This year the Easter Bunny brought our girls a rather unique gift. The Easter Bunny … or a great deal on Amazon with just enough time for Prime’s two day shipping to make it in time for Easter. Either way, unique, and a gift that gives daily for just about one month’s time. The girls [...]

laundry crisis
I’m having a laundry crisis! I have several kid leggings and skirts that are STAINED and I can’t get them clean! The stains include: ink from a pen, grease from a bike chain, rubber from a bike tire, and lots of mud / grass stains. I’ve pretreated using Tide and sprayed using Shout, but the [...]

5 steps to a healthier you
In light of recently hitting my first goal of losing a total of 20 pounds, today I’m sharing with you some of the ways I’m working on getting healthier. Be positive. No one likes a grump! Of course we all have bad days…but thinking positive helps you to be positive. Find inspirational quotes that speak [...]

you know you’re a baseball mom when……
You open the back of your car and at minimum one of the following falls out…soccer ball, baseball, water bottle, or a half-empty Gatorade bottle. You have a stack of “team photos” that you guilted yourself into buying because you didn’t want to be the only mom who didn’t “capture” the moment. [...]

kristy’s mommy makeover & giveaway
Kristy I am a stay-at-home Mom to three beautiful children. I have a daughter who is almost six, a four-year-old son and a ten-month-old daughter. My days consist of running errands, driving the kids to lessons and practices, doing homework, and playing with the kids. I feel most comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt or [...]

i want it now!
We are all guilty of it. It ruins relationships, marriages, careers, and homes. It is an innate character trait in each of us from the moment we are born. We hate it in others, but justify it in ourselves. Every single errant act ever perpetrated leads back to this. SELFISHNESS. Have your children ever [...]
annabelle’s story
I’m currently operating in a sleep deprived haze. Do you remember those wonderful first weeks with your newborn babies? Mommy-brain to the fullest (well said, Jen!) Naps are a daily essential, as are the wonderful friends and spouses who forgive your lack of coherence and organization. Even though I am incoherent to the point of [...]

fashion friday: the perfect match
The majority of the time, fashion Friday’s will be featuring adults, as well as, style tips. This Friday is a tad different because it is featuring kids. My husband and I have been discussing baby #2 and what is the first thing that pops in my mind? No, not the increased lack of sleep or [...]

mommy brain
Can you believe May is here already!? The year is just flying by. 2013 has definitely been great to me so far, watching my son grow and seeing his personality come out. Yes, everyone is right when they say time flies, you are sleep deprived, and that they change everyday. Motherhood is amazing and exhausting [...]

teenage beauty
It’s hard to remember everything that happened during our teenage years. Our boldest memories may not be happy ones. Looking back at pictures of those teenage years can be a bit painful. Our eyebrows were over plucked, makeup too white, eyeliner too dark, and we all used whatever lip color our moms wore. Do you [...]































