Making homemade baby food is a great way to go green and save some green!  I love that you know exactly what is in the food – no preservatives or fillers.  Plus it is cheaper and it tastes better!  I could especially tell this when comparing homemade vs. store bought green beans.  Yuck! 10 Tips for Making Homemade…
I used to feel guilty because my kids don’t have a lot of daily chores. Then I started making chore lists for the kids on Saturdays like my mom used to do. Saturday chore lists are magical. Grace and Noah have fully embraced them, and I have learned (once again) that I need to find…
It is completely natural for new moms to be nervous, yet hopeful when having their first baby. (I certainly was!) The thought of having more than one child may seem insanely difficult to a first time mom, but for myself, having a baby was easier the 3rd time around. This post contains affiliate links. 5…
You have seen her before. She is the perfect mom. She totally has her act together, and you can’t help but wonder what is her magic secret? Today I was that perfect mom. Trust me. I didn’t feel like that mom, yet just hours ago another mom asked me for my secret. We were at a moms’ group at…
Reading to my kids is one of my favorite things to do as a mom, but that doesn’t mean that I love all books equally. Some picture books are great and others are just plain boring. Let me help you avoid the duds with these fun picture books. 5 Fun Pictures Books Parents Won’t Dread…
Dear First Time Mom, Motherhood is hard. Really hard. Don’t look at your friends with more children and think that they must have it so much harder than you do. Yes, they have different challenges than you do, but they also have experience on their sides. The first time you bring a baby home, you have…