Mom Monday

Mom Monday: Aimless

This summer has been…interesting. I have all 4 kids home (for the most part), am doing a bit of blog conferencing, we have some vacation planned, and am trying to institute more time for me. While I should be embracing the summer, spending days at the pool, and making playdates for the kids, I’m not. [...]

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Kids and Sharing: Tips and wise words from a 4 year old

Most days as a mom it’s tough to know if I’m doing it “right.“ I especially worry about my youngest getting the short end of the stick, but then he says something and I realize despite the differences in our life, the occasional yelling, and the scrambling to get everything done; he is still getting the [...]

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Kids Clean Up: How to get your kids to clean up

Kids cleaning up? Sounds like a tall order, but you can teach your kids to clean up after themselves and pitch in around the house, and it’s easier than you think no matter what age they are. With 4 kids in the house we have a ton of stuff, and it’s not always easy to [...]

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Mom Monday: Dealing with Mommy Guilt

It’s Monday. For most people that means they have a case of the blahs, for me that means I have Monday Mom guilt. Every Monday for the last few months I have been leaving the kids with a close friend who is a former nanny, and an amazing mom to work alone for about 5 [...]

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Date Night at Please Touch Museum

On Saturday night I had a date with my 6 year old. If you’ve never done a date with your kids, I highly recommend it. With 4 kids at home, we try to make date night a priority so we can spend one on one time with each child and reconnect. So this Mom Monday [...]

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the first broken bone

I never broke a bone as a kid. Sure I had scabs on top of scabs on my knees from rolling skating, a rather bad scrape from falling off my bike once, and a number of other minor injuries, but never a broken bone. I’ve been a mom for 12 years, and I have to [...]

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Mom Monday: Legos, Legos, and more Legos

photo credit: Travis Isaacs Is this a familiar scene? It sure is in my house where we have $200 in storage bins that hold an enormous, expensive Lego collection that has been growing for the last 6 years. Lego is one of my most loved brands. Not only for the amazing skills it brings my [...]

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Mom Monday: Sometimes you need a break

This post comes to you live from the rainy Delaware beach from my parent’s house. I don’t know about you, but beach + 40 and rainy=no fun. The kids are on Spring Break and I thought it would be a perfect time for me to rest my neck, catch up on work, and prepare for [...]

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Tooth Fairy visits: How much does she bring your kids?

The tooth fairy made a visit to our house on Saturday night. She flew in silently and left a gift (a new purse) and a one dollar gold coin for my 6 year old, Audrey, under her pillow. It was the first time she lost a tooth. The purse was a special gift, and every [...]

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Moms can’t do it all: 365 Days of Homecooking FAIL

I have to be honest, that’s just who I am. I have totally failed on the homecooking front. My 365 days of homecooking challenge was too overwhelming with all the other stuff we have going on in our lives. I will say I have a tendency to jump into things with both feet, and think [...]