With Halloween right around the corner, I’ve compiled a gallery of the best reader submitted kids’ halloween costume ideas, as well as some winners from our costume competition, to help inspire you on your halloween costume hunt! Pumpkin spiced lattes are accosting me at every turn, so ’tis the season as far as I’m concerned. …
They Grow, We Grow
My oldest son started Kindergarten today. I knew that I would be nostalgic, when the time came. Nostalgic because his babyhood is now behind us, and childhood proper is beginning. The truth is, I always figured I would prefer this stage – the “big kid” stage. I’m not really a baby person, or at least…
A couple clapped when we left the restaurant. Here’s what I’d like to say to them..
This weekend, my extended family went to North Conway. It was a big group of us out to dinner after a day at Echo Lake – a total of 8 young kids and 8 adults. Admittedly it was a large group, but we were eating at a very casual restaurant right outside of Story Land,…
Our Babies Are Off To School
School starts in just a few weeks. This summer flew by. These last 5 years flew by, even in their messy, exhausting moments. They were a blur, gone in a blink, and now they are snapshots in a frame, our phones, our memories. They are past. The hard part isn’t the logistics – the morning…
Car Naps
Every day, from noon until 2:00, we drive around for “car naps.” This, as you may have noticed, is a two hour block of time. That’s insane you may be thinking. Which, yes, obviously it is. Who does that?? If you are tempted to answer “incompetent parents” then, first off, RUDE. Second off, fine, technically…
My Favorite Summer Toy of 2019
This post may contain affiliate links. You can read my full disclosure policy here. It’s a bit late in the season to be sharing this recommendation with you, but I seriously love this yard water slide so much I want to pass it along so you too can bask in its glory. This toy is…
What Kids Really Need From Their Moms
There’s no way to be perfect at it all, all the time. You’re still a good enough mom. Healthy dinners and strict screen time limits. Days full of activities and enrichment and good bedtime routines. The vitamins and tooth brushing and clothes shopping and permission slips and the endless patience. The endless patience. Trying your…
Easy 5 Steps to Get Your Toddler Out of the House
Getting your toddler out of the house in the morning – nay – at any time of the day – is what some researchers call a “peak experience.” Psychologists describe peak experiences as “transcendent moments of pure joy and elation.” If you are reading this you may be one of the lucky ones who has…
Return to the Mothership
I’ve waited a long time to write this post. For the past three years I’ve been thinking about re-starting the blog, but haven’t been able to fully commit to it. It took me that long to feel like writing again after my mother passed away. But I have missed it and now the time is right…
Three Kids vs. Two Kids
Three kids vs. two kids is just…..a different ballgame. A ballgame played primarily by idealists, lunatics and the highly religious. I’ve just come to this realization as I am currently raising a 5 year old, two year old, and 4 month old ALL AT THE SAME TIME. That’s right you guys, you have to raise…
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