The Chirping Moms

20+ Back to School Tips & Ideas for a Great School Year

20+ Back to School Tips & Ideas for a Great School Year

  We are excited to share some of our favorite Back to School posts that we have created all together in the Ultimate Back to School Round-Up!  Read below for lots of fun ideas that will help you get back to school ready.  Before you check out the posts, make sure to enter all of our current Back to School… Read More

DIY Drawstring Sports Bag

DIY Drawstring Sports Bag

Not only are we eager for a new school year, but we are also looking forward to a new season of fall sports!  With all the different sports & activities for the kids, I needed a super easy way to keep their sports gear together and organized so we aren’t rushing around the house five minutes before we leave the… Read More

8 Tips to Help Prepare Your Child for Preschool

8 Tips to Help Prepare Your Child for Preschool

 There’s a new backpack hanging in our mudroom & that can only mean one thing…   Yes, it’s time for my third (and last child) to head off to preschool!  This fall, Abby will be starting preschool.  It only totals six hours a week, but it’s hard to believe that I will have all three kids in school and that… Read More

Gift Guide for Boys

Gift Guide for Boys

For more holiday inspiration,  please follow our Pinterest boards for our latest pins, including all our favorite holiday ideas!   We have been sharing our gift guides this week & now it’s all about the boys today. Both of my boys have birthdays during the holiday season so I have compiled a bigger list than usual because we have both birthday and Christmas… Read More

Teaching Kids About Kindness & Giving in the Holiday Season

Teaching Kids About Kindness & Giving in the Holiday Season

For more holiday inspiration,  please follow our Pinterest boards for our latest pins, including all our favorite holiday ideas!   Now that my kids are getting older, I am trying to teach them that Christmas isn’t just about receiving.  The real joy in Christmas can be found in giving.  Trust me, my kids are just excited as any other child to unwrap their… Read More

Thanksgiving Bucket List (Free Printable)

Thanksgiving Bucket List (Free Printable)

For more Thanksgiving inspiration,  please follow our Pinterest boards for our latest pins!   I have to admit that with the Christmas holiday season starting earlier & earlier every year, Thanskgiving is going to be a forgotten holiday.  I am determined to appreciate & celebrate Thanksgiving before we really jump into full on Christmas mode in our house.  Two weeks until Thanksgiving &… Read More

Fall Crafts for Kids

Fall Crafts for Kids

For more fall inspiration, visit our Seasonal tab at the top of our page or follow our Pinterest boards for our latest pins!   Fall has arrived this week!  Today we are sharing some simple fall craft ideas for the kids:    SIMPLE FALL CRAFT IDEAS FOR KIDS Candy Corn Craft:  Draw a candy corn shape on black paper.  Cut or tear small bits… Read More

Lunchbox Ideas for Kids

Lunchbox Ideas for Kids

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. All opinions stated are my own.   It’s hard to believe that we are almost a month into the school season.  We are finally starting to get the morning routine down in this house:  eating breakfast, getting dressed, brushing teeth, & putting on shoes before heading out the door.  And there is one thing… Read More

Kids’ Daily Checklists

Kids’ Daily Checklists

School has started this month.  It has been an adjustment in this house as we are saying good-bye to lazy summer mornings & are busy scrambling around the house trying to get lunches made, shoes on the feet, & teeth brushed.  I created these three handy signs to encourage independence in my oldest son and so far, they have been… Read More