I’ve learned that the Southerners think that bringing someone a meal after a family has had a baby, a family emergency or a death in their family is a Southern thing. As a Midwesterner, I always thought it was a Midwest thing. After my babies were born I didn’t cook for weeks. I had amazing friends who set up an online meal train for my family. It was truly the best. Where do you live? Is ... Read the Post
My Homemade Lasagna Recipe
For the moms who now have two
A friend from college recently had her second baby. She posted to Facebook this morning - “Being a mom of 2 is no joke on your emotions. It’s a rollercoaster....” Instantly several seasoned parents were quick to step in with messages of “just wait!” And “it will get worse!” You guys. Why do we do this? Even if we really believe this to be true, why do we say this to a postpartum woman ... Read the Post
Help Wanted
Over the past couple of days, I’ve had a couple of my neighbor friends ask me to get their kids on or off the bus and keep them for a short time between. Usually when they ask, they say “I’m really sorry to ask this, but...” or “I hate to ask you again...” I’ve started many questions with this apology, too. Especially because I am already getting my own kids on or off the bus, this is no ... Read the Post
A New Take on Back to School Shopping
My oldest daughter, Lucy (10) is an old soul. She is beyond her years when it comes to inuition, carrying on a conversation and her tastes. She has adopted a lot of my opinions when it comes to clothes, yet she has a style of her own. Even as a 6 yr old, she would anxiously await my Stitch Fixes to come in the mail and sit on my bed watching as I tried everything on. She had an eye for what ... Read the Post
Childhood: The Second Time Around
This post is something I wrote on my old, very personal blog, over three years ago. A friend reminded me of it recently and I decided to dig around to find it. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about it all this time later, and somehow I find it to be just as relevant today as it was the day I wrote it in 2015, with littles ages 6, 4, 2 and infant. Motherhood is hard. It is beautiful, amazing ... Read the Post
My Favorite Time and Money Saving Aldi Hack
Weeknights are full of homework, carpools and trying to keep my head on straight. I won’t bore you with the same old narrative that every mom talks about, but I’m finding that when my toddler kids turned into school aged kids, I didn’t get any less busy. My busy time has just started shifting from daytime to the evenings. Actually, more accurately, my busy time is during the day with my ... Read the Post
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