Jumpin-Beans

Help Your Child Avoid Summer Tantrums with These 5 Tips from Brain Balance: Summer time is about fun and relaxing from school, at least it is in our house.  This summer we are changing things up a bit (in more ways than one, but that is neither here nor there.) My mom thought a great thing to do would be to make a "coupon book" for Broxton for different things to do over the summer. What all is included?  Well, there is movie night, bike rides, grilling, going to the library and more.  It has been fun for all of us and it keeps the "boring" days fun and even educational!     So I partnered with Brain Balance   —a  drug-free , holistic approach to addressing the challenges of behavioral, social, or learning disabilities—to try some of their summer activities, and to share a little bit about their philosophy. And let me tell you, their activities actually work. I'm so excited to keep this momentum going into the summer!    F...

This is a sponsored post. All opinions are mine. Let's cut to the chase...  Do you realize that since school has started back most places, it can only mean one thing. CHRISTMAS is getting closer and closer!  Seriously, for real.  Like, I am not ready to that "so and so many days until Christmas" but I AM ready to start figuring out what I want to buy those on my list.  Thank goodness for the Groupon Goods , as I have already been eyeing a few items for a few must have items! Are you one that shops early or do you wait?  I used to shop and be totally done by the end of October.  Yeah, then I realized that HELLO... you are buying for KIDS that change their mind a million times.  What is the MUST HAVE item they want in October might be a NO WAY IN THE WORLD gift come December 25th.  A friend of mine was singing praises about the magnetic blocks that she bought for her grandchildren and I can see on the groupon website that they currently ha...

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation . What do you do with your shampoo and conditioner bottles when you are finished with them?  In our house, Broxton turns them into magic potion bottles for a few days and then they magically disappear to the trash can when he is at school one day.  I know, I know... I should recycle them, but let me tell you...  growing up, the only thing that was recycled around our area was cans...  then, when I moved into an apartment, I tried ( I really, really did!) to do the whole recycling thing, but it just never worked...   I received an email the other day that put a different look on things, so guess what... We are going to try it again.  I think it might be easier now that we have a house (...