Being a Stay-at-Home Mom is The Best Decision I Ever Made
Have you ever watched the movie, Cheaper By The Dozen? Tom (Steve Martin) and his wife, Kate (Bonnie Hunt), live in a small town with their twelve kids. Tom is suddenly offered a college football coaching position in a new city. At the same time, a publisher offers to buy Kate’s parenting memoir she wrote […]
How to Manage Motherhood: Multiple Kids Edition
I recently wrote a post, How to Prepare Your Toddler For a New Baby. In that post, I gave my best advice on how to prepare your only child for a new brother or sister. It is easy to forget how tough those first few weeks are after bringing your new baby home. You’ve done […]
How To Prepare Your Toddler For a New Baby
Worried. Anxious. Stressed. Restless. Unsure. I remember those feelings dwelling in the back of my mind as my due date approached with my second baby. My son had just turned two. Even though this pregnancy was planned, I wasn’t sure how I was going to tackle taking care of two kids that depended on me […]
Please Stop Feeling Sorry For The Only Boy
Most people take one look at our big family and see our son, Brody, surrounded by four little sisters. If I had a dime, for every time someone told me, “poor Brody,” I could afford to have ten more kids. You have no idea how bad my son wants a baby brother. I get anxious […]
Dear Husband, I Undeniably Need To Thank You
Marriage isn’t always easy. Spending a lifetime with the same person takes intentionality and hard work every single day. God only knows how often my husband pushes my buttons. I half jokingly take credit for brining out the best in him. But really, we bring out the best in each other. My husband’s birthday is […]
8 Great Reasons to Start Waking Up Earlier
Are you a morning person or a night owl? If you’re searching this topic, I’m going to take a wild guess that you’re a night owl. But you might be considering or attempting to become a morning person, which isn’t such a bad idea! There’s no judgement here! I used to hate early mornings. In […]
The Most Important Time of the Day for Kids
My three-year-old daughter, Lillian, marches to the beat of her own drum. She’s the one child that often tests boundaries and challenges authority. I can’t even tell you how many times she has gotten in trouble for coloring on the walls and don’t get me started on the week she decided she was going to […]
7 Reasons Why Homeschooling Was Our Best Option
I never thought I would homeschool my kids. As a naive public school kid, I believed most homeschooled kids were socially awkward and weird. I remember being in high school and vowing that I would never homeschool my own. You know, because the worst thing I could think of about having kids, is having socially […]
8 of the Best Life Lessons I Learned from My Siblings
(and How I’m Applying Those Lessons to Parenting Today) My husband and I recently packed up the kids and spent the weekend at an AirBnB with my mom, my siblings, our nephew, and our nieces. It was the first time in a long time that we were all staying together in one place. I have […]
How to: Colorado Tie-Dye Shirt in 5 Easy Steps
I love that tie dye is making a comeback. It was one of my favorite activities when I was a kid because even the sloppiest of color combinations came out as a cool t-shirt. Our tradition, at the beginning of every summer, is to create new tie-dye shirts. As my kids get older, their technique […]