The Chirping Moms

3 Ways to Use a Mason Jar This Christmas

3 Ways to Use a Mason Jar This Christmas

Christmas is less than a week away! Today we’re sharing 3 very easy mason jar holiday crafts. There’s one idea for decor, one to use as a gift and one for the kids. If you’d like a fun activity to do with all the leftover mason jar lids, click here for a festive ornament idea!    1. Simple Centerpiece Supplies:… 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

DIY Thankful Banner

DIY Thankful Banner

I am excited to share this fun craft idea with you all today.  This is a DIY Thankful banner that is super quick & easy to make.  A group of friends & I got together a few weeks ago to create this banner and I love how it turned out!  Read below for supplies & directions for the DIY Thankful… Read More

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

We are excited to share this awesome guest post with you all today from Ida who writes the blog, Second Chances Girl.  This is the perfect recipe for your family this fall!  Make sure to visit & follow her blog, Second Chances Girl! Do you like muffins? In our home, we love them! There isn’t a better time of year… Read More

14 More Books to Read in 2014

14 More Books to Read in 2014

We are excited to bring you one of our favorite posts to share:  14 More Books to Read in 2014.  These book picks are based on friends & family recommendations, input from our readers, & reviews that are found online.  We hope you enjoy our list & would love to hear what books that you would add to your must-read… 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

2 Favorite Apple Recipes

2 Favorite Apple Recipes

Fall is upon us which means one special outing in this house:  apple picking.  Well, we headed out really early this year by doing our first round of apple picking in August.  I headed out with the kids last Friday (and some dear friends) to a farm west of DC as our last day of summer hurrah before school started… Read More

14 Books to Read in Summer 2014

14 Books to Read in Summer 2014

We are bringing one of our favorite posts, 14 Books to Read in 2014, to you but with a new summer flair!  Today, we are sharing 14 Books to Read in Summer 2014 based on book reviews & recommendations from family and friends.  Time to get out on the beach or soak up some sun on the porch and read,… Read More

14 Books To Read in 2014

14 Books To Read in 2014

I shared this list with you a couple weeks ago but it was buried at the end of the post and seriously, these books deserve a post to themselves.  And right now, I am sitting on the beach.  Soaking up the sun and enjoying my first kid-free vacation in five years.  Yes, you heard that.  Five years.  So while I’m… Read More

An Easy Recipe Using Thanksgiving Leftovers: Leftover Turkey Casserole

An Easy Recipe Using Thanksgiving Leftovers: Leftover Turkey Casserole

I am a member of the Collective Bias Social Fabric Community. I have been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and its client.      For more Thanksgiving inspiration,  please follow our Pinterest boards for our latest pins!   It’s the day after Thanksgiving and what to do with all that turkey… My favorite part about the… Read More