In my pre-motherhood days, I worked a lot but also had a ton of creative energy to spill into craft projects. Usually I created gift baskets or personalized, scrapbook-inspired calendars. It was a time before the internet so I don’t e ...
Some things have happened over the course of the last several months that really made me think about how my girls are growing. Madison attended her first college fair and both girls took organized trips with their peers. During Madison̵ ...
As much as I enjoy playing board games and love recommending them, I have to admit that this is one of my favorite holiday gift guides. We play games on a regular basis but cycle through different types by different publishers. These h ...
Before we had kids, we were parents to four-legged children. Our first was blessed with our undivided attention. This meant not only did we walk and play with him, but we also incorporated him in the things we enjoyed doing whenever possibl ...
If you’ve ever lived in a region with climate changes, you recognize the value of the four seasons. Growing up in the Midwest meant my memories began to associate certain activities and events with what my senses picked up. There was ...
I pride myself in maintaining a positive attitude even when things aren’t going so well. Whether it’s trying to juggle activities, struggling with disciplining kids in a digital age, anguishing over a new teenage driver or the c ...
It seems like just last week that we started sharing our 2018 guides filled with gift ideas for a little of everyone on your holiday shopping list. So far we have provided lists of card games, dice games, party games, games for younger kids ...
When we were younger, Halloween was the holiday we spent the majority of our seasonal decorating dollars on. We embraced the day completely including spending a couple hundred dollars each year on candy to give out and finding cool Hallowee ...
A couple weeks ago we had new neighbors move in around the corner and as is our custom, we welcomed them to the neighborhood with a plateful of treats. They returned the plate a week later with a lovely chrysanthemum plant. That’s wha ...
Grrrr… Facebook! As much as I try to ignore those stupid ads they put between my friends’ posts, they finally figured out what will make me stop scrolling… cuteness overload. I was in the middle of trying to get some thing ...
