Encouragement for Parenting, marriage and family life.
In the midst of all the craziness lately, I’ve been encouraged by the good I’ve seen shared. My kids and I have been self-isolating for almost two weeks now. One of those weeks was spring break, and the other was our first week of home education. My husband has been working on our house non-stop,…
Did you hear the news? Since most of us can't make it to the theaters these days (thanks, social distancing) Disney went ahead and released Onward digitally! It is available RIGHT NOW to buy digitally and on Movies Anywhere and will make its way to Disney+ on April 3rd. Yes, the film technically premiered March 6th and people were positively RAVING about how great it was. But now, March 6th feels like it was years ago ...
During a lot of nationwide traumas, I have been able to keep my kids relatively uninformed. But the last few years, they've dealt with more than their fair share of traumatic events. We went through hurricane Harvey, which while stressful, thankfully we didn't flood. Last year, the kids watched their house flood in real time, while sitting on barstools. And we still haven't moved back home yet (rebuilding a house takes a LONG ...
These days when you hear the words make money at home it's easy to let your mind wander to things that involve emailing all of your friends with messages about why they should buy products from you. I'm ALL for working from home, and doing what you love, but I've never been a good salesperson, and never really wanted to have to sell things to my friends, so those traditional work from home strategies have never been ...
Are your kids obsessed with all things Disney. Mine too...okay, I'll be honest, ME TOO. It's a fact that our trip to see Disney on Ice was 100% for me as much as it was for my daughter, and don't get me started on how our entire family sings along whenever Moana is on. Best. Movie. Ever. I pulled together all the best Disney coloring sheets and activity packs that I have found and put them all right here for you to download and ...
It is not uncommon for moms of babies to have Postpartum Depression. In fact, I've read some studies that state all mothers get PPD at some point in the first year of giving birth. Yet, for so many of us we feel alone in our depression. We think that somehow it makes us bad moms to be sad or even upset at certain aspect of motherhood with our gorgeous new babies. We worry that the Dr might call CPS on us if we show anything less than a ...
Pizza Casserole was an immediate favorite recipe, from the very first time I cooked it! That's why I'm sharing this recipe with you today, as another installment in the Easy Family Favorites series! This recipe for Pizza Casserole was an instant family favorite! The two year old loves it, and my husband and I do as well! Ingredients: 8 oz Rigatoni or Macaroni noodles (cook & drain) 1 lbs Sausage 1 Clove Garlic, ...
It's easy to stress out about how imperfect we are as mothers and forget that we are already great mamas for our kids! We get stuck comparing ourselves to other moms, thinking we need to do everything like them (or they need to do everything like us) in order to be a good mom and raise our children "right". That's why I've compiled this list of 10 things ALL good moms have in common. Cranky Kids It doesn't matter if you've literally ...
Cleaning the house is one of the most time consuming things in a mother's life. It doesn't help that while we clean, we also usually have kids running after us making messes or trying to steal our cleaning tools. That's why I've compiled these house cleaning hacks to help all of us have an easier time tidying up and keeping things neat as well! The secret to a clean house The first we all need to do, is get rid of clutter. It is impossible ...
When I made the LEGO inspired Valentines for the kids in my son's class, I knew his sister would want something equally cute and fun for her classmates. Since my daughter and I are both chocolate lovers, I decided on chocolate rocks and a cute quote to go with them! this post has affiliate links My daughter is in preschool, so there's a chance that some of the other kids in her class haven't come across chocolate rocks yet. I'm looking ...
