I am a baby person.  I love visiting new little bundles, and get extremely excited when friends and people in my life have a baby.  Sometimes I have to dial back my excitement and remember what it was like to be the one with the new baby 🙂 Here’s some things to keep in mind when scheduling a …

As parents we’re always brainstorming ways to simplify our lives, make things easier and enrich our children’s experiences. One Israeli mom, Debbie Elnatan, has created something magnificent to not only enrich, but revolutionize her son’s day to day life. Debbie’s son has cerebral palsy and in order to help him walk she developed the Upsee. …

Nobody wants to think about breast cancer.  It’s a scary subject, right?  Okay, how many of you do a monthly breast self-exam, raise your hand?  That’s what I thought!  There are a lot of you who aren’t doing them.  Come on ladies!  Let’s get to know our breasts a little better! We go out of …

Having grown up in Southern California, my husband has very fond memories of visiting the La Brea Tar Pits as a child. He couldn’t wait to take our twin boys there, but we’ve held off for fear that they were too young. Well, we finally decided to visit last week (the boys turn 3 in …

It’s week 2 of our Building a House with Pinterest series. In case you are just joining us, this is an 8-9 week series of posts giving you an inside look at my life right now building a house with Pinterest inspiration. This is the first house that we’ve actually had built and gotten to …

I will be super mom! That was the thought going through my head on a recent afternoon as I stood over the hot stove, my 20-month-old son standing on his chair next to me, stirring homemade play dough around a pot. Twenty minutes, one large pile of goo, and a sink full of dishes later, …

Whoever invented cake pops was obviously in the mood for cake but didn’t want to feel guilty when they went back for seconds and thirds 😉 Despite them being so tiny, they’re delicious and so cute! So we’ve rounded up some fun recipes for you to try, or simply to drool over. Raspberry Stuffed Cake …

It’s How-To Monday, people! Today, we are back to car seats! Nope, not an installation video but another how-to video when it comes to buckling a child in the seat. Let me take a second and tell you why we haven’t (and probably won’t!) do a “how to install a car seat” video. There are …

With Earth Day coming up next month (April 22), it’s a great time to think about helping your kids connect with nature. To support that effort, you might want to join wildlifenation.org, an online community launched in January by the National Wildlife Federation. The aim of Wildlife Nation is to connect people with each other …

Welcome to The Rose City … Portland, Oregon! Portland is a beautiful and unique city tucked in the Northwest corner of the United States. It’s a bit out of the way if you’re the driving sort, but absolutely worth a flight and at least a week’s stay. Take a peek at the all that Portland …

We recently took our twin boys to the movie theater for the first time to see Disney’s Frozen. They had just turned 2 1/2. We’d toyed with the idea for months, but were unsure whether the boys were ready to sit through an entire movie in a dark theater. Ultimately, we decided to take a …

Some of you already know that my family is in the middle of a big move. After struggling to sell our Chicago home for over 3 years, this past January it finally happened! We had been living in a staged, for-sale home for so long that I overheard my 4 year old giving showings on …