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• 5 Faves for Affordable Family Fun in Kansas City

  published: 3/15/2010 12:00:00 AM

  A few weeks ago I wrote about the "Most Fun you can have for FREE in Kansas City"... today I thought I'd share the "Most Fun you can have for CHEAP in Kansas City." For Spring Break week, parents are looking for affordable family fun in KC... these are a few of my favorites: 

  1) Movie Bargains in KC: Watch second run films for JUST $2 a ticket (2 and under FREE) at The ...

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  by: Kristina Light

• My Top 5 Free or Cheap St. Patty's Day Ideas!

  published: 3/14/2010 12:00:59 PM

  One of my very favorite days of the year is St. Patrick's Day...there are so many fun ways to celebrate with your kids!  Here are my top 5 ideas for a free or cheap celebration for your family and friends. 

  Lucky Little Leprechaun

  Starting a few days before St. Patrick's Day, a little leprechaun visits our house each night while the kids sleep!  He makes mischief of all kinds...spreads shamrock confetti on the floor. buries ...

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  by: Sara Keenan

• Birthday Jinx

  published: 3/13/2010 12:00:00 AM

  I think I jinxed myself, I really do. In last week’s post, I talked about how my son “ruined” my daughter’s birthday because he got sick and we had to cancel her birthday party (he didn’t actually ruin his sister’s birthday, she still had a great day and we only had to postpone the party one day). Well, my birthday was back on Monday and guess what. I was the one who was sick this ...

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  by: James Wilcox

• Growing Pains

  published: 3/12/2010 1:00:00 AM

   

      Last Friday, Tori came home from school and said she had a lot of homework. She was spending the weekend with grandma and grandpa, so I told her not to worry about it until she got home on Sunday. I thought it was a little odd for her to have homework over the weekend as her teacher doesn’t typically assign that much (thanks Ms. Nusbaum!!). When Tori has homework like this it is usually ...

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  by: Margaret Sarver

• What Did I Do With that Receipt?

  published: 3/11/2010 7:00:00 AM

  Bills.  Forms.  Envelopes.  Endless Piles of Paper.  It seems that no matter how “paperless” you try to become, you still deal with all of this.   It can be overwhelming to see it in your mailbox, let alone trying to keep track of all of it.  Being organized can actually help save you money.  Here are some ideas on ways to help.

   

  Create a Bill File.  One of simplest ways to avoid additional costs ...

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  by: Tracie Fobes

• Spring Cleaning with Me!?

  published: 3/10/2010 12:00:00 AM

      I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that today, after working in the kitchen, I had to dry my hands with a terry cloth baby bib.  There wasn’t  a single clean towel or rag in my kitchen drawers, so I had to settle for a bib that my children haven’t used in quite a while.  Of course, I have a perfectly good excuse for being caught without a clean towel…I’ve been cleaning!  No, seriously.

      It started ...

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  by: Lizz Welter

• Speechless...

  published: 3/8/2010 12:00:00 AM

  "I Choose You. - K"... this is the inscription inside my husband's wedding band. 

   

  Just three months before we met, I was having lunch with a co-worker who asked me several "trivia /getting to know you" sorts of questions... my answers were, "I'd never marry a computer developer - having worked in IT for so many years, they bore me, but what am I saying? I'll be single forever. I love the single life." ...

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  by: Kristina Light

• Why Use Coupons?

  published: 3/7/2010 12:00:00 AM

  Coupons.  Using them can be time consuming, confusing, house-cluttering, and frustrating.  But for me and for the thousands of other people that use them, the benefits far outweigh the negatives.  The obvious benefit to using coupons is simply to save money.   But there are so many more underlying reasons to use coupons.  Here are a few of my top reasons for using coupons...maybe one of them will inspire you to clip your first coupon ...

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  by: Sara Keenan

• Siblings Can Make a Mess of Birthdays

  published: 3/6/2010 12:00:00 AM

  Last weekend, my daughter celebrated her third birthday. Although my wife and I decided not to have a “kid” party, we did plan to have my side of the family over for her birthday party (we celebrated with my wife’s side of the family the week before). We spent the week before cleaning, running back and forth to the story for decorations, supplies, food and presents, and my wife (who thinks she belongs on Ace ...

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  by: James Wilcox

• Hearing God

  published: 3/5/2010 2:38:48 AM

  Conversation in our car the other day:

   

  Ally (5): I pray and talk to God, but I don’t hear him talking to me.

   

  Me: (Thinking to myself, how am I going to get this across to a 5-year old). Well, God hears you and He talks to you, but not with a voice like I am using now to talk to you. It’s different.

   

  Tori (8) pipes up: Yeah, it’s like when ...

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  by: Margaret Sarver

• Money Management - Start 'Em Young & Train 'Em Right!

  published: 3/4/2010 7:00:00 AM

  My mother taught me so much when I was growing up.  She shared her morals and values with me and because of her I’ve grown into the woman, wife & mother I am today.  However, there was only one thing she never talked to me about --- finances.
  
  It seems that even the birds and the bees took precedence over money when I was growing up.  No one talked about this.  When a child asked ...

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  by: Tracie Fobes

• More Than an Insect

  published: 3/3/2010 12:00:00 AM

      I was relieved I wasn’t talking face to face with my friend as she told me about her daughter’s favorite pet.  It seems her young daughter’s guinea pig injured its eye.  She was planning on taking the little thing to the vet later in the afternoon.  She was nearly beside herself with worry that the vet wouldn’t be able to help her daughter’s beloved creature.  I admit I was a little bewildered at her concern ...

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  by: Lizz Welter

• If you've Seen One You Haven't Seen "Them All"

  published: 3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

      This month as I've taken the girls on outings, I've come to realize how important it is to realize "if you've seen one you haven't seen them all..."

      For example, Kansas City is home to many fantastic nature centers, but the quality and quantity of exhibits varies significantly from one to another. Our FAVORITES are Burr Oak Woods in Blue Springs (their free programs are outstanding - check out Little Acorns for ...

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  by: Kristina Light

• Ebay 101

  published: 2/27/2010 5:40:58 PM

  I blog a lot about how to save a buck, but this time I'm going to talk about how to MAKE a buck!  If you have never tried selling things on Ebay, it can be really intimidating and confusing.  But I'm here to say...Try It!  There is a little bit of a learning curve, but once you have listed a few things, it's really easy and worth the effort.  Here are some of my tips ...

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  by: Sara Keenan

• Price Check on Aisle 5

  published: 2/27/2010 2:46:34 AM

  One thing I have learned to do over the years is to always watch when the cashier is ringing up my items - as much as possible. This is especially important when the item is on sale.

   

  A while back, I was in a store.....we shall call it "Bulls eye." I purchased some Pepperidge Farms crackers that had a sign in front of them that said Special Promotion - $2.50.  Plus, I had a ...

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  by: Tracie Fobes