Managing family. The sweet and sentimental, the practices and the practical. Stories from my family to ours for our mama hearts.
Inside: Halloween costumes for kids and adults – no sewing required! At two years old my son Jack has decided that he is old enough to pick out his own Halloween costume. Good parents would see this as an exciting and sweet milestone marking a step towards independence. However, I see it as a grave…
Three years ago during the week leading up to Mother’s Day, there were three reasons that I wanted to hide away from the world. Three reasons that I didn’t want to walk into a store with rows of Mother’s Day cards. Three reasons I couldn’t bring myself to see pictures of mothers with their children…
Inside: What would a working mom blog be without some great working mom fails? Join us for one of our favorite traveling while parenting fails and some 90s nostalgia. Home Alone is one of the greatest cinematic achievements of our time. (Not up for debate.) So when Glen and I overslept the morning I was…
Inside: What did you want to be when you grew up? An invitation to keep figuring it out! “Jack, what do you want to be when you grow up?” “A firefighter, or a doctor.” “That’s awesome, buddy! What do you think Norah is going to be when she grows up?” (Thoughtful pause) “Batman.” That seems…
Inside: You could clean your house, or bake some eggless chocolate chip cookies and call it a day! Scroll down to the bottom for the recipe, or stick around for some laughs first. We have a two year old and a ten month old, so everything is sticky. Everything. It’s gotten to the point where…