Around 2:00 a.m. on a Monday morning, my husband and I woke up to a shriek. It was our daughter yelling that there was a bear in her room. We rushed in to see what was happening and she...
My youngest turned one last month. She's our second baby, a girl, and our sweet sunshine which lent itself well to the theme of her party: "you are my sunshine." At the outset, I intended to go all the...
I've got a secret, y'all. I'm still breastfeeding my 3.5 year old.
It's okay . . . take a minute to collect yourselves. Get your smelling salts. If it makes you feel any better, three years ago I would have needed them,...
By the time you have done all your Pinterest research for car and beach trips, you can have so many ideas it is overwhelming! We just got back from a 14-hour car trip, hotel stay, and week long beach...
He took time to admire the sky. "Airplane, Mommy, Airplane," he said. In this moment nothing else mattered. It took me away from of all of thoughts of "what if." Do I have dinner ready? What about the ants? What about the ground being too warm? Never mind all that.
I was on the tail-end of a long day. It was a bad day. My 4-year-old had been mouthy and disrespectful all day and the baby, almost 16 months, behaved like a Stage 5 Clinger for all of her...
Sensory play helps a child learn and then integrate the five senses: smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste.