Tips + Tricks

Last month I visited my sister in Seattle, and she has totally inspired me! She served up some delicious dinners that got me in the mood for fall and the upcoming holiday season.  Some of these recipes are from...

My family was packing up to head to Florida this week and the thought of a 12 hour car ride with a 4 & 2 year old made this Type-A (pregnant) momma a wreck! I knew showing movie after movie...

This post has been sponsored by the Great American Scrapbook Convention. All opinions are 100% our own.  The ever-popular Great American Scrapbook Convention will return to the Arlington Convention Center, June 18-20th to host their annual scrapbook convention.  This year,...

We're Southern gals and for many of us, being a good hostess is in our blood.   Before kids, I was known to host elaborate dinner parties filled with multiple appetizers and several courses.  I recently found an old planning...

Disclosure: This post has been sponsored by Big Frog of the Park Cities. All opinions are 100% our own.  I'll be the first to admit I'm not the most creative person on the planet but recently I feel like I've...

Valentine’s Day is such a festive time of year! I love a chance to bring out some colorful decorations and enjoy a cookie or two after a long January. As a mom to a growing little girl, I’d like...

I wish I could say that I stumbled across Richardson Mercantile on my own but honestly I'm not that cool.  Luckily a friend of a friend, who IS super cool, filled me in on this GEM of a place.  Richardson Mercantile,...

I throw away my 5 year old’s art and craft projects. The coloring pages, the random scribbles, the watercolors, and now with Pre-K, the tracing pages, the lessons, the patterns! Yup, I junk it! Okay, not really all of it,...

There are some activities you can really do up during the holidays. I mean, sure, you could sing Christmas songs any other time of year, or make dozens of cookies for neighbors and loved ones...you might just get some...

Every family has their own share of super special ‘Secret Family Recipes’ that are passed down from generation to generation. Rarely are those recipes shared outside the family. But I am going to share with you one of...

With the Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaching, there's the constant reminder to be thankful for the blessings that we have. But getting kids to understand the concept of gratitude can be challenging, so we've put together a list of 10...

Oh the glorious, forced "cheese" smile!  We've all done it and we've all asked our kids to do it.  And while it does produce the teethy-sort-of-half-smile, 9 times out of 10 their hearts aren't into it.  Meaning their eyes...