• Home
  • Parenting
    • Motherhood
      • Relationships
    • Pregnancy
    • Baby (0-1 years)
      • Breastfeeding
    • Toddler (2-5 years)
      • Potty Training
    • Kid (6-9 years)
    • Tween (10-12 years)
    • Teen (13-18 years)
  • Hygge
  • Creative
    • LEGO
    • Perler Beads
    • Wreaths
    • Winter
    • Spring
    • Summer
    • Fall/ Autumn
  • Life Style
    • Pets
    • Financial Life
    • Our Life
    • Reviews
  • Health
    • Heart
    • Narcolepsy
    • Special Needs
  • Meet Tove Maren
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclosure Statement
  • Shop
    • Best Selling Shirts
    • Sarcastic Shirts
    • Sleep Humor Shirts
    • Heart Mom Shirts
    • All MITN Shirts
    • Hygge & Happiness Books
    • Book Club Worthy Books
    • Parenting Books
    • LEGO Gifts

Mama In The Now

Boy Mom Life With Humor and Hygge

I use cookies on this site to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze traffic. I also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. Privacy & Cookie Policy

LEGO Tea Candle Lights! Easy and fun DIY craft just in time for Halloween and the dark winter months.

LEGO Tea Candle Lights

As we face the time of year where the days are shorter and the nights are longer, there is nothing more comforting as family time around a table decorated with lit candles. In Danish we call this “hygge”, which is a way to describe a cozy ambiance. With all that said, what is more Danish, cozy and View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Hygge, LEGO, Life Style Tagged With: Danish, DIY, Kids, LEGO, Pin THIS!

Halloween with LEGO Minifigures. Follow @MamaintheNow on Instagram for all the latest adventures of the LEGO Minifigures.

Halloween With LEGO Minifigures

I have over the past few months had a lot of fun with LEGO Minifigures! I may or may not carry them in my purse, just in case a photo opportunity should present itself. The latest series of LEGO Minifigure blind bags, series # 14 is Halloween-themed and SO much fun! Thank you, LEGO for sending me a View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Fall/ Autumn, LEGO, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, Kids, LEGO, Pin THIS!, review

LEGO Makers Get Real. See how LEGO Makers create a useful product out of LEGO Technic components.

LEGO Makers Get Real! #RealLEGOFan

One of the things I love about LEGO is its versatility. The possibilities are truly endless, only limited by the builder’s imagination and creativity. LEGO recently challenged a group of LEGO Makers to build something cool, unusual yet functional with LEGO bricks. Watch the results as the LEGO View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, LEGO, review

The Most Delicious Danish Desserts, Pastries and Treats

Delicious Danish Desserts

Join me for a trip down memory lane, please. Back to a time where the size of my awkwardly large feet were rivaled only by my enormous and frizzy permed hair. My oversized teeth were covered in metal braces, and I was desperately waiting for the teenage years to pass. The year was circa 1988 and the View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, Life Style Tagged With: Danish, family, Recipe

Duplo Flash Cards. Learn Numbers and Colors in English and Danish

DUPLO Flash Cards (Free Printables)

LEGO recently sent us this adorable DUPLO set for Jansen. I am not quite sure who was more excited, me or him… We both saw endless opportunities for hours of fun. Of course we played with the tractor and we built towers, cars and houses. However, DUPLO sets are much more than building blocks. I saw View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Parenting, Printables, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, Kids, LEGO, Parenting Shortcut, review, Toddlerhood

The Unexpected Happened - and we were NOT prepared! Would you have been?

The Unexpected Happened…

“Tove! They found dad. Dad! They found him! They found him by the water! Tove, he’s not doing well.” May 17, 2008 was the day my sister in Denmark called me frantically. We were on our way home from Costco. I saw her first call and figured I would call her back when I got home. Then she called View Post

Filed Under: Health, Our Life Tagged With: Danish, family, health, safety, special needs

Awesome LEGO Technic Helicopter Review and Modification

We were recently sent a LEGO Technic Twin Rotor Helicopter, set # 42020 by our friends at LEGO. The opinions and ideas in this article are our own. Jacob (8) and Jordan (6) have been begging to be part of my blog for quite some time now. They spend countless hours following their favorite YouTube View Post

Filed Under: LEGO, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, LEGO, review

Pokemon Inspiration for Perler Beads

Over 500 Pokemon and Minecraft Perler Patterns

Your kids have exceeded their screen time, but the Minecraft and Pokemon obsessions are strong, show them these Pokemon and Minecraft perler bead patterns. I love my kids, I really do. But WOW, there are times that I feel less than connected to them. Their obsession with Minecraft and Pokemon is View Post

Filed Under: Creative, LEGO, Perler Tagged With: Danish, DIY, Kids, Pin THIS!

Give the Best LEGO Themed Easter Basket

Give the Best LEGO-Themed Easter Basket

As soon as Christmas and Valentine's Day are over, the kids start asking about the Easter Bunny. I have to admit, I also love Easter: the beautiful sunrise church service, the newness of spring in the air, the soothing pastel colors and the most delicious chocolate treats, what is there not to love View Post

Filed Under: LEGO, Reviews, Spring Tagged With: Danish, DIY, family, LEGO, Pin THIS!, review

You Are The Day…

You are the day with the sunshine and the rain. You are the night with the stars and the moon and the shadows. Everybody wants you, everybody needs you. No one can exist without you. The rich man wants you. The poor man needs you. But no one can take you. You are a baby’s crying and a View Post

Filed Under: Our Life Tagged With: Danish, writing

How to Raise Your Kids to be Bilingual

I know that raising bilingual kids is fun, because I did it – with raging success! I was that child that grew up bilingual! My fondest childhood memories are from activities we did to keep the legacy of our two cultures alive. The two countries are Denmark and the United States, my native tongues View Post

Filed Under: Our Life, Parenting Tagged With: Danish, family, Guest Blogging, Parenting Shortcut

Be Where You Are

I Listen – and I Learn!

I am very proud to feature a post written by none other than my mom. She is one of my biggest cheerleaders. I can always count on her to read my articles! She reads them - and one even inspired her to write a response. Her favorite article to date is: "Be Where You Are." I am proud to say that my View Post

Filed Under: Our Life Tagged With: Danish, family, Happiness, Heart, Motherhood

6 Tips to Create Family Traditions, PEACEFULLY! (Mother-in-law Approved)

I LOVE this time of year. The sense of familiarity and comfort that comes from honoring age-old traditions reassures us that all is well in the world. Today we brought home our family’s annual Christmas tree. We hung the handmade ornaments: the snowmen with all the fake snow worn off, the glass View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, Life Style, Motherhood, Our Life Tagged With: Christmas, Danish, family, Happiness, live in the now, Motherhood

Ten Tips and Tricks to Make Your Legoland Visit Awesome

Ten Tips and Tricks to Make Your LEGOLAND Visit Awesome!

LEGOLAND Visit Review Mama in the Now recently teamed up with Legoland Florida as our Lego-loving family spent the day at the park. After our highly successful trip Legoland Florida - our best trip to date, I wrote a review and compiled a list of tricks and tips to ensure everyone enjoys their View Post

Filed Under: LEGO, Parenting, Popular, Reviews Tagged With: Danish, family, Kids, LEGO, review

« Previous Page
Next Page »
I am a Danish American mom of four boys parenting with heart, humor and hygge. Join me on this crazy ride. You will laugh more than you’d expect!

Don't Miss Out! Subscribe to the newsletter for all the latest

STAY UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE LATEST TO HELP YOU PARENT WITH HEART AND HUMOR WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER!

Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription.

There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.

Search This Blog

Must-Read Posts!

learn the 8 signs of teething so you can calm your baby. Drooling infants, sleepless nights and runny noses can all be signs of teething, but there are a few surprising symptoms too! Motherhood teething tip!
How to make the most awesome LEGO blanket. This blanket is an instant hit with children, adult fans of LEGO and kids with sensory processing issues.
How to get creative with Perler beads, Hama beads and melty beads. How to use Perler beads. Creative Perler ideas for preschoolers, toddlers and kids of all ages. Perler bead inspiration. Perler bead ideas. Perler bead patterns. #PerlerBeads #PerlerBeadPatterns #PerlerIdeas #PerlerBeadCrafts #MamaintheNow
LEGO gifts for kids who have a lot of LEGO. A mother of four LEGO-loving boys gives her best shopping ideas and gift inspiration when LEGO is on the wish list. #LEGO #LEGOGifts #GiftsforBoys #LEGOGiftsforBoys #GiftsforGirls #GiftsforKids #LEGOIdeas #GiftGuide #GiftIdeas #MamaintheNow
Little known things to do at LEGOLAND. Two LEGOLAND insiders gave me the scoop on the hidden gems within the park. Tips, tricks and awesome fun things to do in the LEGOLAND parks.
elf on the shelf shortcuts
Tove Maren Stakkestad is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Privacy Policy and Disclosure Statement

Please read our full Disclosure Statement and Privacy Policy. As an Amazon Associate, I could earn from qualifying purchases. This site uses partner links from other advertising partners.
Copyright ©2021, Mama In The Now. All Rights Reserved. Design by Pixel Me Designs