Kari Skelton

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How To Help Your Kids Through Daylight Savings Time

October 29, 2020 By Kari Leave a Comment

The best tips from a Certified Sleep Consultant on how to help your kids through Daylight Savings Time. It's only an hour, but boy can that setting our clocks forward or back ever mess with our wellbeing! This Sunday, November 1st, we revert to Daylight Savings Time, . . .

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Filed Under: Motherhood, Parenting Chats, Time-Savers

Meal Planning Tips + Grocery Shopping Time Management

August 25, 2020 By Kari Leave a Comment

Tips for meal planning, grocery list-making, and grocery shopping time management. Plus, a few items I bring with me to help keep me organized while I stroll the aisles! I absolutely LOVE to grocery shop! I know, you're either rolling your eyes at me or nodding in . . .

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Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting Chats, Shop Local, Time-Savers

Five Ways To Treat Mom When You Can’t Be With Her

May 5, 2020 By Kari Leave a Comment

Mother's Day may look a whole lot different this year, but you can still share special moments! Here are five ways to treat Mom when you can't be with her. Mother's Day isn't really about the gifts. Wouldn't you agree? Don't get me wrong - getting presents is great - but . . .

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Filed Under: Gift Guides, Motherhood, Parenting Chats, Style

Healthy Family Time Management During Isolation

March 27, 2020 By Kari Leave a Comment

Healthy Family Time Management During Isolation It can be challenging when everybody's gathered more often than "normal" under one roof! While there is beauty in being together, there are certainly challenges as work and school continue for most of us. I get that every . . .

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Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting Chats, Self-Care, Time-Savers

Four Free Valentine’s Day Ideas

February 12, 2020 By Kari 2 Comments

Showing your love doesn't need to cost a fortune. Here are four FREE Valentine's Day ideas you can make happen with stuff you likely have around the house!  FREE Valentine's Day Ideas The best things in life are FREE! As cheesy as it may sound, it's true! In my eyes, the . . .

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Mom + Me Date Ideas For The Holidays

December 4, 2019 By Kari 1 Comment

Scroll down for a list of Mom + Me Date Ideas For The Holidays, and why I believe dates with our kids are SO important. My son Wyatt and I have been on a few Mom + Me dates over the last little while and I have to say, this is my absolute favourite thing. Dates with our . . .

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Filed Under: Dine Local, Motherhood, Parenting Chats

Why Stay-At-Home Parents Need Daycare Too

November 5, 2019 By Kari 2 Comments

Why we chose to put our kid in occasional care even though I'm a stay-at-home mom. Plus, all the details on the amazing daycare we chose. My name is Kari, and I'm a stay-at-home mama who puts her kid in daycare. It may seem odd to some, but hear me out. It's occasional - . . .

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How To Become A Resilient Parent

May 6, 2019 By Kari 2 Comments

Am I screwing up our kid? Ever ask yourself that question? A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Children's Mental Health Conference in my hometown of Edmonton, Canada. That exact question was posed to the audience, and almost everybody in the room put up their hand. I . . .

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Filed Under: Life, Motherhood, Parenting Chats, Self-Care

How to Survive (and Actually Enjoy) a Family Photo Shoot

November 5, 2018 By Kari Leave a Comment

Put on your game face: it's family photo shoot time! We sit in front of photographers relatively often, so you might think we'd be old pros. Truth is, we're not. You never know what can go sideways with a three-year-old and a dog in the mix! Just recently, we teamed up . . .

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Tips For Teaching Kids About Money: Our Facebook Live with ATB Financial

October 4, 2018 By Kari 2 Comments

Teaching Kids About Money What's the best way to teach kids about money? It's something we're starting to think about around our house, including developing a basic routine with our three-year-old son Wyatt. So, when the opportunity came up to be part of ATB Financial's . . .

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Before + After! Under the Kitchen Sink organizatio Before + After! Under the Kitchen Sink organization ✔! Feels SO freakin good! Do you want more organization posts? Let me know! ⬇️⬇️

At KariSkelton.com I've shared my how-to, a few tips, some amazing products to maximize your space, and a whole bunch of photo inspiration for you to Pin! Head to the link under my bio @kariskelton to check it all out. Happy Saturday!
#showmeyourdiy
A peek into our master bedroom! Where the magic ha A peek into our master bedroom! Where the magic happens.😅 Typically covered with piles of laundry, two dogs, and likely a few Hot Wheels, but here she is in all her glory looking fine.

There are five unique decor features of our room that I’ve shared at KariSkelton.com, including a trick I used to elevate (and make portable) our bedside tables. Click the link under my bio @kariskelton to read!

I organized our Master this week and next up - my closet! I’ll be sharing that process on stories later this week. Are you on an organizing mission this month too?
2020. Thank you for the gift of quality time. (scr 2020. Thank you for the gift of quality time. (screw you for the rest of it). 😜

Not sure about my 'best nine' according to The Gram but these were some of my faves from 2020.❤

I'm grateful for my family and grateful for all of you for supporting us in our ventures. We hope you have a fabulous new year and here's to 2021! 🥂🥂
Contest Closed! Congrats to our winner @cdk04! Gi Contest Closed! Congrats to our winner @cdk04!

Giveaway! Help support Edmonton businesses on Boxing Day! 

Proceeds from these cool #ExploreEdmonton shirts as part of the #Hereforgood campaign will be divided evenly and distributed to participating small businesses who are recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. So great! *partner

To enter to win:

Two 'Explore Edmonton' T-Shirts by @print_machine (choice of either #ExploreEdmonton logo or Bison Tee & sizes).

Westmount Soap Co. variety pack + soap dish (@westmountsoapcompany ).

Mod Pots Ceramics Edmonton Mug (@modpotsceramics).

Alberta Pin Co. YEG pin (black) (@albertapinco).

All you have to is:

1. Follow @ExploreEdmonton and @kariskelton.
2. Comment and tag a friend + your fav local businesses. Comment as many times as you like, each comment counts as a separate entry.
3. Like this photo.

This giveaway is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram, Inc. By entering, entrants confirm they are 18+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram's terms of use. Contest is open from Dec 26 and  closes at 12pm MST on Dec 31, 2020.
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kariskelton

Life with our three cuties 👦🐶🐶 in our 1913 home 🇨🇦
Cocktail + food recipes
Home + life tips, tricks, + DIY's!
#shoplocal
Watch + read ⬇️

Kari Skelton
Before + After! Under the Kitchen Sink organizatio Before + After! Under the Kitchen Sink organization ✔! Feels SO freakin good! Do you want more organization posts? Let me know! ⬇️⬇️

At KariSkelton.com I've shared my how-to, a few tips, some amazing products to maximize your space, and a whole bunch of photo inspiration for you to Pin! Head to the link under my bio @kariskelton to check it all out. Happy Saturday!
#showmeyourdiy
A peek into our master bedroom! Where the magic ha A peek into our master bedroom! Where the magic happens.😅 Typically covered with piles of laundry, two dogs, and likely a few Hot Wheels, but here she is in all her glory looking fine.

There are five unique decor features of our room that I’ve shared at KariSkelton.com, including a trick I used to elevate (and make portable) our bedside tables. Click the link under my bio @kariskelton to read!

I organized our Master this week and next up - my closet! I’ll be sharing that process on stories later this week. Are you on an organizing mission this month too?
2020. Thank you for the gift of quality time. (scr 2020. Thank you for the gift of quality time. (screw you for the rest of it). 😜

Not sure about my 'best nine' according to The Gram but these were some of my faves from 2020.❤

I'm grateful for my family and grateful for all of you for supporting us in our ventures. We hope you have a fabulous new year and here's to 2021! 🥂🥂
Contest Closed! Congrats to our winner @cdk04! Gi Contest Closed! Congrats to our winner @cdk04!

Giveaway! Help support Edmonton businesses on Boxing Day! 

Proceeds from these cool #ExploreEdmonton shirts as part of the #Hereforgood campaign will be divided evenly and distributed to participating small businesses who are recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. So great! *partner

To enter to win:

Two 'Explore Edmonton' T-Shirts by @print_machine (choice of either #ExploreEdmonton logo or Bison Tee & sizes).

Westmount Soap Co. variety pack + soap dish (@westmountsoapcompany ).

Mod Pots Ceramics Edmonton Mug (@modpotsceramics).

Alberta Pin Co. YEG pin (black) (@albertapinco).

All you have to is:

1. Follow @ExploreEdmonton and @kariskelton.
2. Comment and tag a friend + your fav local businesses. Comment as many times as you like, each comment counts as a separate entry.
3. Like this photo.

This giveaway is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram, Inc. By entering, entrants confirm they are 18+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram's terms of use. Contest is open from Dec 26 and  closes at 12pm MST on Dec 31, 2020.
Load More… Follow on Instagram

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