I think we can all agree that cannoli are a fantastic addition to any holiday dessert line up. These Italian pastries are crispy and creamy and sweet. And delicious! The only hang up – they’re time consuming to make. At least time consuming in my book. Who has time to fill individual tubes? I prefer …

Veterans Day is coming up on November 11th and after seeing too many Facebook posts mixing up this day with Memorial Day (May 28th), I think it’s high time we Americans learn the difference between the two important holidays so we can teach our children what patriotism really means. And I’ll give you a hint: …

Oops. The Tooth Fairy forgot to come last night and now we have a crying kid on our hands. Hey, it happens to the best of us! So when this inevitably does happen at least once, to at least one of your kids, we’ve got you covered. Here are 20 believable reasons why the Tooth …

Right when I think our home library is full and we are in need of no new books, I discover something we can’t live without. Most recently, Muddle and Match books! All four of my children – ages 1, 2, 6, and 8 – love Kane Miller’s Muddle and Match books. They’re fun and silly …

Yesterday was Halloween and I loved seeing all the costumed kids come to my door for the processed sugar yumminess I was handing out. Most of the kids I saw were the typical toddler or 5-7 age range. But at one point, a young couple with their first child came to my door and guess …

I love to enter contests, and my husband jokes that I win them often enough that we should be declaring the value of my prizes on our taxes. And because of contests I’ve ended up following a lot of brands on Instagram: I follow a brand I like, who partners with a brand for a …

You know something? Kids can be mean. Little kids, big kids, tween kids, teen kids—you name an age group, and the kids in it can behave in unkind ways. When they’re little, we chalk it up to their stage of development, and we guide them on how to use their words and not their bodies, …

My four year old (yes, FOUR) lost her first tooth a few weeks ago so we recently had a visit to our house from the Tooth Fairy. Since my kid is on the younger side for loosing her baby teeth, I wasn’t prepared for this! I had only one day from the time she told …

I don’t remember when I first stumbled upon Laura Vanderkam, but I am so happy I did – she, and her methods, have given me so much of my precious time back just by restructuring it – especially when it comes to the weekend! Vanderkam is an author, speaker, podcaster, and mom, who studies time …

Potty training is one of those milestones that parents would like to get to and finish quickly. They are desperate to ditch the diapers but potty training can be a struggle. It can be messy. It can be frustrating for both parent and child. Potty training is one of those rites of passage that every parent …

You know what bothers me? Dirty walls. And fingerprints on windows. And crumbs that collect in my silverware drawer! I’ve never been the perfect, clean freak but at least I stayed on top of those things back before I had kids. But ever since popping out not one, but two little walking tornados, I can’t …

It feels like yesterday that I gave birth to my daughter. But, apparently, it was eight years ago! Eight whole years! Wow! This year, for her birthday, she browsed Amazon all on her own for birthday gift ideas. I showed her how to add things to a wish list and, perhaps more important, how NOT …