Boy Mom Life With Humor and Hygge
As soon as the temperatures drop, noses across the land start to drip, voices get rough and hoarse and one by one, our good men fall victim to the man cold! I have received information and materials from Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc., McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division. The opinions View Post
Motherhood is part creating attachment and equal parts detaching, ever so lovingly - at JUST the right time. Today I witnessed a beautifully executed loving detachment, made possible by a mutually strong attachment. This miracle happened because I used a incredibly simple (and effective) solution to View Post
EUREKA! I realized something BIG last week, something life changing. Picture this for a moment… Our two oldest kids go to different schools. Five days a week I sit in FOUR car lines. You may not know what a “car line” is if you don’t have kids who attend school outside of the home. Consider yourself View Post
I look at him, batting my blue eyes and give him a sweet smile. He knows that can only mean one thing. Well, it could mean a few things, but regardless, he knows I am about to ask him for something. The look I get back is a mix between an apprehensive “what now” and a “should I be scared”… We have View Post
LEGOLAND Florida Resort 2016 Event Calendar: All-New Events Promise More Fun, More Fireworks, More Time to Enjoy LEGOLAND Florida Resort in 2016. Full Year of Kid-Friendly Activities Include Two Exclusive New Events, Plus Expanded Favorites Brick or Treat and Christmas View Post
How do you entertain four boys under the age of ten for several hours without resorting to bribes, bodily function contests or sticking them in from of a screen? This was the question I had the pleasure of answering recently when school was out, my husband was working and I had four energetic boys View Post
The Night I Saved The Girl With Steel Blue Eyes: I looked deeply into her vaguely familiar steel blue eyes. There was a warmth about them, but also something so broken, sad and lacking sparkle. We stood there and stared each other down for a long time. That’s when I heard it - his words. His View Post
Have you ever had to be so REAL with your child that it hurt? - Like you were punched in the gut?! Well, today I managed to stay authentic when parenting got real, it was down-right raw! It was a normal afternoon after school pickup. The kids’ mouths didn’t stand still for a minute. They were View Post
Thank you, Walmart for sponsoring this post. All the stated opinions and experiences are mine. We make more of an effort during the Holidays to stay in touch, reach out and reconnect with friends and family. This is one of the reasons why I love this time of year. Every text message, phone View Post
It is said that “if you build it, they will come!” As a little girl, living in Denmark, I took those words to heart, year after year… after year. The Danish folklore is full of tales of elves and gnomes who move into your home during Christmas time. These little creatures play harmless tricks on View Post
Have you ever looked over your shoulder, in hopes that the mother of the toddler screaming on the floor in front of you will magically appear? Only to realize that YOU are the kid’s mother… for a minute you teeter between hysterically crying or laughing. Parenting is part intuition and part like View Post
Today's article is a guest post! Marissa is a licensed Mental Health Counselor who specialized in couple's counseling and child development before starting her own family. She has been published in many academic journals and magazines. We run ourselves ragged these days, and frankly, View Post
Today's post is a guest submission from Patricia Dimick. She has written a number of articles for me. Her articles are always timely and well-received. With such busy schedules, families spend too little quality time together these days. From school and tutoring time to extracurricular View Post
Americans are busy people. We run to and fro at a high rate of speed. We over-schedule our days all in an effort not to miss anything. We thrive on productivity, a concept that is often confused with “a lot of harried movement.” As a culture we unfortunately no longer value “downtime”/ “free time” View Post