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How to Create the Best Morning Routine for Meltdown-free Mornings

I think all moms can agree that mornings can truly make of break your entire day. The flow of the early hours sets the stage for the rest of the day. We will forever be chasing after all the minutes we overslept and the mood of our kids' paint every hour thereafter. Sprinkle in a little bit of View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, family, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

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Elf on the Shelf Shortcuts for Tired Moms

Fret not my fellow Elf’ing mom, I have come to take the pressure off you with a few very simple Elf shortcuts for tired moms... like me and you! Elf on the Shelf Shortcuts for Tired Moms "Mama! MAMA! Something is REALLY wrong! Wake up!" Those words and the concern in his voice jarred me out of my View Post

Filed Under: Life Style, Popular, Winter Tagged With: Christmas, Danish, family, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, work life balance

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Elf on the Shelf the Danish Way

Growing up in Denmark, I loved everything about the magic of Christmas - especially our own version of the Elf on the Shelf - the Danish way! Elf on the Shelf the Danish Way! Ever since I was a little girl growing up in Denmark I have embraced all the magic surrounding Christmas, Santa, and all View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, IG Links, Life Style, Our Life, Winter Tagged With: Christmas, cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

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The Best Ways to Connect With Grandparents Across the Miles

Grandparents are the fun central of a kid's childhood! Use these ideas to connect with grandparents when you can't see them regularly! The Best Ways to Connect With Grandparents Across the Miles Grandparents, the unsung heroes of any childhood. Who's better at building LEGO than a grandparent? View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting, Relationships Tagged With: family, Motherhood

Instilling confidence and raising happy children is a challenge. The Danish way of parenting. Positive parenting tips. Parenting tips to raise happy and confident children. A growth mindset in parenting is important when raising confident kids. #TheDanishWay #PositiveParenting #Growthmindset #ConfidentKids #HappyKids #MamaintheNow

Raise Happy and Confident Children, The Danish Way

What IS the Danish Way? “I just want him to be happy!”, how many times have you as a parent thought that about your child? From a parenting perspective, “happiness” is the greatest measure of success. Every single day we are a faced with opportunities to thoroughly screw up our kids, but at the View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Hygge, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Reviews, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: Danish, family, Happiness, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, review

Printable sweet and sarcastic mother-in-law cards. Send a sweet greeting to your mother-in-law. Tell your MIL how she makes you feel. Mother's Day cards for mother-in-law. Greeting cards for MIL. #MIL #Mothersday #Motherinlaw #greetingcards #printablecards #MILGreetings #MILSentiments #MotherinlawSentiments #MamaintheNow

Send a Thank-You Note to Your Mother-in-Law, Free Printable Cards

The women who often are overlooked on Mother's Day are the ones we should blame or thank for everything we hold dear. Celebrate your mother-in-law. Send a Thank-You Note to Your Mother-in-Law This Mother’s Day (or any day of the year), take a few minutes to acknowledge and give thanks to the View Post

Filed Under: Life Style, Motherhood, Popular, Printables, Relationships Tagged With: family, Funny, Motherhood

Disney family cruise traveling tips, hacks and secrets from a veteran Disney travel agent. Make the most of your Disney experience. Disney Cruise tips. #DisneyCruiseTips #Disney #DisneyCruise #DisneyCruiseHacks #DisneySecrets #DisneyCruiseSecrets #CruiseTips #MamaintheNow #TipsForTravelingWithKids

The Best Disney Cruise Secrets, Tips and Hacks

The best Disney cruise secrets, tips and hacks from a veteran Disney-traveler - and mother of four. Everything young families need to know before their trip! Before you head into the unknown, wouldn’t it be nice to have all the trade secrets from a veteran-traveler? We are taking a Disney cruise View Post

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The ultimate (expert) Disney Cruise packing list, from a veteran Disney-cruiser and mother of four boys. Don't leave home without these all too important items that you probably haven't thought to pack! #Disney #DisneyCruise #DisneyCruisePackingList #CruisePackingList #PackingList #DisneyCruiseTips #mamainthenow

The Ultimate (Expert) Disney Cruise Packing List

Disney Cruise Packing List, from an "Expert":  Four boys, two adults, five nights on a Disney cruise! Need I tell you that I was stressing out (in a big way) over the prospect of packing for our recent trip? I had never been on a cruise, so I had no idea of what to expect, which added another level View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Kid (6-9 years), Life Style, Motherhood, Popular, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: family, Kids, live in the now, Parenting Shortcut, Pin THIS!

The internet safety tips your kid will understand and follow. A genius way to explain internet safety to your kids, without unnecessary drama. #InternetSafety #ComputerSafety #InternetRules #Parenting #ParentingTweens #ParentingTeens #Onlinesafety #SafetyTips #Family #MamaintheNow

The Internet Safety Tips Your Kids WILL Follow

The Internet Safety Conversation:  Our second grader came home the other day with a yellow flyer from his computer lab teacher. I almost threw it the trash without looking at it - just because, well you know how much paper the kids bring home. Apparently the kids learned about internet safety that View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: family, Kids, Parenting Shortcut, safety

10 must-read tips for picture perfect visits with Santa. Get these fool-proof tips for great Santa pictures from a mother of four. No more tears during Christmas pictures with Santa. #SantaPictures #SantaPhotography #SantaVisit #ParentingTIp #Christmas

10 Must-Read Tips for Perfect Santa Pictures

Are you planning on taking the kids to see Santa this year? If so, don't miss the 10 must-read tips for perfect Santa pictures! (This post was originally published in 2014, but it was recently updated with a few new tips I learned along the way!) We recently took the kids to see Santa and it went View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Kid (6-9 years), Our Life, Parenting, Toddler (2-5 years), Winter Tagged With: Christmas, family, Motherhood

Medical moms and special needs moms find their happiness again. Empowering and encouraging story for moms with sick children, kids with medical conditions and special needs children. Happiness in motherhood IS very possible. #Motherhood #SpecialNeeds #MedicalMom

Happiness is Being a Medical Mom! Really – It IS!

It was a pretty normal Tuesday morning. I was on my way to work, dressed in my standard navy business suit with a few snot stains around my knees and some crusty baby food over my left shoulder. The two oldest kids were in school, while our youngest was at home with our nanny. (At the time, we only View Post

Filed Under: Heart, Motherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Special Needs Tagged With: family, Happiness, health, Heart, live in the now, special needs

Four words that will change the way you parent - for better. Positive parenting, intuitive parenting encouragement. Special needs mom, medical mom, heart mom encouragement. Parenting with love and intuition. Mindful parenting mantra.

Four Words That Will Change The Way You Parent

In hindsight, we all have defining moments in our lives that changed, molded and shaped us. Either we were changed against our will, improved after careful planning or shaped through serendipity. Before this experience, I considered myself a pretty good parent to our two young boys. But I View Post

Filed Under: Heart, Motherhood, Our Life, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: Caregiver, family, Happiness, health, Heart, live in the now, Motherhood, work life balance

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!

Learn the Eight Signs of Teething!

Teething bites “Teething bites!” - All parents (and babies) agree on this. There is no worse feeling in the world than watching your child in discomfort or pain - and being completely helpless. Teething is definitely a milestone I deem as a necessary evil. Your otherwise sweet and wiggly View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Health, Our Life, Parenting, Popular, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: Baby, family, health

Declutter your home, get rid of clutter once and for all. These tips from a professional organizer. Happy home tips and tricks.

Ten Organizing Shortcuts: Live Clutter-Free for Good!

I am so excited to have worked with Sidney Young from “Need Organizing?” on this article.  “According to a study conducted by a Boston marketing firm, the average American wastes 55 minutes a day, roughly 12 weeks a year looking for things they own but cannot find.” Newsweek With those View Post

Filed Under: Life Style, Motherhood Tagged With: family, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, work life balance

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