9 Uplifting Things To Say To Your Kids Every Day
Kids are sponges. Everyone confirms it – pediatricians, teachers, and parents. Let one bad word slip, and you’ll spend weeks eradicating it from your toddler’s vocabulary. But instead of focusing on...
View Article5 Things A Mom REALLY Wants When She Is Sick
I’m just recovering from a bout of Type A flu. By recovering, I mean I can sit up today. I’ve been down for nearly five days and in that time I’ve learned a few things about what it means to be Mom and...
View Article10 Things My Kids Would Rather Do Than Eat Their Freaking Dinner
It’s no secret that I’ve never been a big fan of meal time. Pre-kid me would laugh at that, because it’s not like I ever have skipped a meal or forgotten to eat in my entire life. But, that’s not what...
View ArticleDear Kids, Here’s Why I’m Not Like The Other Moms
Hey kids, I’m not like the other moms. I’m not all that different from them, either. But, I’m not competing. And, I’m not comparing myself to them. I’m not trying to do what they do, because I’ve...
View ArticleWhy All Moms Should Go On Strike
It had been a particularly long day. It was my husband’s birthday, and though both jet lagged and sick with a cold and fever, I woke early to make him his favorite French toast soufflé for a little...
View ArticleHey Moms, Can We Please Stop Diminishing Our Own Worth?
Today, I spent a good ten minutes turning a used plastic Trident gum container into spy gear. It already had a flip top lid, and my five year old wanted a hole in the bottom, so he could flip the top...
View ArticleHow Five Minutes a Day Helps Me Be a Better Parent
It’s overwhelming, this whole motherhood thing. I think back to the days of answering only to myself, and doing things only when I felt like it… I don’t necessarily miss those days, but I’d give a...
View ArticleYou Might Be a Parent If You Say These 15 Things
The longer I’m a parent, the more I realize that I say a lot of things that show that I’ve been a parent for 10 years and I can enter the ranks of official parenthood. But, whether you’re new to this...
View Article10 Reasons I Really Want to Be A Preschooler
As a child I thought being a grownup was going to be so great. I really believed I would be able to do whatever I want, whenever I want. The joke is on me, friends, because being the adult can be a...
View Article17 Positive Parenting Techniques to Start Right Now
Every parent knows that raising kids is one of the most rewarding things you can do. But it’s equally true that it can be infuriating and overwhelming when kids begin to test boundaries or act out. It...
View Article13 Memes That Perfectly Describe the Struggle To Keep Your House Clean When...
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View ArticleWhy We Should Be Teaching Our Kids To Serve, And How It Can Make Us Happier
Today’s society teaches that you need to look out for No. 1 (aka yourself); that doing so and pursuing activities you think, or the world tells you, are pleasurable will make you successful and happy....
View Article9 Unexpected Things I Learned About Myself During The First Year Of Motherhood
There were things I expected while I was expecting. Certainly, I knew I was going to be tired once the twins were here. I knew things were going to get hard without any family around or that our...
View ArticleThe Best Tips To Help Your Skinny Kid Gain Weight
This post contains affiliate links. My mother in law tried desperately to fatten up my husband when he was in high school. She made him an ice cream milkshake every day after school for an entire...
View Article9 Ways The Cat And My Preschooler Are Soulmates
The other day, I was shocked to realize how easy it was to list the similarities between a furry creature that lives in my house, and well….my son. The similarities are striking, and while you wouldn’t...
View ArticleMy Kids Have a Sixth Sense. And, I’m Pretty Sure Yours Do Too.
A funny thing happened on the way to my kitchen the other day. I was simply taking a dish and putting it in the sink, when I hear from the basement the two year old yell, “Mommy!” I realized that he...
View ArticleWhy Parenting Today Is Harder Than Ever.
When I was 15, my parents took all of us kids on a road trip to Utah from Texas. They took the middle seat out of the minivan, and we rolled around in the back like a bunch of marbles knocking into...
View ArticleHow Five Minutes a Day Helps Me Be a Better Parent
It’s overwhelming, this whole motherhood thing. I think back to the days of answering only to myself, and doing things only when I felt like it… I don’t necessarily miss those days, but I’d give a...
View Article8 Surefire Ways To Raise A Confident Girl
It took me a long time to gain my own self-confidence. I’m almost 40 years old, and I’m still working on it, let’s be honest here. But, when I think about my own daughter and the thing I want to teach...
View Article20 Reasons To Read To Your Kids Every Single Day
Research has shown that reading to children for at least 20 minutes every day can increase their reading abilities early on, increase their exposure to language and larger vocabularies, improve their...
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