Lately, I have been reading a lot about all the things that are bad for you to eat and expose you and your children to and quite frankly, it has given me a headache. While I try to only buy healthy foods (mostly) to feed my family, every single item, whether it be fresh, frozen…
My hectic life is about to get much crazier now that my “baby” is starting kindergarten in a few days. Between working from home, our family business, driving my 3 year old around and now homework added to the mix, dinnertime can be a nightmare. I have been experimenting with recipes that do not require…
Traveling with kids can be very stressful, especially when you have little ones. As I gear up for our first road trip of 2012 I have been testing out some apps that I hope will make our road trip a little less stressful. Since there are so many different ways to use apps to travel…
School is nearly over and it has me thinking about how I will keep two boys entertained all summer on a budget. We have some trips planned and will use our pool but there is always some downtime during the week (and on rainy days) so I like to have some go-to-activities I can use…
When I first dreamed of having children I always thought I wanted a girl. I loved Barbie dolls, crafts and stuffed animals as a child and I envisioned sitting with my daughter, braiding her hair while we played dress up and had tea parties. As I got older and eventually married, that dream did not…
My son J1 LOVES Transformers. He is only 4 1/2 but is drawn to toys meant for older kids. I am ok with this because he is very careful with his toys and thankfully, my 2 1/2 year old. J2 shows me any little toy pieces he is contemplating putting into his mouth before he…
Today I found a list of my son’s classmates in his backpack. As soon as I saw this list I was immediately reminded of a huge mistake I made just a year ago that I swore would never happen again. My son was only 3 1/2 and in a pre-k class. Since he is my…
In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a self-centered, curmudgeon who is forced to live February 2 again and again until he improves himself by being kind to others. Once he learns his lesson, he gets the one thing he truly wants and time finally continues to move forward. Sometimes we don’t live our…
Back in the days before I became a mommy, a rainy day might have meant organizing a closet, catching up on some paperwork or even, dare I say, a day where we would do nothing. Imagine that. A day wasted away while on the couch reading a good book or watching a really bad movie…
Last year, on this date, 15-20 inches of snow fell from the sky. The picture in the post is my yard on 1/12/11. This storm came after we were in the midst of recovering from the Christmas Eve storm that would snow us in on Christmas day. My family enjoyed the rare white Christmas. All…
