Are you ready for your kids to pack their own lunches for school? This free printable will help them to pack healthy lunches that have every food group included. I want my kids to be self reliant. I try hard to give them as many ways to be independent as possible so that they are…
If you want to be more organized, make sure you’re actually using your planner My new planner for the academic year recently arrived and I am in love with it! There’s nothing like having a new, blank planner to get me thinking about how I’m going to be so much more organized this school year…
A great money management activity for kids is to take them back-to-school shopping. Give your kids a budget and let them pick the school clothes they’ll purchase by themselves. It’s a wonderful lesson in sticking to a budget! Back-to-school shopping can be frustrating for me as a parent. The girls bombard me with their needs…
This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading incentives…and keep checking back for more! This summer I made a goal to read out loud more to my kids. Life has gotten in the way lately, and I haven’t been reading to them…
Raising a teenage daughter doesn’t have to be difficult! Connect with your teenage daughter by making sure she hears these encouraging words from you often. Looking for a great gift for your teen daughter? Check out our 2023 gift guide for Teen Girls Navigating the teen (and tween!) years can be rough for girls. Their…
This coconut chicken curry recipe is made with Greek yogurt I’m not a huge fan of cooking, you all know that. That’s why I am so lucky to have my husband. Not only does he absolutely love to cook amazing dinners, he also loves to experiment and come up with new and exciting recipes! This…
A perfectly moist banana bread recipe made with vanilla yogurt. Egg-free and can easily be made gluten-free. Today I’m sharing one of my favorite banana bread recipes of all time. I especially love to have it on hand for easy summer snacks, but banana bread is great any time of year! There are a few…
This free nature scavenger hunt printable is a fun way to get your kids off their screens and outdoors this summer! All you need is a camera and the nature scavenger hunt printable (download at the end of this post). The worst part of summer is the desire my children have to sit in front…
If you’re looking for some fun water balloon games for outdoor parties or simple backyard play on a hot day, water balloon baseball will always be a hit! Thanks to Banana Boat® and Tapinfluence for making this post possible! You guys. We are two weeks into summer vacation and it’s already started. You know what I’m talking…
Does your child hate reading because they don’t like sitting still to do it? Try these 7 suggestions to help energetic kids focus on reading and develop a love for books. This post is part of an ongoing Summer Reading for Kids series. Click HERE to find ideas for reading activities, reading lists, and reading…
Get dinner on the table quickly with this easy meatballs and rice recipe Two questions govern the making of dinner in the Overstuffed household. 1) Is it gluten-free? and 2) Can it be made quickly? Minute® Rice has both of those things covered for us, which is why I agreed to do a sponsored post…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. My 12-year-old daughter is obsessed with soccer. The long winters are hard for her, because she can’t easily practice her soccer moves in three feet of snow. But, spring has finally come, the snow has finally melted, and…