Tag: motherhood
Children + Chores = One Happy Mommy!
Let's be honest. No one likes to clean the house. It is a thankless job. The minute you clean one area, a new mess...
Home Sweet Home for Sale: Saying Goodbye to Our First Family...
Change is often good. But I am not good at change.
Five and a half years ago, my husband and I bought our first house....
Surviving the Challenge of a Long-Distance Grandparents
My parents live a good ten hours a way and it is hard on my family at times. They aren’t at every birthday party,...
Goodnight Tired Mom
For all the moms out there who have wide-awake kids and a house full of dirty dishes and laundry, here is a parody of...
This Is Me: Stephanie
Cue The Greatest Showman soundtrack. I’ve been addicted to the Golden Globe winning song ‘This Is Me’ because it describes me so well. No,...
Tales From an {Almost} Middle-Aged Mama
Middle-aged. We all have images in our head of what that looks like or feels like. For some reason, I always associated that age...
Not As Easy As Playing With Dolls! Meet Elisabeth
When I was little, my favorite playtime activity was playing house. I had a baby doll named Sarah and my sister had a doll...
Embracing the Chaos: Tips for Managing the Mayhem
Ever have one of those days where everything goes incredibly wrong? If you're reading this, chances are you have kids and you know precisely...
Five Essentials for the One Kid to Two Transition
Last week I had a long-overdue lunch with a girlfriend who is expecting her second child this spring. We both have two-year-olds. I'm also...
Mommy Martyrdom: When You’re Too Stubborn to Call On Your Village
It Takes a Village.
We’ve all heard it or said it at some point in our child-rearing years. My husband and I are lucky and...