Basic, Never Boring
Claire is a thirty-something-year-old mother to the most amazing boy and his four-legged, furry brother. She’s a working mom who is married to a guy who lives in a suit and is truly the best dad. Claire spends too much time in the kitchen (thanks, food allergies), where she’s always trying to recreate new versions of her favorite childhood recipes. She discovered her love for reading and writing later in life (sadly, after college). When Claire is not working on The Basic Moms posts, she is busy writing away for the crafting niche, which makes her Pinterest-loving heart happy. Claire is a lifelong Arizonan, and even with the crazy heat and scorpions, you can usually catch her spending family time outside.
It’s summertime and you and your kids will most likely spend time cooling down in a pool, lake or ocean. What if I told you that your child could drown in less than two inches of water? I know, I just ruined all the nice thoughts you had about your next trip to the beach…
It’s… summer, summer, summertime… so we’ve got vacations on the mind. Whether you are currently planning a trip, looking for ideas, or daydreaming about an already planned trip; you are going to enjoy this list. We asked our moms to share the best vacation spot they’ve visited. Read on for some major vacay inspo. Holly’s…
There isn’t much that sounds better than a delicious cold popsicle on a hot summer day. Here in Arizona, the temperature has already hit triple digits and we’re ready to cool down. What better way to do that than a nice cool treat? Since popsicle molds tend to vary on how many ounces they hold,…
Mom uniforms? We’ve all got one. You know, that go to outfit you throw on numerous times a week. Save for a small change here or there, it basically always stays the same. It is your second skin. Your feel at home, comfortable, and truly yourself. Memorial Day Weekend marks the ceremonial start of summer…
I’ll be honest with you… this is only the second thing I have made in my Instant Pot. I have always been intrigued by the Instant Pot craze, but never wanted to spend that amount of money on one. And then one day a contest was going on at work and I knew that…
Here at Ur Basic Mom, we’ve got some of the best mom bloggers on our team. We wanted to take a minute, here at the end of April, to give them a huge shout out! Below, we’ve got our contributors best April posts from their personal blogs. Have you checked out these ladies’ blogs yet?…
I took American Sign Language classes in college. I knew children could communicate with signs and it was becoming fairly common to teach babies and toddlers. Some benefits of teaching your baby to sign are clearer communication, less frustration when you try to figure out what your child wants, and forming a closer bond with…
We take care of a lot of things as mothers and usually taking care of ourselves is not something close to the top of the list. When we are happier, we are better mothers! We all know that children are capable of picking up on our habits, so we might as well show them good…
Becoming a mother has been my favorite journey so far. It’s also been the hardest. I don’t think anything can fully prepare you for becoming a mother. My son, Weston, will be two here before I know it and I couldn’t have ever imagined how fast goes.
Our family was hit hard by illness back in October. We all had sinus and respiratory issues and kept passing it around between the three of us. Now with everyone coming down with the flu, and it affects people so badly, I’ve made it my personal mission to make sure no one in our house…