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Understanding Pre-k Education: The Four Core Learning Styles

Oh, hi! We haven’t chatted in a while. Like you, I’ve been busy with life. Three growing kids and my own adulting are topics I’d love to cover more often, but I’ve been spending a lot of time over at...

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Appliance Love: Proper Care & Maintenance

If you’re an old-head like me and get excited about new appliances, this post is for you! Also, sometimes I write things for money. This is one of those things. Proper care and maintenance of home...

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Forty Three Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine Minutes

43,829 minutes, or a month. That’s how long I’ve been a member of the Dead Mom Club. Sorry, probably should’ve prefaced that with a trigger warning, but the gut-punch is kind of the point. “Something...

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Prepping Teens for the World

Raising teenagers is wild. They want their independence and privacy until they need a snack. They don’t want mom’s help until they can’t find their other shoe. It’s this constant push and pull of...

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Six and a Half Tips For Tense Moms

As a mom, it is perfectly natural to feel stressed, tense. At least that’s what The Experts say. After all, we have a lot of responsibility, it’s very important work raising kids, blahblahblah. Listen,...

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Surprise Benefits of a Side Hustle

We typically start a side hustle to generate extra income. Fellow teachers know what I’m talking about because we have Masters degrees and are still woefully underpaid. But I digress. While financially...

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After-School Activities Help Children Build Confidence

Confidence is one of those things that can be difficult to measure, but easy to spot when you see it. It’s a student who used to hesitate participating in class slowly but surely begin volunteering...

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7 Activities That Encourage Physical Activity + Help Kids Burn Energy

Kids with endless reserves of energy can mean noise, mess, and even a little damage. Just ask my playroom wall where my son and his friends used to practice dunking on our indoor hoop… These kids are...

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Finding Balance: The Privilege of Juggling Career Ambition and Family Life

Image credit Unsplash Trying to build a career while raising a family can feel like an impossible juggling act. One moment you’re dreaming of that next promotion, and the next you’re covered in glitter...

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The BIG FEELINGS of Pet Parents

Image Credit: Unsplash Bringing a pet home often evokes visions of snuggles on the couch, fun times together, a loyal friend waiting for us when we get home. And while all that can be wonderfully true,...

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