It’s Friday. My mind is completely fried. My energy is zapped.  And the dog is sitting on the couch next to me snoring so loudly that I can’t even think straight!  So, I’m going to call the weekend as officially started and leave you with this fun “behind the scenes” clip of the much anticipated [...]

This is a fun little twist on the classic No-Bake Cookie, just in time for Spring!

We are officially on Summer break in our house.  Notice how there’s no exclamation point at the end of that sentence? Yeah, that’s because there’s not a whole lot of excitement behind it. Yes, we are excited for Summer, the warmer weather, playing outside, and some trips we have in the works.  But it’s only [...]

Abbi takes her job as big sister pretty seriously.  So, when we told them that they couldn’t pick the tulips, she was all about making sure Zoe followed the rules. For more Wordless Wednesday fun, check out 5 Minutes for Mom.

I recently read an article in Parenting Magazine titled “Help Has No Fury“.  The article, written by father of two Shawn Bean, completely hit home for me.  He talked about how moms can often times become pretty territorial.  Not necessarily with other moms, but with their spouses. Let me try to explain, at least how [...]

The other night I sat the girls down for dinner. Like any other night, I was prepared for the battle. UGH! Do we have to eat this? Yes, you do. All of it? Yes. Buuuuutttt….

When we found out I was pregnant with Talon (wow, it’s been almost a year since I took that test), I was so thankful we kept all of our baby stuff from the girls.  Most of our baby stuff was in pretty good shape and could certainly handle going through one more kid. That is, [...]

It’s kind of funny…we live in Michigan…the amount of time we actually get to be outside, enjoying our lawn, is heavily out-weighed by the amount of time we’re stuck inside due to wet or cold weather.  And yet, we break our backs (and often our bank) to make our lawn look nice!  I’d be happy [...]

I’m pretty sure she had to stop and smell every tulip when we went downtown on Mother’s Day. And that’s a lot of tulips! But it was a great reminder that it’s not always about our ultimate destination….it’s about all the beauty around us on the way to the destination. Visit more Wordless Wednesday posts [...]

We’ve been knee deep in newborn-ville just about 12 weeks now, giving us ample time to really decide what products we like (and could not live without) and what products should have just stayed in the box.  Here are a few of the baby products that we’re loving these days… Aden & Anais blankets — [...]