Basic, Never Boring
All over the world right now, parents who normally send their kids to school Monday through Friday of every week are finding themselves facing school closures for two weeks or more. It’s unsettling, especially for parents who have to work to put food on the table but equally don’t want their children to turn into…
I’m a member of many Facebook “mom groups” and I’m more active in some than others. We need to talk about why we are increasingly seeing phrases like “please no bad comments” or “no negative comments” after a post when the mom is just looking for simple advice. I have been thinking of writing a…
With schools canceling all across the country, many of us parents have found ourselves as instant educators. This new reality can be terrifying, anxiety-inducing, and confusing all at once. We’ve all been watching as a crazy amount of resources float around the internet. These, in and of themselves are panic attack inducing. So, we thought…
For the past week or so, I’ve been inundated with calls and texts from well-meaning loved ones. All of them checking in to see how we are holding up under the stress of the current pandemic and all of the restrictions it has brought with it. The sentiment is sweet and all, but really our…
If you are anything like me, you have a few select children’s book authors that you have shared with your kids. But after those, you might be asking yourself, “who else is out there?” Here’s my list of authors that you need to share with the little loves in your life. Eric Carle With an…
We’re basically all stuck inside and quarantined for the foreseeable future. Life can be tough with schools closed, eLearning and at-home learning, working remotely, and bars and restaurants shut down (hope you stocked up on wine – wink, wink). We promise you, you can get through this!. Have no fear, we’ve got you covered! We’re…
My son loves everything mint, and adding chocolate just makes it even better. These mint chocolate chip cookies are perfect for him. I tried dyeing these with a safe dye for him since we are a dye-free family. But every safe dye I used ended up baking to pink. So I left out the dyes…
For as long as I can remember our family has adorned sparkly green garb, ate corned beef hash with baked cabbage, and danced to Celtic cd’s and tunes like MacNamara’s Band by Bing Crosby to celebrate our Irish Heritage. Though we’d tip our hat to good ole Ireland as often as we could throughout the…
At least that’s how it is for me. I met my husband when I was 19. Went to college, got married, and finished grad school. I supported my husband’s military career. I drank and partied. I wanted to make him happy and make him love me more. That is how I thought. When I say…
We have these things in a lot of the houses here in the southwest and we call them “pot shelves”. They are high ledges up by the ceiling, so it’s not a place you can put things you use all the time. It’s more of a display area. You’ll usually find them in most of…