Category: Time to Celebrate

Yesterday was spent saying farewell to summer swimming in a lake with about a billion other people. While Labor Day has always marked the unofficial end of summer, it’s even more so here as our …

Sugarplum can speeding into our lives 8 years ago today. Eager to join us, she was my earliest baby (at 39 weeks) and though I labored all day, she was one of my quickest deliveries …

Ya’ll today is kind of an exciting day. But also a lot of bit terrifying. This girl: is 10 today! Ten years ago, my sweet Honeybun made me a mommy for the first time and …

I have not run a giveaway on Beyond Mommying in a really long time and I think it’s way overdue! And with us heading out of the country and there being a good chance I’ll …

I’m all about getting my kids to read. But more important to me than how much they read, is that they love reading and they gain something from what they read. That’s why instead of …

Father’s Day is just around the corner and if the daddy in your life is anything like the one in ours, it can be really tricky to find a great present to show him just …

We regularly talk about Ohio these days like it’s always been a big part of our lives. “We already have one of those, in Ohio,” and “Yep, that’s in Ohio, too.” Except none of us …

Today my first boy turns five. It’s been one heck of a ride with our Doodle from his unexpectedly large size to his troubles with speech, eczema and food intolerance. And he has, by far, …

We are on our third week of spring break. First it was spring break in our home county in Florida. Then it was spring break for our friends in our old neighborhood. And now, it’s …

There are so many holiday crafts for kids out there this time of year. And while I see so many cute things, I prefer to stick with crafts that are not messy and don’t take …