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July 28, 2015

5 Ways to Survive Kids’ Birthday Parties

To say we were blessed with Madeline’s daycare situation would be a very huge understatement. This place is just the tops. Bee’s knees, if you will. Wonderful yet sassy, up-beat and creative teachers always there to greet us in the morning, scooping up our little and readying her for the day. Rambunctious friends that call to her as they burst into the room. Sweet smiles and the occasional friendly short exchange between parents during the drop-off and pick-up. Pretty neat stuff. Anxiety...

June 18, 2015

How Was Your Day?

Another day in the toddler life is complete. She is tucked into her bed, wearing her “deep dream diving suit” aka extra cozy footy pajamas, and quickly dozes off with Eeyore and Tigger by her side. Her dad and I start to wind down and relax. But before these very quiet and sweet moments, an entirely different universe existed – one that swirled and swirled into a million different colors and directions. … In the early morning hours, you weren’t...

June 12, 2015

Random Acts of Kindness

Sometimes juggling it all gets to be too much. As a mom, as a wife, as a daughter, as a sister, as a friend, as an employee, as a member of society… It gets to be too much. Sometimes. We have these million and ten “things” we try to accomplish with minimal fault, but in reality, getting to just cross something off the list is a feat in it of itself. I’m absolutely okay with good enough a lot of...

May 24, 2015

My Mom Journey with Google

So, moms don’t know everything. {It’d be awesome if we did…} And by some miracle, many most of the time, we ultimately fashion a solution out of shoestring and spit that comes out looking like golden treasure. Why? Well, one, because we’re awesome creatures. We’re the closest thing you’ll find to a unicorn. And another? We love Google*. This search engine is our sidekick. Next to Pinterest, Google could be the one that holds the solutions to our most ridiculous questions so...

April 28, 2015

Day-Dates with My Favorite Two Year Old

I love that she is TWO. Yep, I said it. Let it sink in for a moment. I love this age. I love TWO. I love the running around in circles, picking flowers in the grass, finger paint on everything, mess in my backseat, screaming to scream and laughing to laugh. Before you stop reading and think I’ve jumped off the deep end, hear me out… This age has brought a world of change to our daughter. And I’m sure...