When Heather Reed contacted North Texas Kids to let us know that she had won an iPad and a $1,000 for her son’s school all due to reading about the Red Ribbon Week contest in …

Funny how things happen in my life that sometimes mirror my blog. It’s always fun to share personal stories, but even better when they complement my current topic. This week I was working at a …

 
This extra special SPRINKLES cupcake is promoting a great cause.
From November 1 – 6th , Sprinkles Cupcakes in The Plaza at Preston Center will donate 100% of sales from their dark chocolate cupcakes to The …

My children are so very lucky, they have both sets of grandparents living in the same city as we do.  I did not have that kind of connection with my grandparents, so for me I …

When it comes to organizing your finances, I am not a certified financial expert nor claim to be an expert with money. I do however have a keen since of how to budget and plan ahead and have used varies systems over the years. For some organizing a budget is too overwhelming and not something they would stick to even if they did create one.

We spent Sunday at my husband’s family’s lake property in Mineola.  Now, when you hear lake property — don’t start thinking about a huge house on the lake. In fact it is a piece of …

Cowgirl Mia and her sidekick Carson
What an amazing 5th birthday party we had last weekend! All of the planning paid off because Mia had a fabulous milestone birthday party. I asked her what her favorite …

Summer vacation is over and we are now a few weeks into school and knee deep in homework. I have to admit that I am not a fan of homework. I realize it is necessary …

It is generally agreed that no more than 10% of a child’s body weight when they are pre-teens should be loaded into the pack. As they become older the weight can increase to no more than 15% of their body weight. You want to put the heaviest weight at the bottom of the backpack and it’s a pretty good idea, especially with younger children to clean out their packs every one or two days as you will be amazed at what you might find that has gone missing or is unnecessarily adding to the weight of the backpack.

On my walk this morning as I passed the ponds, a bird caught my eye. I knew it was a heron of some kind but didn’t look familiar. I came home and got out our well-used copy of The Sibley Guide to Birds (best bird book ever, add it to your Christmas list!) and discovered that it was in immature green heron.