by Andrea Davis | Feb 12, 2021 | All Posts
Dopamine is a chemical produced by our brains that plays a big part in how we feel. Certain activities make us feel good and as a result, we get a dopamine rush in our brain. When rewarded with a dopamine hit, we want to feel it again! When we get a like on social...
by Tyler Davis | Dec 9, 2020 | All Posts
A Screen-free Educational Game With all of the toys and games available to our kids today it’s rare to come across something that is genuinely a new experience. This is what happened to me the first time I sat down with my son to play Turing Tumble—a screen-free...
by Tyler Davis | Dec 1, 2020 | All Posts, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Teen, Ages 13 – 18
After years of storing our TV in the closet, living in a small home, and losing most of our belongings in an extensive house fire, we have a solid idea of which toys and activities are worth keeping around! We hope this list inspires you to create a home where your...
by Andrea Davis | Dec 13, 2019 | All Posts, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Set Your Family Up for Success, Teen, Ages 13 – 18
We include instructions, ideas for your blackout box, and printable invitations in our Family Blackout Night Kit at the end of this post! What inspired the family blackout night? When I was a kid I remember hearing the sound of rolling thunder and watching the...
by Jessica Rydalch | Nov 20, 2019 | All Posts, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Set Your Family Up for Success, Teen, Ages 13 – 18
This is a guest post from Jessica Rydalch. Jessica originally shared these tips as part of a challenge given by Rachel Nielson, host of the 3 in 30 podcast. Rachel encouraged her listeners to share their own three takeaways for moms and Jessica knew she just had to...
by Andrea Davis | Jul 6, 2019 | All Posts, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Set Your Family Up for Success, Teen, Ages 13 – 18
For more than a decade we lived over 1,500 miles from most of our extended family. Every summer, we made an annual pilgrimage from the Midwest to the Western United States to go visit grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. As our family grew, it became more...
