Amanda
Amanda is a New York girl living in a Texas world. In 2009, she followed her heart to the Lone Star state to Mansfield. She is wife to Timothy, and mother to Ryann and Grey. They love traveling and hunkering down at home with equal passion. Amanda is a speech pathologist by day and the maker of snacks, giver of baths, and the reader of bedtime stories by night. A lover of food and health, she spends an alarming amount of time researching plant-based recipes, experimenting in her perpetually messy kitchen, and of course, subjecting her family to the fruits of her labor. When not portioning out perfectly even snacks, you can find her at Orange Theory Fitness, in the Starbucks drive-thru line, reading anything, daydreaming about date nights, and planning the Fyfe family’s next adventure.
Why My Family Is Doing Nothing for Spring Break
The kids come home from preschool exhausted and begging for stay-home days, and for the love of all things holy, I FEEL THEM. We have grown weary of early mornings and long workdays and have found ourselves in a perpetual state of low-grade grumpiness. Even the pugs are irritable.
And that, my friends, is why we are doing a whole lot of nothing over spring break.
Chloe Is Ugly
All children on campus would step over those words as they raced to recess the following day. My heart just sank. Should I use this as the teaching moment it so obviously is, or should I hightail it out of here after fabricating a rosier version of those spiteful words?
Five Years Married :: A Season of Trial and Error
There are times when our union is far from glamorous, when we realize we haven't kissed good-bye all week. There are Saturday afternoons spent watching reruns of Criminal Minds in contented silence.
18 Things Every Family But Mine Is Doing this December
As a reformed perfectionist, I still find my Type A roots bristling when I think about all the things I SHOULD BE DOING to truly provide a memorable season for my family. The expectations I set for myself seem impossible to meet -- let alone exceed -- and I find myself knee-deep in guilt for not being able to pull it all off. Surely I can't be the only mama out there daydreaming about a Pinterest-worthy season while pulling off and Amazon Prime reality.
The Gift of Gab {Guide to Gifts that Grow Language Skills}
The right toys can truly enhance this interaction and opportunity to develop language skills during the most critical stages of development. Here are a few of my favorite toys to help you give the gift of gab this holiday season.
Dinner Doesn’t Have to Be a Disaster {A Feeding Therapist’s Guide to Making Mealtime...
Nowadays, I find myself sharing my dinner table with a tiny tyrant who throws more food than he consumes most nights whilst I struggle to maintain a shred of composure. I won't pretend to have all the answers because my walls are currently covered with a layer of cottage cheese and I recently found a sad, shriveled carrot tucked carefully into the blinds IN MY BEDROOM. What’s a girl to do?
One-Step Party Planning {It’s True, I Promise!}
Kazzam is a cutting-edge party planning service designed to bring the stress of party planning to a screeching halt. Just cozy up with your laptop and peruse its website for all your celebration must-haves. Choose from a vast array of activities, entertainers, food, and decorations from local party vendors all wrapped up in one convenient website.