Liebster Award? You’re probably wondering what that is. We’ll get to that. But first, a huge thank you to Ashley B, who blogs at Live Whilst You’re Alive, for nominating me for this award that helps discover new bloggers. The Liebster Award is given to bloggers from bloggers. It originated in Germany, and the word …
Last-minute Halloween costumes are a reality sometimes even though Halloween rolls around the same date every year. I remember when I was in grad school, I was supposed to be out of town the day my friend was hosting a Halloween party. But I ended up being in town, costumeless, just hours before the party. …
Family photo: It’s the time of year when when we practice our perfect smiles and get the kids new perfect outfits for a family photo, right? Well, not in our case. We try to do a professional family photo shoot every few years (for holiday cards, or to frame in the house, or to simply …
Morning chaos: In my house, it’s three sons, a husband, and a wife scrambling to get ready for work and school and out the door by 7:15am. And then 7:16am arrives. Most days, that’s when I breathe a sigh of relief. I turn up the music like a triumphant victory song as I start my …
Stroller for Sale It’s so hard to believe my baby — my littlest love, my last baby — is turning 4. Take a look back at this post from last year. Here’s a not-so-well-kept secret — I still have that stroller, and he still likes to ride in it sometimes! WIN for me! Enjoy this …
You may have read my post-vacation summary last summer, Vacation with Boys: What I (re-)learned. Here we are again, after another family vacation . . . where I re-learned again things that I should have known to expect as a M.O.B. (Mother of Boys). For Part 4 of 4 in my Disney Family Vacation …
For part 3 in my Disney Family Vacation series, I’m going to tell it like it is. Don’t get me wrong – everything I said in the first two posts (“Disney Vacation: My top tips for your Disney Family Vacation” and “Disney Vacation Secrets Revealed – 10 things that surprised me”) is true. But taking …
Disney Vacation Secrets Revealed: 10 things that surprised me As you know from my prior post, “Disney Family Vacation: My top tips for your Disney Family Vacation,” we just returned from our first Disney Vacation as a family of five. Even with all my list-making and pre-planning, there were some “secrets” I learned while at …
Disney Vacation: My top tips for your Disney Family Vacation (Part 1 of a 4-part Disney Vacation series!) Mid-April 2017. Perfect time for a Disney Vacation, right? We thought so. But so did millions of other people. (OK, maybe not millions, but you get my point.) The good news is that we survived, and despite …
Exercise? Hmmmm. Since I have zero time to myself (ok, maybe 20 seconds of free time each day), I have trouble finding time to exercise. I tried the awesome “Couch to 5k” running app last year, but my neighbor and I (she’s also a working mom) could only fit it in around 5am (think dark, …
