The fourth of July is only a day away and we are feeling the heat! When it's still 85° at 7PM, you throw on the (matching) swimsuits and play in the water table. Our backyard is completely shaded by the late afternoon, so it's awesome to be able to head out there without having to spend 12098 minutes slathering on sunscreen. Watching[...]
The title of this post may be a bit dramatic to some, but hear me out. I know I can't be alone when I say motherhood has been so much different than I ever imagined. For some reason I thought I knew exactly what kind of mom I'd be. All the things I would do and wouldn't do. And let me just say, in my mind, I had it together much more tha[...]
It's finally summer! I compiled this giant list of 35 fun things to do outside with your kids this summer. To me, summer means meals outside, sticky ice cream on my kids' hands, and sunshine. Good ol, Mr. Sun. Summer also means the sweet smell of sunscreen on my kids. When it comes to protecting my children from the sun, I don't take[...]
Ben is 14 months old and he's ALWAYS hungry. Some meals he eats more than his 4-year-old sister. Both of these kiddos love to snack but mama wants them snacking on something healthy and filling. Is that too much to ask?! Lol! One day, I had an epiphany - I have made and loved "energy bites" for the past few years, ever since a coworker b[...]
Thank you to Graco for providing us with these car seats to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I've mentioned quite a few times how important car seat safety is to me. When Blaire was born, I was CLUELESS about car seat safety. In the hospital they told us she looked good in her car seat and that was that. I look back on[...]
We spent a full day, from 9AM until 10:30PM at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom earlier this month. Since we were there as a family with both a 4 year old and a 13 month old, we wanted to do the majority of the rides as a family so we could spend our time together. While I'm not super adventurous (or adventurous at all, really) when it c[...]