As busy moms, we all want to create magical moments for our kids, especially when they’re little. From being fully potty trained to losing their first tooth, we want to celebrate each milestone they meet. To help make these events a little more special, I’m sharing these free printables that you can download and print instantly! I don’t know about you, but having 3 kids, I’m officially the mom who is scrambling the night before the Tooth Fairy is anticipated {Read More}
DIY Homemade Playdough
March 16, 2020 by
I know, over the course of the next month, many parents will be seeking new activities to help keep their kids busy without using electronics as a babysitter all day long! Now….I know when some see the term “DIY”, you immediately say NEXT, thinking it will require too much time, brain power, and/or supplies. But, this really IS quite simple and easy….AND your kids can help make it, too! This provides a nice break from the paper/pencil workbooks or e-learning {Read More}
The Waxing and Waning of Wanting and Wishing
March 11, 2019 by
I WANT, but I WISH…. We all go through this cycle. I’m not immune to it and neither are you. Life is interesting (to say the least). Whether you’re a parent or not, I’d be shocked if you haven’t found yourself fluctuating between the wanting and wishing of things. Our thoughts and feelings can often contradict each other, and sometimes it happens all in the same breath, the very same moment. I WANT a bigger house… but WISH I didn’t have to clean it {Read More}
Prelude: Pregnancy (Part 3)
January 12, 2019 by
Welcome to Part 3 of the Birth Series. If you need to get caught up: PART 1 PART 2 And now continuing from where we left off….. “I want to show you something we noticed.” This time, it wasn’t about the congenital heart defect on the screen. It was something more rare….and tough to wrap my head around in the moments that followed. This finding on the ultrasound is what would send me into an unexpected c-section surgery later that {Read More}
Prelude: Pregnancy (Part 2)
December 6, 2018 by
To say it’s been a tough 2017 and 2018 for our family (and my husbands) would be quite an understatement. From my father-in-law getting diagnosed with a secondary cancer (first lymphoma, now prostate cancer) to my dad being in a wheelchair and not able to fully engage with his grandkids the way he used to….was tough. It’s been a hard season. So much weight our moms have had to carry. Such big mountains our dads have had to climb. Surgeries, {Read More}
Prelude – Pregnancy (Part 1)
November 17, 2018 by
The pregnancy and birth of our third child wrecked me to my core. There, I said it. The honest truth. I haven’t shared much about this journey for many reasons. It requires me to be vulnerable, open, and transparent. I’ve always been nervous that once I tell her (our) story aloud to people, the circumstances would become permanent. Or, it would be insignificant and unworthy of telling. I’ve always been somewhat of a private person when it comes to life’s {Read More}
