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Cultural Cooking For Kids – Making it Fun

If your children have been brought up in one country all their lives, it is quite likely that they are missing out on some amazing things. It is no bad thing necessarily, obviously not everyone has reason to move countries and foreign holidays are expensive, but different cultures have an awful…

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Making Time for the Family While Still Making Do

Posted 8th May 2011 by Melissa Cameron

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Fun and frugal may seem mutually exclusive in today’s world of “big”. Big vacations, big purchases, big events – that’s what we’re “supposed” to do to have fun, right? I admit I like “big” stuff, and so does my family. Trips to Disneyworld,…

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Top Five Fun Breakfast Ideas for Kids

Posted 29th January 2011 by Melissa Cameron, tagged kids breakfast, healthy breakfast

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It is so incredibly important that my kids have a healthy breakfast, especially now that they're both in school. Well, my daughter is only in kindergarten so she only has a half day but my son is in the second grade so it's a full day for him. Anyway, I want to make sure that they have food in their…

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Ever Feel Like Tossing Your Computer Out the Window?

If you are a busy mom like me, you know that mommy time is limited and valuable. I can literally go for days where I feel my mental stimulation consists of what clothes Barbie should wear or how to transform Bumblebee from Autobot form into Camaro mode. Therefore, I look forward to my few free minutes…

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Balancing Aging Parents With an Already Busy Mom Schedule

Let's face it, as we age, our parents do too which adds on a whole menu of new responsibilities to our already busy lives. Just when you think you'll have a little more time in the day now that the kids are both in school, the realization that your parents will start needing more attention becomes obvious.…

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