Category Archives: Simple Ideas

Simple Ideas for Happy Family Traveling – Clothing Bags

One thing that makes me crazy about road tripping with kids is having to drag two giant suitcases in and out of the hotel each night. That and re-folding the kids’ clothes every morning after they terrorized the suitcase. So I came up with a solution for both! I bought a couple boxes of giant…

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Simple Ideas for Organized Family Living – The Snack Board

I love my kids, but they make me crazy sometimes! They are constantly revising which snacks they do and do not like. Between the three of them, I can’t seem to keep it straight! So, I’m constantly hearing “I don’t like those!”. In an effort to save my sanity, I stopped into Office Max to…

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Simple Ideas for Organized Family Living – Sticker Charts

I have to say, I’ve never been on the sticker chart bandwagon. Well, that is, until a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been feeling like I’m failing Lia at teaching her to read. The most important thing when teaching a kid to read (or probably teaching a kid anything that takes time!) is doing it…

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Simple Ideas for Happy Family Living – Pitty Attack

Tickling is big deal around our house. ALL of the Solars are super ticklish and we all love to laugh! Something we started doing just recently was the Pitty Attack. It starts out calm and snuggly and the next thing you know, somebody’s arm pits are getting tickled, while the tickler shouts “Pitty Attack!”. We…

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Simple Ideas for Happy Family Living – Reading in the Car

One day awhile ago, on our way to somewhere far away (I totally can’t remember where we were going!), we stopped off at the library and checked out a bucket full of books. For the entire hour-long car ride there and back, all three kids had their noses buried in books. There was no fighting,…

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