Confession time: I don't play with my kids enough. The problem with playtime is, I'm a visual person, and I like to be able to see results at the end of a day or task. After cleaning the dishes, I ...
Learning to be Content
Contentment. It's something I've struggled with for awhile. Our family is definitely in a place of transitions. We're a family of 4 living in a 2 bedroom apartment (on the 3rd story), we share ...
7 Simple Ways to Connect with Your Kids
Between laundry, cooking, school lessons and jobs, our days can be so busy that after we finally tuck our little ones into their beds at night, we realize that we just went an entire day without ...
Use your words please
As babies turn into toddlers, it's hard to teach them they need to talk instead of sob when they need something. Whining is my absolute least favorite thing that kids do, so I knew I had to do ...
Encouragement For A Mom’s Day
Has this week been rough moms? I know we've had quite the last TWO weeks at our house. My husband had surgery one week and then this week, one by one we all got a stomach bug... I'll spare you ...
The Strength of a Mother
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Similac® StrongMoms® for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. I have loved the conversations online lately surrounding feeding choices for moms and ...
If You Are Having A Rough Week
Could your week be going better? Just in case you are having a rough week, I thought I'd give you a peek into ours. It just might make you feel better about your day and your maternal ...
When Parenting Becomes Cliche
Have you noticed that parenting is oftentimes cliche? As much as we may say "ever family and every child is unique", there is so much that is universal. For every piece of parenting that divides us ...
Good Morning Encouragement
Good morning - We don't hear it every day, do we? It's usually not the first thing we hear, at least, right? I'd be willing to bet that the first thing you heard this morning was a cry, a request, ...
Mommy Wars That Matter
Have you noticed all of the great debates that surround parenting? Motherhood in particular. For some reason dads don't seem to get sucked in to the debating and the guilt quite as easily as us ...