We love Fall in our house! Love it!!! The slightly cooler weather, the changing leaves, back-to-school excitement, apple picking, and Halloween! YAY Halloween!!!  And there are only 45 days left until that costume filled, candy filled night! My girls start talking about Halloween months and months before the actual day.  What costume will they wear…how [...]

Sorry for the odd perspective. I shot it on my iPhone and I’m less than proficient on filming with that thing {husband is rolling eyes as he reads this}! Check out more Wordless Wednesday action at 5 Minutes for Mom.

Did any of you watch Dateline last night?  It was titled: The Perils of Parenting.  I’m usually not really into the whole “dissect the world of parenting for me, oh great and wise news media,” but this particular one got me thinking on a number of topics. They covered the typical parenting issues — bullying, [...]

I’ve been thinking about this lately and, who knows, maybe it’s because of all the pregnancy hormones, lately it’s hit me like a ton of bricks.  I feel like I really need to decide what this blog is to me.  I mean, why am I writing?  Am I doing all of this as a hobby [...]

Because it’s a very rainy Saturday and because I get to have a date night (albeit a very short date night) with my husband and some friends tonight — let’s announce some winners for the Date Night dvd! Winners: Julie and Laura Congrats ladies!  I hope you enjoy the film as much as we did! [...]

With all of this back-to-school excitement buzzing on blogs, Twitter, and Facebook, this weeks DVD is perfect for family movie night! Diary of a Wimpy Kid Based on the best-selling illustrated novel by Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid follows pre-teen Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) as he embarks on his first year of middle [...]

No matter how politics change year after year, one thing remains the same — the President is always under some sort of scrutiny.  It doesn’t matter if they are Republican or Democrat.  It doesn’t even matter if they are in office any more!  As a general public, we love to criticize those in charge or [...]

Everything about this pregnancy has been pretty relaxed.  The way we told people about the pregnancy was nothing extravagant.  Their reactions were all very passive.  Not that they weren’t excited for us but more so that it’s just another pregnancy.  After all, we’ve already been through this twice before. Even I was relaxed about it, [...]

Spend any length of time with her and you’ll quickly realize…she’s a stinker! For more Wordless Wednesday fun, go check out 5 Minutes for Mom.