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Yesterday I promised I’d have some parenting book cliff notes for you and today I’m here to deliver.  Whitney from [...]

Ever since sharing with you guys about parents swapping cliff notes (and your resounding positive response to the idea), I [...]

The books pictured above have been taking up residence on my nightstand for as long as I can remember, and [...]

I apologize to everyone tuning in today hoping for some playtime fun (soon!), but I’ve got to start this week [...]

‘Tis the season of the runny nose.  The worst part about this time of year isn’t the sick kids, it’s [...]

Not to be overly dramatic, but I read the most fascinating New York Times post the other day and it [...]

photo via The Busy Budgeting Mama   I’ve got something very exciting to announce: “The meal plan is coming! The [...]

I recently realized it’s that time of year again… preschool picking season!  I can’t believe it’s already been thirteen months [...]

I first gave you a glimpse of the personalized alphabet book I made for C here.  He liked the initial [...]

We’ve been struggling a bit with typical 3 year old power struggles around here lately.  I’ve been wracking my brain [...]

Hi friends, are you all enjoying a day off today?  We got a good dump of snow this weekend – [...]

Along with making all those other resolutions, the new year always seems like a good time for a little parental [...]

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  I’m still spending time with visiting family (as I’m sure many of [...]

I bet you read the title of this post, looked at the photo and thought something along the lines of, [...]

Happy Friday and congrats to Laura, the winner of the Elissa Hudson giveaway!  If you didn’t win but would still [...]