Category: Family Life

In college I was known as “you know, the dancer with reaaaaaaaaally long, blonde hair.” My hair has always been my “thing”. As long as I’ve had a choice, I’ve had long hair (I always …

Sometime back at the beginning of the summer I got tired of the girls constantly begging for snacks.  10 minutes after breakfast, they were hungry.  Immediately after waking up from nap, they were hungry.  As …

The sound of glass breaking.  It is probably one of the most frightening sounds a mommy will ever hear. Whatever just shattered was probably yours, something you liked or something you needed. Broken glass is …

The day I’ve been dreading since I had Honeybun over 6 years ago finally arrived: we’ve ditched the nap.  While she genuinely needed to continue napping through her kindergarten year (you can read more on …

Yesterday was a long day. We started “school” just before 8 and by lunch time (11:30) we had done writing, spelling, science, math and swam for over an hour. We then sat down to read …

Last night I was brushing the girls’ hair before bed to get the tangles out after their hair-doing adventures before dinner when Honeybun exclaimed “ouch! That hurt. We don’t need to brush my hair before …

  Take a good look at this picture before you read on.  Can you spot the 8 common but major car seat mistakes in the picture?  If you’re familiar with car seat safety (or a …

It’s no secret we are avid travelers and the majority of our travel has been by air.  Sugarplum’s first airplane trip was at 5 ½ weeks old and Honeybun has been on over 100 airplanes. …

Hubby and I have been casually house hunting for a while.  It’s not that we really want to move, it’s that we aren’t against the idea.  There are many things we like about our home …

When Doodle started solids, I started keeping fruits and vegetables cut up and ready to eat in the freezer.  I made squash risotto and threw some into the freezer for Doodle to have another time …