Photo by Sonja Langford courtesy of unsplash.com Every year when January rolls around, I realize how much I love this month. It is so fresh and full of new resolve. I spent the first day of 2015 cleaning out a terribly disastrous email inbox and knocking a few of those long standing items off my…
Coming Back… Briefly: On My Last Week as a Working Mom
I didn’t realize how hard it has been. I was (am) determined to work until the end. My job isn’t that demanding. I wake up in the morning, get myself and the kids ready and out the door for our day. We park at the bus stop and the bus drops me off a block…
2014 in 12 Photos
2014 found me in two countries. I went ran a half marathon in the first month of the year and neared full-term pregnancy in the last month. I ran 4 races plus completed a “race” with my kids. I cut my hair. I became reacquainted with my role as a Swimming Mom while also becoming a Soccer…
2015 Media Kit for Bloggers
Every year January 1st hits and I get all anxious to get things done. Important things, but things that are tedious and often fall by the wayside at other times of the year. This year my January 1st projects involved cleaning out my inbox and updating my media kit. Media Kits are super important for…
Ringing in the New Year with Kids
It took me a while to adjust to New Year’s Eve with kids. Not only did we have kids, but all of our friends had kids too. And if you don’t know it before you have kids, you certainly do know it afterwards – with kids, routine is the most important thing. If your kid…
Raising Them to Do It Themselves
“Where does this go? On your body. Not in your hair. Right?” … “DON’T PUT IT IN YOUR HAIR.” They put it in their hair. So went one entire bathing experience recently when my kids somehow managed to put body soap in their hair not once but three times after we washed their hair with shampoo….
Childbirth Care Kit for Moms
November 26th was my sister’s birthday. She was scheduled to have her third baby two days later. I admit that I was completely clueless about what to get her for her birthday. I didn’t want to get her anything pregnancy related, because she was nearly done being pregnant. I didn’t want to get her clothes because as…
Getting to Know You
I remember Cameron’s face scrunching up a few minutes after I ate a spiced cookie during our 3D ultrasound with him. I remember how he used to dance in time to the music each week when we went to listen to our friend play music at the local pub. I remember how active he was, so active…
The Weather Outside is Frightful and So Is Our Skin
My babies have sensitive skin. With the cold, dry weather coming, I am anticipating another winter of skin issues, just like all the previous winters since having children. Everyone who struggles with dry, sensitive skin knows that things get bad at this time of year. In the winter, my children’s hands crack. Their cheeks stay…
When You Gotta Go {Free Potty Training Sticker Chart Printable!}
I have not written about potty training much (ever?) on my blog, which is a little crazy, because I feel like I’ve been in the midst of toilet training for years. Just like the feeling that diapers will never end, I’m pretty sure I will always be training someone to use the toilet. Mark my…
When the Sick Hits
I’m kind of scared to type out these words. It isn’t that I’m superstitious. I believe in the power of prayer but not in the supernatural causation that leads to certain consequences. But… there have just been too many times when I’ve declared something to be the case only to have it backfire on me…
