When I found out I was pregnant, my mind rapidly filled with various questions concerning motherhood: What essential baby items should I purchase? What do I need to take with me when I go out with my baby? What should I put in my diaper bag? For those…
In the eight months that my son has been alive, he has been on six plane rides. Because of my husband’s hectic schedule, I have flown alone with my son on all six of these flights. The first time I took my son on an airplane, I was…
It is important to teach your children how to care for themselves and their own needs so that they will be able to do so when the time comes that they move out on their own. You can easily assign age-appropriate chores for kids. Assigning chores for your…
I got the idea for creating individual flash cards to create a chore cards system for my cleaning routine because I love checklists. I love being able to feel like I have really accomplished something without the only sign of a completed job just being a wiped down…
Discovering what love is and means for your children, spouse, friends and family can help you to build a deeper connection with them. We all give and receive love so differently that it is important to take the time to realize what those close to you consider love…
Winter is still here and along with it lots of cold and flu bugs are still being passed around. Earlier this month, my son’s Kindergarten class had 1/3 of his classmates absent one day and just about everyone in the class missed at least one day over that…
My oldest just started school this week! I can’t believe how time has flown and how old he is getting! However, most school districts across the country don’t start school until late August or early September. If you still have a few weeks left of summer to enjoy…
There’s nothing quite like a campfire in the summertime. We don’t get to enjoy as many of them as we’d like to, living in Phoenix, but during a cooler evening earlier this summer, we gathered the boys and invited a few friends over to enjoy a CAMPFIRE GATHER…
I love family pictures and have a full wall in my home dedicated to our family pictures. The next picture setting I really want to take is a nice picture of all three of my little boys together before baby #4 joins us this fall. The last great…