About six weeks ago, I was chatting over dinner with two of my very best friends about...can you guess? Of course, our kids. As we talked about our toddlers, I mentioned that I was not expecting for Jane to be so...
On our refrigerator, there are masterpieces from our budding artists, a family calendar, pictures and not one reward chart. Actually, we have gone through the past three and half years without creating or implementing one as our kids have...
Disclosure :: One of the many decisions that parents struggle with today is whether or not to give their child a cell phone, and if they do, what is the right age? Once they do give them a cell phone, what is...
They say pictures are worth a million words, right?
Well I still remember the first time I saw my son, and it was via a picture that my husband took with his iPhone. Even though there were a million...
On March 11, 2014, I placed my iPhone in a cup of water I left in my car, rendering it useless. That Tuesday seemed like a really crappy day; little did I know the world as I knew...
What do booking a flight, watching Sweet Home Alabama, checking Facebook and buying school uniforms have in common? Well, nothing, but somehow they are all reasons that I have cried in the past week! In theory, none of them...
My husband and I recently took a vacation without our son, Ben. My parents graciously agreed to watch him for a week so that Jeff and I could have some grown-up time. We spent four days in Los Angeles...
Disclosure :: The Louisiana Children's Museum is truly one of our favorite sponsors. Our team loves to take our children to play there and we even celebrated the blog's first birthday there. We are honored to share more about the 16th...
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Back to school is now upon us. My daughter has been in a school setting since she was 2. She is now starting Pre-K. In all that time, I've failed to take...
Disclosure :: As parents, some of us are sure of ourselves and others ... not so much. Generally, though, parents have plentiful opportunities to take classes. But what about grandparents? Things have changed in the past several decades, and...
Disclosure :: As parents some of us are sure of ourselves and others ... not so much. Generally, though, parents have plentiful opportunities to take classes. But what about grandparents? Things have changed in the past several decades, and we...
On one of those rare days when I actually got a moment to watch what I want on tv, I found myself surfing and stopped to watch one of my favorite 80's sitcoms. While watching, I found myself wondering what...
The loneliness of motherhood is this mysterious enigma that somehow manages to polarize mothers and non mothers. It's hard to explain, though thousands of writers and bloggers have tried. What it comes down to is that you won't ever...
Long before I had kids, I remember proclaiming, "I need a vacation." What I meant then, was, I wanted a vacation. Perhaps I needed a break from the routine, but I had so much free time compared to now that a...