Being a mom is something else! It’s an experience that is really hard to explain in words. I have tried to find one word that describes motherhood and have come to the conclusion that it is: EVERYTHING. Everything easy and everything hard. Everything happy and everything crazy. It is everything exciting and everything exhausting. It […] Read more…
Our house can be kind of a circus when it comes to bedtime. Yours too, huh? Glad I am not alone. I love to watch my husband as he runs around jumping on beds and pretending to be Super Man with our two-year-old. Nobody can make her laugh as much as Daddy. You know that […] Read more…
You’ve seen them. The “perfect” moms all over the internet. With their picture perfect posts on social media and homes full of Pinterest worthy decorations, it is easy to get lost in comparison and wonder what you are doing wrong or if you are even doing anything right at all. As you long-fully gaze at […] Read more…
The struggle is REAL! Whether you are a stay-at-home mom, working-at-home mom or a working-outside-the-home mom, you KNOW the daily struggles a mom experiences! In just one day I documented the struggles, I, a mom of a two-year-old going on seventeen, went through and this is a documentation of it. I am POSITIVE I am […] Read more…
Have you read the “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” books? We love those books. Today, I decided to write my own short story in that style. I call it “If a Mom Tries to Make Herself Lunch.” Ahem. Photo by Brittany Busk Photography If a mom has had a very rough day, she […] Read more…
A few years ago, I was standing in line at the grocery store when a 2-year-old in front of me was begging his mom for a bag of candy he was holding is his hands. The mom told him that he needed to put it back and that he could have a piece of candy […] Read more…
Text messages. The most common way of communicating for the modern mom these days. The other day I was looking through a past conversation with my husband, trying to find a picture I had sent him of our daughter coloring on the walls. It was a special picture, to say the least. Periodically I text […] Read more…
You finally make it through the grocery store ordeal with your kids and find yourself at the check out counter. There you see the parade of beautiful celebrities living larger than life and you take a moment and wonder to yourself what it’s like to live like them. Celebrities may appear to live a bit differently […] Read more…
You’re a mom? You have probably done this before then. You finally get to a milestone as a mom and are so proud, that you just have to share it with the world! You post on social media how happy you are you accomplished your goal, even though you did things a little differently than […] Read more…
Before I became a stay-at-home mom, I naively thought that nothing would change once I left my day job. I read many books, magazines and articles that I hoped would prepare me for my new chapter in life. Looking back on pre-baby self, I smile and think of how much I didn’t know about the […] Read more…
Moms do some pretty strange things. Have you noticed? Just the other day I was in the grocery store and I thought I smelt a soiled diaper. So, I picked my toddler up and stuck my nose up against her bum and gave a deep sniff. Ya know, normal right? After I left the store […] Read more…
You know the feeling. Looking in the mirror after an epic undertaking such as hosting a 4 hour play date with 10 toddlers under 4 and thinking to yourself… “How did I just survive that?” Life as a mom brings many of these moments and because of that many of us want to be prepared […] Read more…
A picture has been circulating around the internet and has grabbed EVERY mom’s attention – the new movie that is coming out – “MEAN MOMS.” In the photo, it announced the stars of the show to be Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock and Cameron Diaz – but a recent article has come to announce that the photo […] Read more…
The day you become a mom, you automatically become a member of a very prestigious, extremely fun, sometimes a little crazy, but absolutely amazing, club – let’s call it, The Mom Club. A club where thousands of women belong, have many different opinions and stories, can feel fifty different emotions in one day, and all come […] Read more…
Bath time has always been a time of day our family looks forward to – who wouldn’t love to sit in a tub of warm water, make a mess with bubbles and splash around?! It is the perfect time for family bonding, engaging senses, creating memories, loud giggles and even a little bit of relaxation. […] Read more…
I was at the park and overheard two moms talking about the book 50 Shades of Grey. I’ve never read the book and I don’t plan to see the movie, but their conversation reminded me of something. As we sat and watched our children play together, going up and down the slides, I thought to […] Read more…
There was a knock at my door. It was 11am and I still hadn’t even showered for the day. Cartoons were on as background noise as my two-year-old and I were playing “cook” as she calls it, with her play kitchen. She was making me eggs with donuts, corn and french fries. She was mixing […] Read more…
Many moms are asked these questions pretty frequently, So, how are things at home? Don’t you just love being a mom? As you stand there with your hair up and three toddlers hanging off every limb after just cleaning the whole house three times and finally getting a shower during a ten minute nap time […] Read more…
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