Be Mom of the Year:
The Goody Blog has a great entry on some tips for your next Disney vacation and how to maximize your visit there with your children. These are great tips for anyone going to an amusement park this summer. Don’t miss our article on the ten best activities for children at Walt Disney.
Make your kids some S’mores Cupcakes courtesy of Sew Darn Cute. Yummy!
Be Cheap:
The Family CEO has an excellent post on twenty-five easy things she does to save money.
Poorer Than You has five quick tips for cheap air travel.
Have a Martha Moment:
Pleasant View Schoolhouse has a great entry on making a chicken pot pie. Yummy!
My Home Redux has a great post on how to quickly update rooms in your house. Guess what? They are cheap!
DIY Maven has found some new uses for tin ceiling tiles.
Design Mom points out how to make fabric covered push pins. These are so cute!
Get Inspired:
Zen Habits has come up with a great entry on steps to make mail & paperwork painless.
Lifehacker has a great post on some tips for organizing your desk. I try to organize this area of our home, but somehow it always goes back to mad chaos!
Shakhammer has a great post on adding crown molding to your cabinets. This is something we
would like to do when we renovate our kitchen.
The Simple Dollar has a great list of fifteen free things to do during a money-free weekend. I love the idea of a money-free weekend and am hoping to try this with our family.
In the Trenches of Motherhood has an excellent post on taking good photographs. This is first in her series and she is beginning with framing your subjects. I am looking forward to future posts from this series as I don’t like to pay for professional photos.
Apartment Therapy has come up with compact solutions for changing stations.
Home Ec 101 has a great post on how to keep that smelly cat litter box clean.
News You Need to Know:
Punny Money (one of my favorite fun reads!) has debunked the myth that receiving a tax refund is bad for you.
The Good Blog shares tips for talking about tragedies with your children. How sad that this needs to be discussed right now…our prayers are with these families.