Parenting

I remember reading Teen Beat as a young girl with the biggest celebrity crush on Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Don’t even get me started on Devon Sawa and how I would have traded my siblings for a chance to play...

So many times we think we are doing the best we possibly can when working with our exes regarding our children. A lot of times we think we can’t do any better, or that we have exhausted all efforts....

This post has been sponsored by Apparent Insurance. All opinions are 100% our own! My goal-planning actually begins in December. Every year, I take the whole month to think about where we are as a family. My husband and I...

The holidays have come and gone and it's time to get our kids ready for another semester of school. If you’re wondering how you’ll possibly get your kids back into the hustle and bustle of a normal routine after...

This post has been sponsored by Apparent Insurance. All opinions are 100% our own. Let's start with a frank statement: Insurance is not, like, a fun topic. It's confusing and frustrating at best. But what if it didn't have to...

It was the day after Halloween and somehow my two preschoolers had already devoured the entire Amazon and Target holiday toy catalogs. Wish lists ensued. Endless questions and talk of  gadgets they “had to have” overflowed. Confession: at first...

**This post has been sponsored by Apparent Insurance to bring you this experience.  All opinions are 100% our own!** The day has come. Your teen has passed their driver’s test and is ready to take to the Texas roads. And...

I'll be the first to admit, I am OCD about things like household chores. When my kids say they want to help, I grit my teeth and say sure. Usually, in the middle of the "help", I lose my...

Being a Mom is Tough Parenthood is a blessing and children are a gift; however, it doesn’t take away from the tough challenges we face every day. I remember how much bliss I felt right after having my baby. I...

Little eyes are always watching, little ears are always listening. My four girls recently had a front row seat to how well (or as it turns out not well) I stand up for myself. Our car was recently rear ended in...

Sibling Beef If you give a child a cookie, odds are her sister will want the same exact cookie with the same amount of chocolate chips and not an edge short. This was my experience all summer with ages 3...

One night, after putting my almost three-year-old twins to bed, one of them called to me as I was leaving the room. I sighed, certain he would want "just one more kiss," to be tucked in again, to get...