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Valentine’s Day is not just for couples in love; it’s for couples in love who have children as well. It’s a day about celebrating love and who do you love more than anyone in the world? Your children, of course. It’s a sweet and special idea to remember your littlest loves this Valentine’s Day with […] More
Choosing the perfect car for your family is a big choice; you have to consider space, size, fuel economy, safety and the many different features you simply cannot live without. As a mom with a toddler, a kindergartener and twins on the way, looking for the perfect family car has been on my mind with […] More
If only you knew then what you know now about parenting, children and your relationships with your children. Of course, your mom and dad tried to warn you. Remember the times they told you they hope you grow up and have a daughter just like you or that you’ll understand when you have children of […] More
Becoming a parent is a life changing decision. No matter how easy or difficult you find particular aspects of being a parent, it’s a life changing decision. Once you have kids, you understand. Before you have kids, you have an idea, but since every child and every family is different there’s no real way to […] More
Christmas is over and your children are on new toy overload. If they’re anything like my children, they have what amounts to an entire Toys R Us store in their bedrooms and that’s not including what they already had before. It’s difficult not to want to go overboard for your children during the holidays, and […] More
Parenting small children sometimes requires finding outside of the ordinary things to do to keep them entertained. Some days small kids are just in need of something exciting to do or maybe you’re over being cooped up in the house after a few days of inclement weather. Whatever it is, parents can enjoy time with […] More
If you are like me, you have found that one of the main challenges you face over your kids winter vacation is to prevent boredom from setting in for them. It is really to be expected. They have been settled in a good routine and then they are out of school for two weeks for […] More
Being a mom is like being a teenager all over again. You worry that everything you say and do, ever decision you make and everything you wear/don’t wear/want to wear is being judged by others. That’s the problem with almost every mom around. We’re all so busy thinking like this that we forget realize that […] More
Many times, the task of homework falls squarely on a mother’s shoulders. This is not always a good thing. It is important that Dad be involved with homework, too. There are many advantages when both parents help a child to complete the work they bring home. Let’s talk about some of them. When Dad helps […] More
Surviving your daughter’s sleepover can be quite the feat, as any mother who has ever tried to do so would tell you. It is especially difficult to survive a sleepover without losing your patience or your rest. But I can help you out with this. We have had our share of sleepovers over the last […] More
Lying, my friends, is not nice. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, let me break the ice by saying that I just thought of at least three ways in which I’ve lied to my kids in the past five minutes (the biggest one being that a certain 5-year-old will not be going to […] More
Being a stay-at-home mom is hard work. Being a work-from-home mom is even harder work. Don’t get me wrong; it’s beyond rewarding and it’s not something that I would ever change about – but it’s not a walk in the park (actually, don’t even get me started on our last walk in the park). There […] More