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How to Make Your Family Feel Loved with Small Surprises!

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 26 by About KiraFebruary 11
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There are all kinds of ways to make your family feel loved. Telling them you love them, hugs and kisses, and spending quality time with them are some of the most obvious ones. But I think that small gestures, surprises, are the best way to make your family feel loved. Why a surprise gesture is the best way to make your loved ones feel MORE loved! Once a week, I get to pick up Zach from school. Normally, his Dad picks him up after work. But on my off day, I pick him up early so he doesn’t have to go to childcare after. Since he’s little, he’s only there a few hours. Which means I have just enough time … More…

Posted in Family, Kids, Marriage, Parenting | Tagged how to make your family feel special, surprising kids, surprising your spouse | Leave a reply

The Importance of a Bedtime Routine for Kids & How to Create One

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 25 by About KiraFebruary 3
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Creating a simple bedtime routine for kids is one of the best things you can do. Both for a happy, well rested child, and peace in the house. When kids have a routine, they’re less likely to fight bedtime and more likely to have sound sleep. The routine in our house is really simple. After before bed we get pajamas on, brush our teeth, read a couple of books (or a few chapters of a book), go potty and get a little drink of water, and then go to sleep. We also lay down with him for about 10 minutes or so. We either talk a little or sing a few songs. He in no way needs us to lay … More…

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The Best Simple Plant-Based Pancakes

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 24 by About KiraDecember 21
A plate of Pancake muffins with text overlay "The Best Simple Plant-Based Pancakes!"

When we first decided to embark on a plant-based lifestyle, it was a little overwhelming. One of the hardest parts was finding alternative ways to eat the foods we no longer could and knew we would miss. As a lover of pancakes, finding a recipe for simple plant-based pancakes was one of the first things I wanted to tackle. I ended up having a great recipe that I was able to modify into a plant-based, vegan version that works so well! Why find a new recipe when you can modify an old one? I hate having to test a ton of new recipes to find a new favorite. It is time consuming and if they don’t work out, you’re stuck … More…

Posted in Health & Wellness | Tagged healthier pancakes, healthy pancake recipe, modified pancake recipe, plant-based pancakes, simple pancakes, vegan pancakes | Leave a reply

5 Small Changes You Can Make to Create Healthier Eating Habits

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 23 by About KiraFebruary 6
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If you’re trying to create healthier eating habits, I know how hard it can feel. What if I told you that it didn’t have to be so difficult? It seems sometimes like there is so much stacked against us! Lack of time makes it easy to stop for fast food. Lack of money has us buying the terrible, but really easy and cheap, packaged meals. These are all very real issues that have so many parents falling into unhealthy eating habits. But you really can start to create healthier eating habits by changing just a few small things! Best of all they are all completely doable on minimal budgets and time. Create healthier eating habits with these 5 changes. 1. … More…

Posted in Diet, Health & Wellness, Self-Improvement | Tagged create healthier eating habits, create healthy habits, healthy, healthy habits, healthy lifestyle | Leave a reply

3 Awesome Chapter Book Series to Read to Preschoolers

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 22 by About KiraFebruary 11
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Do you have a preschooler that you love to read to? We do! Reading has always been a part of the bedtime routine in our house, since before Zach understood what the heck we were saying. Now, he loves reading time so much that I went on the hunt for some chapter books to read to preschoolers that he might like. This post contains affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links will provide me with a small commission at no additional cost to you. Your support helps me run this blog and I thank you! They aren’t super easy to find, if you can believe it. It seems authors and publishing companies think that if kids aren’t … More…

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Confession: 5 Reasons I Don’t Wear Makeup (and you shouldn’t either)

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 21 by About KiraJanuary 30
picture of woman without makeup with text overlay "Confession: Why I don't wear makeup and you shouldn't either!"

Confession time. Some of you who know me in real life already know this, but I don’t wear makeup. Like, any. That’s not to say I don’t mind having fun with it for super special occasions, like my wedding. But otherwise, I wear chapstick at the most. (And that’s only because winters in Wisconsin are miserably dry.) I don’t even wear blush or lipgloss. I can’t remember the last time I did. In fact, I should probably quickly go throw out the few things I do have as they’re probably all bad by now. This blog is dedicated to helping moms like you be more yourself, and in line with who you are and what you want your life to … More…

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Why We Need to Teach our Kids Marriage Takes Work

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 20 by About KiraJanuary 29
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A marriage takes work. Sometimes it takes a lot of work. All relationships do! Expecting relationships to just be perfect and lovely all the time is not the way to produce any healthy relationship, especially a marriage. That’s why it’s critical we teach our children this as they grow. Otherwise, they may not know. I know that may sound silly but it’s true. Our world is full of images and stories of perfect marriages and perfect relationships. Social media highlight reels, celebrity breakups, and TV shows like The Bachelor all peddle this storyline. They all perpetuate the false idea that relationships are magical and nothing but joy and excitement filled. If they aren’t, then there is something wrong and the … More…

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