Family Tools Website

I found an awesome website with lots of resources for families. allprodad.com has tons of printables that you can't find elsewhere such as a teen driving contract, a cell phone contract, a going to a dance worksheet, chore charts, conversation starters, a video game/computer time log... Also quizes to see how your family is doing... One of the best sites I've found! It is connected to Coach Dungy. I highly recommend it.

Free Math Drill Worksheets

Go here for free printable math worksheets. They have 5 minute drill worksheets that I know my kids could use!

Love Language Quiz

Just in time for Valentines Day! Here is a quiz that tells you what your love language is or what is important to you in a relationship. It is important to consider that what is important to you might not matter at all to your husband or child.

Reviewing Movies/Media for Children

Go to plugged in online to see very detailed reviews of movies. There is even a section that tells you which curse words are in the movie. There are also sections for Television, Games, and Music. I will also put this in my information links in the right side bar.

Barnes and Noble Kids Reading Club

Kids grades 1-6 can read any 8 books and get one book free with Barnes and Noble's Summer Reading Club between May 26 and September 7. (Print out pages 1 and 2.)

Birthday Clubs

I put my daughter in some birthday clubs and so far we have gotten a $3 gift card for Toys R Us and a free ice cream from Culvers for her birthday next week. See my info links on the right side for the link to Free Birthday Treats.

Fishful Thinking

Fishful Thinking is a great program by the Goldfish cracker company. It gives good parenting advice and works with parents getting their kids to be more positive. Here is the homepage, it also has a quiz to see how positive your child is. This is a great program and yes I get points if you click the link!

How Resilient is Your Child?

Take this short quiz to find out how resilient your child is.

Need Crutches??

In this weeks circular Marsh Supermarket advertised that in stores with a pharmacy you could use their crutches for free. You probably just have to have your prescription filled there?

What to Plant Now

This site lets you pick your area of the US and the month and tells you what you should be planting.

60 days to change financial program

60 Days to Change is a free financial program that is supposed to help you get your finances in order. Sign up and then you check the website every day to see what your assignment is. The program covers lots of different things - debts, overspending, budgeting, and much more.

Potty Training DVD - free

Get a free interactive potty training DVD here.

Prescription Drug Savings Card

Go here to get a prescription drug savings card to get the same discount the pharmacy gives the insurance companies. Look under participating pharmacies to see if it is available in your area.

Birthday treats

Go here for a list of places in your area that offer free birthday meals/treats. There is a section for kids and a section for adults. Note: most require you to join the online club ahead of time.

Baby Stuff

For anyone who is about to have or has a baby go to couponcravings for links to lots of free stuff.

Picking Video Games for Children

First, I have to say I am not big on video games. But if you have to have one I feel that the Wii system is much more family friendly than the other systems, with much less violent games. Also the kids are up and moving with the Wii and interacting with other people. The whole family can even 'go bowling' on the Wii system. I also found a web site that helps parents find out a little bit more about the different games available. It is what they play, just go under the game system at the top of the site and then find the game from there. And, of course, set a time limit so the kids can get back to doing something creative!

Reward Program from Chuck E Cheese

Chuck E Cheese has a program where you can print of one of the reward charts from their site and bring it in for 10 free tokens. That would be incentive enough for my kids! There are charts for lots of different things - clean room, keeping active, brushing teeth, doing homework...Must purchase one food item. Thanks Thrifty Mommy

Why you need to write a will

It is important for you and your spouse to write a will. If one dies without a will bank accounts could be frozen so the surviving spouse may not have access to needed money. Also it is important to have your say in who will get custody of your children. Go to Free Legal Documents to get a free template of a will and other legal documents. Just copy and paste into a Word document, fill in the blanks, and sign it in front of witnesses. Each state is different in their requirements.

Afterschool kit

Order your Afterschool Kit. Geared toward youth in grades 6-9 to help them learn to make the right choices. I just ordered mine today!
Thanks Swapsavers

Free Computer Software

I have gotten a lot of free computer software for the kids at our local library. Although many of the games require you to have the CD to play it again, there are many programs that stay on your computer even after you return the CD.