It’s been a long time since I woke up at 3:00 in the morning to check on my little girl. She’s three and a half now, and for over a year she’s been sleeping through the night. It’s a blessing. There was a time in my life when the only thing I was praying for was an extra hour of
My three year old daughter loves fruit, but put a vegetable in front of her and she will go on a hunger strike. There are times I just want to bang my head against the wall as I try to get her to eat healthy. My daughter also loves to help me bake. So when I discovered a “Carrot Oatmeal”
Growing up in Texas, Friday nights meant football. I was fortunate enough to go to a high school where the athletes’ and the coaching staff’s talent matched up at just the right time, and we won or went to the state championship game almost every year during my junior high and high school days. There isn’t a game more magical
One of the very best parts about being a mom to a three year old girl with an imagination is having a dress up box to help her transform her wildest dreams into reality. But one small problem had turned this playtime favorite into a clean room nightmare. Between my extensive collection of old costumes from days when I was
So we decided to let our three year old help us paint an upcycled piece of furniture for her room. We were all having a blast until we realized she was using the Kilz Primer for finger painting and then body painting. Insert your best “Epic Mom Fail Face” here! That would describe the feeling I felt as she started
Six years ago today, I crawled out of bed, loaded up my car for the local Fair Parade, with a polar bear costume in tow, and completed the hottest stint of my marketing career. I dressed up as a polar bear and walked the entire parade route, handing out balloons to little kids while my colleagues talked to their parents
Fall is here, and that means campfires and backyard campouts at our home. Campfires mean roasted marshmallows, and roasted marshmallows mean S’mores. Seven weeks ago I made a decision to go on a much needed sugar detox and diet. I’d put on 27 pounds in two years from poor eating choices and a lack of exercise. So the first campfire
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and I am starting to believe it. But maybe not for the reasons you’d expect. When my daughter was born three and a half years ago, I struggled to find the balance between being a new mom and being a working mom. Like many new moms, I suffered from
Attending the fair is an annual tradition at our house. Since my daughter was born, we’ve taken her to our local Four States Fair. Yesterday marked the fourth year she has made the pilgrimage, and as I watched her shine throughout the excitement, I pondered how much we learn about life at an early age. Below are four lessons I
My husband surprised my daughter and me by putting up our tent in the front yard last night. For about two months now, she has been begging to sleep outside. But it has either been too hot or raining (mostly the later). Her first outside camping experience came Easter weekend this year. We put up the tent so she and
