A back-to-school feast and family theme is a great way to kick off the school year for your kids. This tradition is something they look forward to every year and helps them to be excited to go back to school. One of our favorite family traditions is our annual Back-to-School Feast. The night before school…
Looking for a way to play games with family and friends who are far away? Try these board games that can easily be played over FaceTime. Right now, the whole country is basically in quarantine, or practicing social distancing to some degree, due to COVID-19. As a result, even the most introverted of us are…
Try this fun family tradition on Christmas Adam this year! Make sure to check out our Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide—Find hundreds of gift ideas for EVERYONE on your list! Christmas Adam is the day before Christmas Eve. Unless it falls on a weekend, my girls are usually in school on December 23. Because of this, the…
A back-to-school feast and family theme is a great way to kick off the school year for your kids. This tradition is something they look forward to every year and helps them to be excited to go back to school. School started last week and we held our traditional back-to-school feast the night before…
Is it cheaper to make slime using ingredients bought at the dollar store? We compared prices and slime output and found out for sure. The slime rage has taken over my home, as it has the homes of tweens and teens everywhere. It started with watching slime videos online but quickly grew into using any…
Welcome again to my Disney expert, MaryFran! She’s been to Disney World many times and is always working on planning her next trip. Since she has planned so many Disney trips, she has some great quick planning tips for you today that are important for the Disney planning process—these tips apply to both Disney World…
I’m not a big prankster on April Fools Day—or any other day for that matter. But I still wanted to find a fun way to celebrate April Fools Day with my kids. I remembered that I had done these mystery dinners at church youth activities before, and I figured they would be a fun way…
I’m excited to have another post by my Disney expert, MaryFran. Not only is MaryFran an expert on Disney World, she is one of the most frugal people I know. She always manages to do Disney for less, and today she’s sharing her expertise. One question that I get asked frequently is how to save…
When I was growing up, one of our Thanksgiving family traditions was to go around the table during dinner and say what we were grateful for. I have tried to continue that tradition with my own kids in various ways. I usually have a Thankful Tree up for most of November and we have also…
We are taking our girls to Disneyland this year in December as their Christmas gift. We are so excited to finally learn what the big deal is about Disney since this will be our first family trip to visit Mickey! I have asked my good friend MaryFran to serve as Overstuffed’s Disney expert, and I’m…
This Christmas, we will be gifting our children with their first trip to Disneyland. I’ve been a little bit worried about how to manage the gluten-free eating while we are there, so I asked my Disney expert friend Kim at Get Away Today to help me learn all about the gluten-free options at Disney. I…
A back-to-school feast and family theme is a great way to kick off the school year for your kids. This tradition is something they look forward to every year and helps them to be excited to go back to school. My girls went back to school yesterday. My husband is taking a sabbatical this semester,…