Start a new family activity and spark a love of gardening in your children with these 5 Easy Ways to Garden with Your Kids.
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Category Archives: Family
When Your Child Helps You Overcome Fear
About the moments when your children help you be brave and overcome fear.
I Haven’t Lost the Baby Weight
About the pressure to lose the baby weight and the strength to find the new normal in your mom body this summer. This essay was republished on Scary Mommy. The four of us scrunched into the pizza parlor booth. Our new babies sat sleeping in their infant carriers around us. We sipped sodas and ate pizza … Continue reading
Learning Not to Cry
I walked up the chalk-filled path to the Listen to Your Mother rehearsal preparing for a day of tears. I knew hearing and processing the emotional stories of motherhood would be hard for me and hard to hide. I’m a crier.
Fill Your Bucket
I sat cross-legged on the couch, hands clutched in anticipation as he started reading the piece on my computer that I planned to send to BonBon Break’s Fill Your Bucket theme. “I feel like you need to know the background of why I wrote this letter first,” I said as his eyes went back to … Continue reading
Sid the Science Kid Exhibit
The Sid the Science Kid exhibit at the Minnesota Children’s Museum is a perfect way to discover the extraordinary scientific secrets hidden in our ordinary world.
It’s OK to Eat Lucky Charms for Dinner
It’s OK to eat Lucky Charms for dinner. It’s OK to recognize how lucky we are.
Don’t Hate the Elf on the Shelf
Elf on the Shelf. The pictures of the mischief fill our news feeds. While it’s easy to hate the Elf on the Shelf, the Elf is bringing children and their parents joy.
Why Birthdays Matter
I’ve never understood when people act like their birthday is just any other day. I know there are lots of people who do this. I have good friends and close family members that would prefer to actually not celebrate their own birthday. I accept it. I guess I just don’t understand it. The funny thing … Continue reading
I’m Not Letting My Kids Keep Their Halloween Candy
When I was a kid I vividly remember trick-or-treating. I remember my single mom, returning from her full-time job getting all three of us kids dressed and her trying to keep us from bursting through the front door before it was too soon. No matter the year, I always remember she made us sit down … Continue reading
Target Cartwheel
Everything you need to know about using the Target Cartwheel App and saving hundreds of dollars on your purchases at Target! Update: You. Guys. My tips and experience using the Target Cartwheel App were featured on Good Morning America, Nightline News and World News Tonight with David Muir (video below)! I’m so thankful for all … Continue reading
Travel Snacks for Kids
Travel snacks for kids includes fun storage ideas and easy printables. This post contains affiliate links. Traveling with kids can be kinda scary. When Wes was a month old we took a flight with him and Stella (then almost 3) and I swore I would never fly with them again. Both of my children screamed … Continue reading