Do you have trouble keeping up with your stuff? How about your kid's stuff? We all have tons of things that we are keeping up with every day...but if you have kids, you know it's not always a sure thing that you child will come home with everything they left with that...
Keeping hair happy and tamed can be a challenge for anyone. But when you're dealing with kids sometimes very unmanageable manes, it's especially helpful to have solutions that will reduce the tears and whining that erupts when it comes time to brush hair! I have a...
About a year ago, Mackenzie lost her very first tooth! There's been another 3 since then and The Tooth Fairy has come to visit every time. We completed this project right after she lost her first one, but since I'm a very busy mommy and creative director at my "real...
We love to play outdoors. The moment the warm weather breaks, we take the opportunity to get outdoors and take in some fresh air. Whether I take them to the park, watch them play sports, or help them ride their bike, we enjoy spending time together. As a mom, I also...
A friend of mine is due to have her first child in just a few days and today's post written by Alex Summers really made me think back to being pregnant at this time 7 years ago. Finding clothes that wouldn't make me feel or look like a whale was not easy. So when she...
Living in Southwest Florida, stinging insects like mosquitoes and no-see-ums are a VERY real problem, especially if you spend a lot of time outdoors like we do. Although the local county sprays for these pests on a regular basis, people who are just a bit sweeter than...
This post brought to you by Kajeet. All opinions are 100% mine. Although Mackenzie is not quite ready to enter the cell phone generation, its clear when you look around that we’ll have to cross that bridge at some point. Hopefully it will be many years before we're...
With summer days quickly approaching, there is no better time than now for moms to start thinking about how they are going to prepare themselves for those LONG summer days when both you and the kids start getting restless because there just don't seem to be enough...
We all know that it’s vital for a child’s health and development that they leave home each day with (or are able to access at school) a nutritional lunch that they will eat and enjoy. However, as a parent of young children, one of the most difficult, and frustrating,...
Advent calendars are extremely popular in Germany, especially ones filled with small chocolates and small toys. But for the last few years, I have really been wanting to break away from the candy and toy centered calendars and explore something more heartfelt and...
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