“When are you due?” “Are you finding out the sex?” “Is it a boy or a girl?” “Which do you want?” For the last couple of months these are the most common questions I answer during adult conversations. The first two are easy. The third, up until yesterday, was “we don’t know”. But that last(…)
You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, To pick up a book and read with a child. You’re never too busy, too cool, or too hot, To pick up a book and share what you’ve got. In schools and communities, Let’s gather round, Let’s pick up a book, Let’s pass it around. There are(…)
Gah. I feel like I write this post about three times a year. First of all – I feel the need to caveat all of this. Yes, there are TWO boys that live in my house. Bryan has TWO sons. Of COURSE we count both of them. But for the sake of my ovaries, I(…)
Like most entrepreneurs, today’s Small Business Saturday owner took a hobby she was passionate about and turned it into a thriving business, but Mary Ellen Pollard is no ordinary photographer. “After my son was born, I began to pick up my camera more and more and found that the passion for capturing every little milestone(…)
The following event happened a couple years ago but whenever whenever we have sick ones in the house and I start to get worn down, I think about this and it reminds me that this Mommy gig is hard but totally worth it. We had been dealing with lots of poop at our house. A(…)
It’s going to be a gorgeous weekend with tons of fun family activities to do. Who could ask for anything more? Certainly not me, especially since it’s still February. There is SO MUCH to do this weekend that we are just hitting the highlights in our weekend picks this week and you’ll definitely want to(…)
Since my boys were old enough to drink out of a sippy cup, I’ve been slipping them “Shrek Juice”. I was getting worried when they went through a No-Green-Thing-Will-Ever-Pass-These-Lips phase and my pediatrician suggested giving some of the green juices at the grocery store a try. The key was to use an opaque cup with(…)
