I’ve always been a breakfast girl. French toast, yes! Pancakes, even better! Toast with apricot jam, one of my favorite! But recently, I’ve come to realize that I feel much better throughout the day if I start it off with a protein rich breakfast. Hence, the birth of a Starbuck’s copycat – the Sausage and …

Have another baby on the way? While you may have thought of fun ways to tell everyone you’re expecting, you may still need ideas on how to tell your own child that another baby is on the way. Today I want to share some ideas with you on how to give your child the news …

Don’t you love it when you come home from a hard day of work to find your loving Italian grandmother hovering over the stove stirring a huge pot of spaghetti sauce that she has been working on all day? Boy, I do. Except that it never happens to me. First of all, I’m German. Second, …

It’s time for a Twix Brownie Recipe. This weekend we were invited to our neighbor’s house to hang out. Well, really they invited another couple over for the afternoon and they wanted us there to bring more conversation. You know, make it less awkward. We aren’t shy people so they figured we would come in …

You bring your child for their yearly well check up and after everything goes well, the nurse comes in telling you all the vaccines your child needs this time around. They say weird names like Hib, Rotavirus, and Diphtheria. You have no idea what those names mean, or if you do, you aren’t quite sure …

I recently hosted a baby shower for two friends, both of whom are having their second child. Both moms wanted something low key because it was their second child, but I couldn’t have a baby shower without a little bit of a theme. A teenie weenie little smidge of a theme was necessary to elevate …

Okay, we’ve all seen bad school photos before, right? It’s either happened to you or maybe your child? It was a bad haircut or the child is making a funny face or the photographer caught them with their eyes closed. Sure, it happens. My 3rd grade photo wasn’t the best with this Princess Leia hairdo …

This just in- diaper bags aren’t just for moms. If you think about it, there are probably plenty of times that your husband is with your baby when you aren’t. And if your husband is like mine, he isn’t totally thrilled with carrying around a frilly diaper bag. Good thing for my husband (and yours) …

It seemed like there was a bit of interest in a follow up to Classic Books to Read With Your Daughter – so, here it is! Although my little man is just 8 months, I’ve been gleaning wisdom from other boy moms on the books I should add to our book shelf. These books have …

We are already thinking about great gifts for Mother’s Day and here is the best idea if you have a mom like mine. I’m sharing this idea with you early because with everyone’s busy schedules, it does take a bit of work to get your family all on board and to get this one done. …

If you haven’t heard about Amber Dusick and her blog over at www.crappypictures.com, then you have got to come out from under that rock and join the world. Amber started a blog about her day-to-day experiences with her two sons, now aged 5 and 2, using (in her words) crappy illustrations, and people loved it. …

By Guest Blogger – Beth Cooper Now that the weather is starting to warm up I have begun think about planting our garden.  And when I say “planting our garden,” I mean “my husband planting our garden.”  That’s his thing.  He does the garden in the back yard; I do the flowers in the front …