I’ve often thought that the ability to make meals at home is one of the great things about working at home. It’s not always convenient to make dinner in the evening, however. That’s especially true for my family right now, with soccer in season and practices many evenings. Cooking...
While cooking isn’t strictly a free activity, odds are it’s money you would have spent otherwise, so this one at least doesn’t cost anything extra. Pick out a new recipe that is age appropriate for you to make with your children. You can get a kids’ cookbook from the...
We’ve recently started a tradition in our family of a once a month silly dinner night. It got started because the kids were so tired of being told to mind their table manners, so we declared one night a month to be freer (not completely free) than usual from...
It’s not easy to get some kids to eat right. Come to think of it, it’s not easy to get some parents to eat right. We’re the ones who start it a lot of the time, aren’t we? When you’re at home with the kids all day there’s a...
I came across a very interesting article by Marguerite Manteau-Rao about what families spend their money on at the grocery store. The data came from Nielsen Research, and if you’ve ever looked inside other people’s shopping carts (and quite likely your own), you probably won’t be surprised. photo by...