Ages and Stages

  We are in a deep freeze. I mean, it's sweltering outside but ever since the DVD release of Frozen we are experiencing our own polar vortex of sorts. Nobody is immune. We are singing in line at the grocery...

(This blog post was originally written September 2012) Over the last couple of weeks, Klarissa has figured out how to curl her tiny toes around my waist and arch her back when I try to put her down and she'd...

As moms of toddlers one of our biggest battles is getting our rugrats to eat a nutritionally healthy meal. Between the supermarket snack aisle and the average fastfood nugget meal with interesting apple slices, making sure our little ones...

That time has come where every year we all don on our rubber gloves, grab a bag and start cleaning house. We want to lighten our loads as summer approaches and some of us are still trying desperately to...

WOW! Do you know what a constant cranky baby can do to a MOM? I hope not! We dealt with something similar in our house…and I felt like I was walking around like a zombie every day from exhaustion...

Becoming a new mom was going to be an easy transition. I read the books. I consulted with friends. I thought through a million different scenarios and felt they were all thoroughly sorted out. I was wrong. On one hand, there are...

Kids want to help. Kids LOVE to help. Kids need to be given opportunities to help and feel a sense of empowerment and accomplishment. My advice on kids and helping: It's okay to let the kids help, even if that means making a mess. Something that might seem...

Having Twins?  Here are some suggestions to help you create your registry. To get you started, here is a word of advice based on my experience in creating a registry; Do your homework before you go!  Do some research on...

I am Will Will-I-am! I do not like that Will-I-am! Would you? Could you? Ever believe? How big I was, When Mommy had me? Now I will cry when Mommy refrains from picking me up again and again. And peacefully I'll sleep while in the house So long as my...

This year, my 10-year-old step-daughter had six items on her Christmas wish list.  Of the six, five were technologically advanced items. Earlier this year, she said she wanted a new phone because hers was not a "new" one.  First of...