01/14/16
Laughing at the Unlaughable
Sometimes the things that make you laugh the hardest are the things you are not supposed to laugh about at all. Like your kid falling.
Read More
You must watch this video about a mom and dad sitting down with the stepparents who are helping raise their son. It’s rare to hear gratitude expressed for the “other” men and women in our lives.
Read More
01/06/16
Up Sick in the Middle of the Night
At about 3am last Friday night, Mazzy started crying in her sleep. Loud moaning crying that means only one thing. SHE’S SICK.
Read More
I can’t snap my fingers and wrap your gifts, but I can give solutions to common problems of those who put off the holidays until the kids are in bed and the stores are closed and OH MY GOD— I’m out of tape!
Read More
12/14/15
Giving Kisses to the Grandmas
This video perfectly captures the beautiful relationship between my girls and their Grandmas. It was awesome to spend the day giving to them instead of them giving to us. Thanks to Hershey’s for inspiring us to #saymore!
Read More
12/08/15
16 House Rules for Holiday Guests
Post these energy saving rules on your front door and then quiz your in-laws before they’re allowed to come inside.
Read More
11/26/15
Jack Experiments with Screen Time
When Vtech asked me to try out their InnoTab Max, I wasn’t sure I could give it a fair review, since my kids have been using an adult tablet for a few years. I asked my sister (the school psychologist), if she wanted to test it out on her 2yo Jack.
Read More
Bunchems look harmless but this new creative toy comes with a nasty side effect— you might have to chop off all of your child’s hair.
Read More
Every night, Mazzy and Harlow will both pick out a book for me to read, but when it’s my turn to read Harlow’s book, she’ll say, “No, I’ll read it to YOU.”
Read More
It’s that time of year again! The time when we gather our family in coordinating outfits and pray everyone can get it together long enough to smile for the camera at the same damn time.
Read More
Each of the moms featured in the Wednesday Evening series talks about her favorite photo and what the reader response to her family’s post meant to her— both the positive and the negative.
Read More
Mike will often decide the closet needs organizing which ends with the closet looking great but all the mess out in our apartment again. Which I have to deal with. So yeah. I get this.
Read More
Are you an “oh my god you have to try this” kind of girl married to a “hands out of my fry box” kind of guy? Or perhaps the other way around? Why do couples sometimes have trouble sharing?
Read More
11/04/15
Wednesday Evening with Laura
Laura has recently decided to go back to school for her MBA and Wednesday evening is the night she has class. She describes rushing out the door as soon as her husband Tom comes home from work like “passing the baton in a relay race.”
Read More
11/02/15
Dr. B on Going from One to Two
Dr. B (aka my sister) talks about being on the go with two kids instead of one (much harder to get out the door, fyi), plus I’m giving away a Lily Jade diaper bag.
Read More




