Category: A Mommy’s Life

Living abroad was one of the greatest experiences of my life and a time I would not trade for anything.  I loved traveling, seeing the world.  I loved immersing myself and our girls in another culture. …

It’s like Christmas came early in our house. All our Black Friday shopping was not actually for Christmas, but stuff we needed now. Honeybun got a new bike. We’ve been looking for a good deal …

This year we are home for Thanksgiving.  It’s not our first Thanksgiving at home, but it is our children’s first Thanksgiving in Florida.  I’m thankful our little family is celebrating Thanksgiving in our own home …

Traveling with kids is not always the funnest thing and traveling by car can be more stressful for many reasons. The journey is usually longer; the kids are stuck, buckled in their seats for long …

I might have overreacted when i rushed to the hospital with Doodle yesterday afternoon, but the events leading up to that decision were some of the scariest in my mommying life (second only to the …

I recently read an article about how Beyonce and Jay Z took Blue Ivy to the Louvre in Paris and a large portion of the world flipped out about it, saying that a two year …

This is the day that never ends, it just goes on and on my friends! By 7:30 this morning I had already: made coffee had breakfast checked my email, Facebook and posted to the blog …

 This is me: before the blog, before the babies.    (click on any of the thumbnails to see the full-size pictures as some of the cropping is weird.  Remember, these are copies of older, poor-quality …

On November 8th each year, National Parents as Teachers Day is recognized.  The program started in the 1970s as an effort to prepare children in Missouri for Kindergarten by helping parents provide support at home …

My original Feeding Places post listing all the places I’ve breastfed my children was quite exhaustive (and exhausting to think about all the time I’ve spent breastfeeding in the past 6 1/2 years!)  But the …