Des Moines Parent 10 Week Home Organization Challenge – Week 4 – Toys

  Being organized as a parent can help lead to a stress free life, save time, help create new space and teach your children how to be organized.  Do you need some help in this area?  Join us in our 10 week Home Organization Challenge.  Each week for 10 weeks we will provide one solution that you can do along with us to help declutter, organize and reclaim your home.  Follow the challenge here and...

Join the Hummus Craze – An Easy Healthy Hummus Recipe for the Family

The Hummus craze is spreading across America as more and more families are seeking healthy snack alternatives.  The chickpea (garbanzo bean) dip is low in fat, high in protein and is a great alternative to fatty, dairy based dips.  Sales of "refrigerated flavored spreads"—a segment dominated by hummus—totaled $530 million at U.S. food retailers last year, up 11% from a year earlier and a 25% jump over 2010, according to market-research firm Information Resources Inc....

Top 10 Free iPhone Apps for Young Kids

  Let's be honest here for a minute.  Although we all agree kids shouldn't be sitting in front of your iPhone all day long playing games or watching TV, there is a time and place where having these apps available is a real life saver.  So here with out any further ado I give you the top 10 free iPhone apps for young kids:     1. PBS Kids - Watch videos from your favorite...

Keeping Kids Bath Toys Clean and Mold Free

Have you ever really examined your kids bath toys?  Unless you clean them regularly and can keep them dry they are the perfect breeding ground for mold and bacteria.  The worst bath toy of all?  The Squeaky toy!  Yes, that innocent looking little rubber ducky, frog or train that has the little hole in it might be just be hiding mold in it as you read this!  Don't freak out.  Stay calm.  You can do...

Get Your Kids to Drink Milk – Try These

My kids have never really been big fans of drinking plain white milk.  I’ve tried dairy, soy, rice and almond all with the same results.  Sure they will drink chocolate and strawberry milk, but that adds a ton of unneeded sugar into their diet.  So my challenge became, how do I get my kids to drink milk and benefit from all the nutrition milk provides?   Then one day I found Got Milk? Magic Straws at...