3 Non-Traditional (Toddler Approved!) Ways to Decorate for Christmas!
So, my destructive curious toddler has made decorating for the holidays challenging. Any of you in the same predicament? I have tubs and tubs of beautiful decorations, and years of sentimental ornaments nestled safely...
OneDay I’ll Look Back on This
Has anyone ever said to you that having children makes marriage harder? Well, I've heard it a lot, but it was never true until now.
Having a child felt like the opposite for the...
Spotting Hand Foot Mouth Disease
While my kiddo and I were on vacay across the country, he developed hand foot mouth disease (while getting molars).
I had no idea. Because like so many things with kiddos, these germs showed themselves...
Raising Readers: Tips for Early Literacy
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
This was a quote that was on a refridgerator magnet in my childhood home. What does this mean to you as a...
Halloween Themed Birthday Party
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and some of my most memorable birthday parties as a child were Halloween themed.
When planning my son's 2nd birthday, I wanted to keep it simple. I’m not...
The “I Don’t Have Enough Patience” Homeschooling Myth
In full disclosure, I've kinda always wanted to homeschool my kids...for all the right reasons, and maybe some not-so-valid ones too.
But when it came down to it, I put my kids in public...
Just a Boy & His Dog
A treasure found on OneDay
Over the past few months I have been using OneDay to take small videos of my son. Today, I was looking through some of the short clips I have made...
Scouting Out Round Rock Memorial Park
Don’tcha just love the cooler weather of fall and all the outside exploring it lends itself to? I know we do. Ah, to be outside after 9 a.m. and not be drenched in sweat....
10 Signs That You Are Living in a Boy’s World
As I was growing up in a house full of girls, what a boy's world was like never crossed my mind. As a little girl, they were just those gross and dirty people in...
Creative Consequences: Parenting WIN.
If you're anything like me, you need to dish out a redirection or consequence at least a hundred times once a day. My kids are 2 and 7 (almost 8!), and we have a...