When I wasn’t looking, year 33 crept up on me, and with a husband pushing 40, we aren’t as young as we used to be. I’m not as wise as I hope to be someday, but I am thankful that I have learned a thing or two in the last decade of life. It’s an interesting thing about wisdom, that you typically have… View Post
Apple Cider, Chocolate, and Family Adventure Success
This is a story about my son’s first time tasting apple cider and my first trip down a 100-foot slide. And s’mores. There ain’t no party like a bonfire party. The township where we live has an active parks and recreation department, and it’s one of my favorite things about living where we do. (I’m pretty interested to sneak into… View Post
Music for Little Ones that Won’t Drive You Crazy
I love music for so many reasons. To lift a mood, to create a mood, to motivate, to soothe, to sing with, to dance to, to bring people together. To help put my baby to sleep. To calm him in the car. To entertain him when tensions run high. To set a tone for family fun. Our living room houses… View Post
10 Things I Love About Toddlers
People are always talking about how great newborns are, with the new-baby-head-smell and all that. To be honest, for the first three days of my son’s life I thought that the smell of his Pampers Swaddlers was his “new baby smell.” I was bewildered thinking why people raved about it. When I finally realized I had been smelling the diapers all along, I was… View Post