible.

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Why Every Mom Needs a Rocketbook

November 22, 2019 By Ashley McKeown 2 Comments

Rocketbook Review: Find out why the Rocketbook is a must-have!! This reusable, techy notebook is a sanity-saver and makes a great gift for moms. Organization takes work, and Rocketbook is the perfect planner, organizer, journal, bullet journal, list-maker, and note-taker. The Rocketbook is one of the best gifts for mom - it's easy to use and syncs with her phone so she never loses her to-do lists! The Rocketbook is also great for meal planning! Learn more about meal planning with the Rocketbook.

Even though I’m far too much of a hot mess to ever be a “Type A” mom, I’ve always been a list-maker.

As a child, I journaled daily, which I now see helped me process information and remember important details. I often journaled in a bulleted format, listing out what I had done each day or what issues stressed me out.

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The Ultimate List of Toddler Stocking Stuffers

November 16, 2019 By Ashley McKeown Leave a Comment

Stocking stuffers are a majorly underrated part of Christmas and gift-giving.

Gifts don’t have to be expensive to be valuable and special, and stockings provide the perfect opportunity to surprise others with little items they forgot they wanted or needed.

In our family, we follow the 4-gift rule (want, need, wear, and read) for presents, so I enjoy filling up the stockings with items that don’t always fit those categories, or are smaller items I know will be loved.

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15 Brilliant Ways to Deal with Leftover Halloween Candy

October 31, 2019 By Ashley McKeown Leave a Comment

Leftover Halloween candy? Here are 15 great ways to use up leftover candy! Includes crafts with candy wrappers, Halloween candy science projects, leftover candy recipes, Halloween candy donations, the Halloween Switch Witch, and more... These fun and delicious ways to use up leftover candy will make Halloween a breeze. Don't waste time and energy on a power struggle with your kids when you can both find a compromise. Celebrate #Halloween without worrying about how to get rid of leftover candy.

Trick-or-treating is an odd tradition – you essentially buy a bunch of Halloween candy and then put on a costume and trade the candy. Hopefully, you trade for better candy than you originally bought, but inevitably you end up with some tootsie rolls and lollipops.

You spread your candy on the counter or floor, sort out the best stuff, and then…

Then, you have to figure out how to deal with all the leftover candy.

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How to Practice Body Positivity During the Holidays

September 30, 2019 By Ashley McKeown Leave a Comment

Body positivity and holiday food:

As wonderful and delicious as holiday food can be, there’s often a feeling of guilt associated with indulging during this time of year. It’s really easy to get wrapped up in counting calories at Halloween, or avoiding baked goods at family gatherings.

I know because I’ve been there. This year I was diagnosed with PCOS, a hormonal condition that is heavily influenced by what I eat.

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