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    An Open Letter To My Child Who Hates That I’m a Working Mom

    I love you all so much; all four of you. I love you, eldest, for being so mature and intelligent and so well-behaved and helpful. I love you, consummate middle child, for being such a force of nature; such a big personality and such a strong leader. And babies, you darling little twins that shocked […] More

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    10 Ways Our Parents Were Better Parents Than We Are

    “I am never going to treat my kids the way you treat me! It’s not fair!” is a phrase I remember using on a regular basis growing up. I never thought my parents were fair. They obviously hated me and wanted me to be miserable. In fact, they were punishing me for being born. They […] More

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    An Open Letter to the “Mean Girl” From My High School

    Mean girls are the worst. And I know this because I was one. I wasn’t quite Regina George from “Mean Girls,” or even Kady, Lindsay Lohan’s character from the same movie, but I wasn’t nice. I was a teenage girl at her worst, and I look back on that time with serious regret. I never […] More

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    10 Things I Don’t Miss About My Kid Being a Baby

    I love the baby phase. I know that I’m in the minority; I do. My husband and I have four kids (7, 4.5 and 1.5-year-old twins) and all four of them were the most amazing babies you’ve ever met. We have come to the conclusion that God must not think we are capable of handling […] More

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    The Absolute, Dumbest Things My Kids Have Fought About

    My kids have to wake up at 7:30 am so we can leave by 8:30 am to get the two oldest to school on time. It shouldn’t take an hour to get them ready, but I also have 18-month-old twins and my husband leaves for work at 6:45 am, so it’s just me and five […] More

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    The 10 Best Cities For First-Time Home Buyers

    Nearly 32 percent of existing home sales in May 2015 were first-time homebuyer purchases, according to Realtor Magazine. This statistic means that the number of first-time homebuyers is on the rise and many people are looking to spend more on homes, and buy for the first time in their lives. It’s a good thing, too, […] More

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    The People You Don’t Want to Sit Near While Traveling

    No matter if you were driving or flying, traveling always has its issues.  You’re either stuck in an overstuffed car/bus, or packed like sardines onto an overbooked flight. Which one’s worse? That’s like asking if we like our hair being pulled less than a tooth being yanked.  Traveling is a pain.  There’s just no other […] More

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    Lessons You Can Learn from Moms That Make Six Figures

    Balancing life and children is a challenge at the best of times. Now imagine balancing your life, your high-earning career and your kids at the same time – seems impossible right? Wrong; it is not impossible. It’s not easy, but it certainly is not impossible. Sure, there are some women who work high-power, high-earning careers […] More

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    10 Ways Having Kids Changes a Marriage

    First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in the baby carriage; we trilled this little diddy our entirely lives and then we grew up, did it and now we are living it. Marriage and kids are a fabulous mix and they are also tragic mix. There’s a lot of sacrifice that comes […] More

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    How To Effectively Investigate a Nanny’s Background

    Trusting people with your kids is no easy feat. For me, the only person I trust implicitly with them is my husband. While I trust our parents and our relatives more than anyone in the world, I’d say pretty implicitly, I still worry that they might not be able to do everything correctly, handle everything […] More

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