Christmas is finally here! I cannot believe it is less than a week away…time flew by this month! Now that most of my Christmas shopping is being wrapped up, I have started brainstorming fun activities to do with my kids…
How to Have that Bedtime Routine for Sleep Training
Sleep. That one word is usually lost after becoming a parent. It has been accepted as part of the norm, but you can control this idea of sleep. Say what?! Yep, you can be a parent and not completely lose…
Our Little Mermaid is Turning 1 Birthday Party
I still can not believe my baby turned one this past month. Where did the time go?! This 1st birthday party had to be perfect. I spent a lot of time brainstorming and Pinterest searching. This mermaid theme party was…
How to Plan a Successful Tailgate with Kids
Football season is upon us now, which means lots and lots of time spent either tailgating or hosting a football viewing party. It is all about the LSU Fighting Tigers from September until that Bowl Game and possibly even a…
How to Make Bath Tub Fun with a Homemade Paddle Boat
Bath tub time is one of the most looked forward to routines for this house. It means fresh and clean kids for this momma and some water fun for the little ones. My kids absolutely love bath time, but it…
Emotional Ride of Motherhood
As a mother, we experience so many, MANY different emotions. There is the emotion of complete happiness and joy when we look at those beautiful children that we can call ours. There are the moments of fear, like when we…
How to Deal with Sibling Rivarly
Sibling rivalry….it is a natural occurrence that we as parents have to deal with on a daily basis, some more than others. I remember all the fights I had with my younger siblings over the littlest of things. ‘Did you…
Blowing Bubbles Made Easy
Blowing bubbles is an activity that will never get old. As soon as my kids see any sort of container full of blowing bubble goodness, they lose it a little. A little? Actually a lot…including screaming for them as if…
Don’t Be Afraid of the A Word, Autism
The ‘A’ word…whenever I heard this for the first time, I didn’t really understand what it meant. It was always approached as a hush-hush topic. It was a hush-hush topic until it became apart of my daily life. My daughter…
Fun with Bottled Lava Activity
We have recently been on a volcano kick lately…the recent rainy day marathon has had my kids stir crazy and eager to find ways to make things go ‘boom’ or race quickly across the house. So, they have been playing…
When It’s Raining His Blessings
Oh rain! You know that feeling we get when we look out the window to a nasty, dark and rainy day, blah! There are times when we take this weather and use it to our advantage, like a sleep late-lounge…
Wonders of the Comet
It’s Memorial Day Weekend and we are taking advantage of all this family time! I tried to think of some fun Memorial Day type activities to do, and for some reason I kept leaning towards shooting stars. I think it…