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,...
View ArticleFinding 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...
View Article7 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...
View ArticleAfter-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...
View ArticleSurprise 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...
View ArticleSix 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,...
View ArticlePrepping 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...
View ArticleForty 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...
View ArticleAppliance 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...
View ArticleUnderstanding 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...
View ArticleParenting Burnout is REAL
You know how people tend to tell us “enjoy every moment” the very moment we’re hanging by a proverbial parenting thread? Yeah, that’s not helpful. I, for one, love being a parent, but I do NOT love...
View ArticleFamily Bike Rides
When my brother and I were young, our family vacationed on Lake Erie. It was a tradition started on my dad’s side of the family that became a favorite family destination. Of all the things we did in...
View ArticleMy Hair It Is a’Changin’
Years ago, when I started birthing humans, my hair stylist warned: “your hair will never be the same.” I didn’t know what she was referring to at the time, but I’ve come to learn “never the same”...
View ArticleThose Hazy Newborn Days
Becoming a parent is a lifelong goal for many, believing it is written deep within their DNA. I was NOT one of those people. When I became a parent, there was a huge learning curve. One person would...
View ArticlePreventing Stank Breath (or…Helping Kids With Their Dental Health)
Growing up with a dental hygienist mom, I learned the importance of No Stank Breath early in life. My teeth have always been a priority…maybe an obsession. I once broke my nose in a swimming pool and...
View ArticleCreative Ways To Keep Your Child Learning During The Holidays
My husband and I are dorks. There, I said it. We’re always looking for opportunities for our kids to learn and lemme tell ya: tHeY lOvE iT. That’s my sarcasm font. As I’ve previously mentioned, I’m a...
View ArticleFast Forward Through Fall. Let’s Decorate for Christmas!
There’s something you must know about me: I turn into Buddy the Elf at Christmastime. Especially in recent years ’round these parts, fall has become this confusing season full of 80 degree days that...
View ArticleTips For Raising a Human
There’s so much pressure on parents and kids today. Has any other generation been raised (or had to raise kids) with so many things all up in their faces? From the multi-tasking to the vastness of...
View ArticleNo Flame, Just Gas: A Tale of a Really Close Call
You know the saying, “When it rains, it pours?” That’s all facts. I have been stressed to the MAX for a plethora of reasons, some of which aren’t my reasons to share and so I shan’t, but please trust...
View ArticleBusy & Stressed & AHHHH?! Same.
Oh, hi. Feeling stressed? Like you can’t catch your breath? Bowels raging against you? Just me? If you’re feeling a bit AHHHHHHHHH right now, it’s understandable, especially if you’re a parent....
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