Let’s face it, talking to kids about tragedy is a fact of life. We live in a world where traumatic events happen. It cannot be avoided. As much as I would love to put my kids in a bubble for the rest of their lives, I can’t.  We live in an age where we hear […]

Kids are getting out of school, hallelujah! I love summer time. I love the lazy mornings. I love that I don’t have to make sack lunches every day…although I still have to make lunch. I love that we can go to the park for the morning or play a board game if we feel like […]

I didn’t know I would become a human napkin. When I first became a mom, I had no idea how bad I would smell.  All the weird things that happen to your body after you’ve given birth aside, things get weird when you have kids. As long as you have a nursing or bottle fed […]

  Mom guilt, the ugly dragon that causes moms to do crazy things. I don’t do fancy parties. I don’t plan crafts. I don’t create the perfect summer reading list. I don’t sign my kids up for endless summer camps. I don’t do a lot of things and that’s okay. I’m doing my best. If […]

  I cannot count how many times a day someone says to me, “mom do you know where my ________is?” Occasionally I do know where the missing item is, but usually, it’s a big fat question mark. I have no idea. I’m lucky if I know where my purse, phone, and keys are located. Being a […]

With Mother’s Day coming up soon, I can’t help but write about mothers. I mean is there a person that can have a bigger influence on your life than a mother? Amazing moms are everywhere. You may have one, you may know one, you probably are one and don’t realize it. Moms can be hard […]

There is no substitute for hard work. – Thomas A. Edison Before my husband and I had children, we talked about the kind of things we wanted to teach our children. High on our list was teaching our children to work. The interesting thing with work is that you assume people just know how to […]

Kids activities can quickly get expensive when you add up the price of admission, parking, food, or souvenirs (which we hardly ever buy) .  At the same time, you want to provide a wide range of experiences for your children and have fun together as a family. Luckily, there are a lot of kids activities […]

Awful parent moments are a rite of passage. Children are unpredictable, which leaves parents scrambling to anticipate when the next disaster is going to strike. If you’ve managed to escape these horrible parenting moments, I’m impressed. The public tantrum, screaming baby, loud body noises, rudeness, and honesty are only a few experiences we all get […]

    If you had told me when I was 15-years-old that I would be a homemaker, I probably would have growled at you and told you that was not happening. Oh, how I laugh at my teenage self. As a teen, I thought a homemaker was a maid that didn’t get paid. I’m sure that’s […]