I hate santa. There, I said it. I really, really, really hate this tradition. No, I'm not an ogre. And I'm definitely not anti-Christmas. Every single year Christmas got me like: So what ...
Archives for November 2015
How to make a birthday special – when it falls near a holiday
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Chuck E. Cheese’s for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. My son was born in early November, which is barely enough separation from the holidays to ...
The real reason behind those “baby on board” decals
I always wondered about those {seemingly} silly "baby on board" signs. Until I had a baby of my own. I remember laughing about them with my friends "oh, we WERE going to drive like a crazy person, ...
The New Favorite Toy In Our House (& A Free Coloring Sheet)
Have you ever watched the show Little Charmers? My kids started watching it a few months ago and now it's one they watch on Nick Jr. almost every time we got to my mother-in-law's house. The kids love ...
Pie Face! The perfect end to a stressful week
This post was sponsored by Hasbro as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. I received a complimentary product to facilitate my review. You ever have one of those crazy weeks where ...
Birth plans – what new moms need to know
When I was pregnant with my first baby I made a birth plan. It was three pages long and covered many aspects of birth and events after birth that I didn't even know about prior to forming the plan. It ...
It’s the little things that make life as a WAHM easier
My kids are in preschool a couple days a week, and the rest of the time they are home with me. I've been a 'stay at home' mama since my son was about a year old and a work-at-home-mom since he was ...
A Football, a Fence and a First Friend…
My son made his first neighborhood friend yesterday. The kids were playing in our backyard, running around building "snow speeders" out of sticks and defending our home from invisible bad guys. ...
Problems with bedtime {A mother’s tale}
We always talk about how rough bedtime is with kids. We send them to bed and then they are up again asking for water. Or suddenly they need to use the restroom three more times. Or they've suddenly ...