I don’t love when the weather turns from warm weather to cold weather. But I do love eating soup. There is nothing like eating a bowl of yummy soup and feeling it warm your body from head to toe. I love trying new soup recipes but we definitely have a rotation of recipes that we…
Author: Janice
Easy Recipes
Sopas Recipe – Filipino Chicken Macaroni Soup
Sopas, a Filipino version of chicken soup, is a comfort food from my childhood. It was one of the first recipes I learned how to make after I got married. This is a great recipe to make when you forget to defrost meat. I always double this recipe because my kids eat this up and…
Life Hacks
Twelve perfect gifts for women: Gift Guide 2021
If you have found yourself on this page, you are likely shopping for gifts for women. With that in mind, I’m sharing the best gifts that I’ve gotten as well as the ones that are on my list this year. *This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase…
Life Hacks
Nine great gifts for Tween Girls: Gift Guide 2020
Need great gifts for tween girls? She’s not quite a teen, but no longer that little girl who danced around in princess dresses. It can be hard to find that balance but with the help of my own tween, we were able to compile a list of things that would be great to get the…
Family Fun
25 Days of Christmas Books – A book advent
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] One of our very favorite holiday traditions is our 25 Days of Christmas Books Tradition. I wrap 25 holiday and Christmas themed books. Then, beginning on December 1st, we unwrap a book a night and read it together as a family. *This post may contain affiliate links, which…
Family Travel
4 Places to visit in Indio, California
We just got back from a mini vacay in a place that I have never heard of. About 20 minutes southeast of Palm Springs is a city called Indio. It is located in the Coachella Valley. So maybe you have heard of it? Let me know in the comments if you have heard of it…
Easy Recipes
Cheater Mexican Rice – Only 3 ingredients
My mom made this when I was a teenager and it is one of those recipes from my childhood that I’ve carried into my adult life. I call it “cheater Mexican rice.” This is my favorite side to make when I make any type of Mexican food. It is by no means authentic, but it…
Easy Recipes
5 Easy Dinners for Busy Nights
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. A universal mom life truth is that some nights, it is hard to get dinner on the table. A second truth is that some…
Parenting
The Mommy Store
With such long chore lists, you might be wondering how I keep my kids motivated to do chores. Enter, the ” Mommy Store.” I do not take credit as the original inventor of this idea. Rather, I built my own version based on the one we had as kids and from the one that Rachel…
Parenting
How to get your kids to do Chores
After many years of switching between the many different chore charts out there, I have finally found one that works best for us. There is no reminding them of what their chores are (only that they need to do them) and no arguments about who’s turn it is do which chore. What is this sorcery…
