Sanity Savers is a new series featuring quick tips & tricks and products that we use to make our lives easier. Easy-to-implement, simple, and fast, these ideas and products help our household run smoothly. When I was pregnant with my oldest, a family friend bought […]
I’m an introvert. Nothing has driven home the truth of that statement like parenting young children. Young kids, as we all know, talk, move, and just need constantly. The relentlessness of parenting can make me feel like I can’t even finish a thought, let alone grab […]
Christmas is all about traditions, and one of the best things about having a young family is getting to pick and choose the traditions that your kids are going to grow up with. One of my favourite traditions that we’ve embraced with our kids is […]
Sanity Savers is a series featuring quick tips & tricks and products that we use to make our lives easier. Easy-to-implement, simple, and fast, these ideas and products help our household run smoothly. I hate wasting food. It’s terrible for our environment, a waste of […]
Nothing’s worse than coming home from work to tired, hungry kids, and no plan for dinner. In our house, meal planning is an absolute necessity. Without a meal plan we eat way too much convenience food, and spend way too much money. Meal planning doesn’t have […]
I am not a parenting expert by any stretch, but as a mother of three, I have some experience adding a new baby to the family. I remember all too well how I agonized over adding our second child to our family, and then – […]
If you have young children, and spend any time in grocery stores, malls, or on social media, you’ve probably heard some variation of, “Cherish these years, they go by so fast!” If you’re anything like me, you probably smile and respond politely, but the question […]
Organizing kids’ clothes – making sure they have seasonally appropriate clothes that fit, managing hand-me-downs, and dealing with outgrown clothes – takes an incredible amount of time. With three kids in our family, it seems like somebody is always growing out of one size and […]
Much has been written lately about the invisible mental load of motherhood. Like most moms, I’m no stranger to the concept. My brain is constantly in overdrive, trying to keep track of schedules, the kids’ needs, household tasks, and everything else that goes into running […]
Hi! I’m Laura. My husband and I are juggling two busy professional careers while raising three kids – two boys, ages 8 and 6, and 3 year old girl. I love organizing and crave quiet, which is often at odds with our very busy family. My goal with this blog is to create a resource for all of us to quiet the chaos in our lives, to give us back the time and energy to focus on what’s important. Thanks for joining me!
Want to learn more about me and Chaos & Quiet? Start here.