Our spring break started with no plans other than to not work and not spend too much money! But thanks to the other writers here on the blog, we had plenty of local ideas to choose from to keep us very...
June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month- as are most months, in our house. I've been a Vegetarian for the majority of my life; beginning Thanksgiving Day the year I turned 13. The last meat I ate was chicken in the...
Sitting in my car in the hot, dirty parking garage, hands shaking, I looked down at my phone and pressed my husband's number. He answered immediately. "Well, how was it? Was there a heartbeat?" "Um. Yes. Yes, there was. There were two." "I'm...
Tabitha Alexander, a stay-at-home mom to 3 boys and 1 precious girl, is the amazing creator behind Teeny Tinley Designs.  Her daughter, Tinley, is the inspiration behind her designs. When she started getting multiple inquiries about Tinley's necklaces every...
Math can be frustrating for many children, something my son is experiencing this school year. He's never struggled with math before, but as a 3rd grader, he's more intimidated with the new concepts he's learning. He doesn’t always find the...
As early as he could hold a spatula and reach the bowl, my son saddled up to my husband in the kitchen. It started with icing (licking) homemade Christmas cookies and then evolved into mixing and beating other goodies,...
As moms, we all have different strategies when it comes to our child's bedtime routine. Some of us (maybe myself) turn into cold-blooded militants when 7:30 p.m. rolls around, as the ritual of bath time, soothing lavender lotion, a book and...
I was at work when I got the call from my dad. My stepmom was pregnant! The news was a complete shock to me. At six months pregnant with my first child and after spending the last 30 years...
Gardening with toddlers

Our Summer Project

"Liam, you dug up the broccoli that you JUST planted!" "Sydney, please keep the dirt in the garden honey! No, honey, don't eat the dirt, it's yucky!" Sound anything like your house when you are attempting a fun family project?...
Recently, we were playing at a park we'd never been to across town. My three year old, LC, was happily climbing on the playground, and my almost two year old, Liam, was ambling around picking up leaves. I was...
I remember the day vividly. As I drove through my new neighborhood right smack in the middle of suburbia with my toddler and infant in the backseat, there they were. Two boys obviously living in those tween years riding their...
Early last year, Michelle Brantley and her fiancé Bryan Mirabal were just getting used to the ins and outs of parenting with their eight-month-old son, Gage. They’d been through the sleepless nights, feedings, and diaper changes – so by...

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