By: Jessica DiRamio Summer vacation will be here before we know it. If your kids are anything like mine, they begin asking “what’s next”, the second school lets out. I am fortunate enough to stay home with them, so the thought of summer vacation no longer stresses me out, as it did when I worked … More 10 Weeks of “What Are We Doing Today, Mom?”
By: Kristen Clifford Being a Mommy is hard and being a new Mom is even harder. Over time I have grown to love and depend on a few baby products. Every Mom’s list of favorite baby products may differ, but these are mine: 1 – Baby Carrier – I personally am so in love with … More Top 10 Favorite Baby Products (Part 1)
By: Martianne Stanger “Hi. I’m Martianne, and I’m a Playground Junkie.” There. I said it. I admitted it. In the past six years since I became a mother, I have also become addicted to playgrounds. I am a confirmed addict, who almost never leaves the house without a bag packed with snacks, drinks, extra clothes, … More Playground Junkie
By: Sheila Gaudet As the mom to two busy boys, I expect my fair share of bumps and bruises, jokes that involve potty humor and the sharp pain in your foot you get from stepping on lego pieces. A little over a week ago I got one of those calls. The ones you prepare yourself … More Boys Will Be Boys
By Robin Ruehrwein The other day I was talking to my six year old and it hit me like a ton of bricks – I sounded just like my mother. As I’m writing this, I honestly can’t remember what it was (thank you mommy brain), but I remember actually stopping myself in my tracks and … More Things I Never Thought I’d Say As A Mom
By: Abby Keane For about two weeks after finding out I was pregnant with Eamon, every night after putting Finn to bed, I would cry. I thought Finn would hate me for changing his life, I felt terrible that this huge upheaval would be coming and there was no way to really prepare him, and … More Brotherly Love
By: Kristen Clifford You know that expression “everyone is a perfect parent, until they have kids?” Well, I never quite understood what people meant when they said that, until I had kids of my own. Three years ago whenever I was out in public and would see a tantruming toddler, or a parent that was … More Perfect Parent
By Sheila Gaudet I vaguely remember a time where I got places on time, neatly dressed and groomed, with all the papers I needed captured in files that were actually labeled in some kind of order. The past few weeks I’ve been trying to figure out when, exactly, I fell apart. At first I thought … More Mommy Brain
By Tanya Pimental Broken crayons make me sad. And this is why I buy them so often. I even take out the broken ones and keep them in their own box. I hate to throw them away and yet I am not quite sure what I should do with the ever growing box. Instant happiness … More Get Crafty
By Tanya Pimental My Google Reader currently has 211 unread items. Now I need to find the time to weed through it. I’ll have to scroll quickly and stop only to drool over the delicious recipe photos in hopes of adding new things to my menu plan this week. My subscription list needs to be … More Internet Mommy
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