Mom Parenting Summer Bucket Lis Calling it a summer We did everything we could. I’m calling it though–time of death, 7:58 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 26. We’ve lost it. Summer…
Family Mom Parenting Summer Bucket List: Staying on track and soaking up summer It’s nearly July. That means my kids have been out of school for several weeks now and we are dashing…
Family Mom Parenting Self Improvement Kids can be cruel: Overcoming the fifth-grade torment I have to do something for work that makes me really uncomfortable. I have to record an audio piece that…
Family Mom My Life Creating mom memories One of my most-repinned posts is the one in which I talk about creating a pregnancy journal. For me, creating…
Crafts Mom Parenting Apple Art: Using apples for printmaking My Pinterest account is filled with pins I never try. Especially my Halloween Fun Pinterest board. I feel like Halloween…
Family Mom My Life Parenting Fall means all things apple Nothing feels more like fall in Michigan than apple orchards and cider mills. The smell of donuts, the crisp feel…
Family Mom My Life Parenting While the kids are away at grandma’s house… I’m sitting here counting the seconds until we leave to drop our kids off at my mother-in-law’s house for four…
Crafts Mom My Life Parenting DIY Busy Bags keep your children entertained Several weeks ago, a little girl we know had major surgery. Her two-year-old sister couldn’t possibly understand the magnitude of…
Family My Life Parenting Random Thoughts National Letter Writing Month: The letters we save Do you have any letters tucked away in a special place? I don’t often think about the letters we save,…
My Life Parenting Self Improvement Anxiety impacts parenting Shortly after my first baby was born, the room cleared of the doctor, nurses and the baby catchers. It was…