Basic, Never Boring
I have to admit, I’m sad Christmas is over. I love everything about the holiday and wish there was a way to press a pause button to make it go slower. Now we are entering that long, hard winter stretch that is filled with questionable weather, stir-crazy kiddos, and endless nose wiping. One way my…
Tomorrow, we celebrate Thanksgiving. We will likely gather around a table filled with food, surrounded by our large extended family, immediate family, or friends who’ve become family. So, what better time to reflect on all of the things for which we are grateful. We asked out contributors to share a little bit about what they…
“We’re going to adopt.” The words felt foreign coming out of my mouth and were mixed with tears. I was bitter, not that we were adopting, but that starting a family was so hard. Declaring our choice out loud seemed to be an admission that my body failed. We had been at a precipice for…
Happy Halloween, everyone, from the Ur Basic Mom team! In honor of the most fun (well maybe second most fun) holiday for kids, we’ve asked our contributors to share their best Halloween costumes, EVER. Check out the Ur Basic Mom team’s best Halloween costumes… in no particular order: Annie- Ur Basic ‘Pooh’ Mom My mom…
I was the child who always carried a book around. Whether I was at a family function or the dinner table you best believe there was a book close by, just in case. My love of books followed me into adulthood, and although my Kindle has made life a little less cumbersome for my own…
My son pads into my bedroom just before the sun peeks over the horizon. He crawls over me with a Matchbox car clutched in his hand and nestles into my arm. I drift back to sleep. When the crunch of gravel in the driveway stirs me again, informing me that my husband started his commute…