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It's time. Our countdown over the summer has been dwindling away. September is my energizing month --- because college football season kicks off this week!! It doesn't matter if your entire family is loyal to one team, or if you're a...
Parenting Without Power Struggles, by Susan Stiffelman, is the best parenting book I’ve read.
That’s high praise considering that I’ve read twenty-six parenting books over the last thirteen years. Stiffelman has a gift for offering logical parenting advice in a practical way. The...
The bedtime routine at our house takes forever. It’s a 45 minute ordeal on a good day. But it’s an atypical routine. There’s no bath time, no changing into pajamas, and only a sporadic brushing of the teeth. It’s...
Now that I have a big-girl two year old, I have really started to rethink my approach to her toys and her play. Of course I want her to build her imagination, experience new situations, and learn about the...
I'm known for being dramatic from time to time... {rolls eyes...} Whatever.
Sometimes the dramatics are necessary. Other times it's dramatics mixed with true emotion. Add into all of that pregnancy and you have the perfect recipe for "the end...
Potty training.
Just writing those words makes me want to pour a glass of wine. We've survived two potty training endeavors and learned many things from the two very different experiences. One thing I've learned is that what they say about potty...
I am a compulsive list maker. I come from a long line of list makers on both sides of my family. The list making gene is both a blessing and a curse. While my friends enviously label me as the “organized”...
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You know you want a baby, and you know you want to experience pregnancy, complete with feeling those little baby kicks. But for one of many possible reasons, you have decided to...
Hand-me-downs - hands down - have been a godsend to our family. In addition to second-hand children's stores, my children are clothed in pre-worn duds about 90% of the time. Better yet, you would never even know and my bank account...
It was epic.
Not the teacher. Not the weekly class. Not the recital.
The tantrum.
The tantrum before her second to last dance classes was epic. Her yelling in a room with walls as thick as a tissue because she didn’t want...
I have teenage daughters, and when it comes to back-to-school shopping, my wallet sweats! One look at their wish list, and my mental math needs a calculator!
All kidding aside, my girls are actually pretty thrifty. With the rise of...
Growing up I always knew I wanted to work in the criminal justice field in some capacity. The older I got the more I thought I wanted to be an officer. Then, you know, life happened and I never...
The other day I was washing one of my favorite mugs and it slipped from my soapy hands into the sink.
It broke.
I was heartbroken because it was the first mug I had received as a wife. It was the perfect...
Summer 2016 is quickly winding to a close. At the end of July, we picked up our twelve year old twin daughters at sleep away camp. They spent four weeks in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina having the time...
Fun Holiday Activities to do with Kids in Orlando
The holidays are filled with so many activities! From school events to family fun, there is plenty to do. BUT if you find yourself...
