Let your child get bored

In a world that is so fast-paced, we need to let our children become bored from time to time! Boredom actually allows the brain to recover from the overstimulated world that we live in. So many parents think that it’s their responsibility to fill every moment of their child’s time with activities, extracurriculars or screens. …

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Gift guide for active toddlers

We all know what it's like to get ants in our pants. Kids especially need to burn off their energy because they have so much of it. Some kids are just climbers, others could use a little help with coordination but nearly all kids just need to move. These gifts are perfect for just that! …

Our Second Wedding Anniversary

In two days, Halloween, it will be our second wedding anniversary and ELEVEN year dating anniversary.... Wow, that doesn’t even seem real. I'm choosing to write this now because Halloween is all about the kids and I know I'll be caught up in the hustle and bustle! Our relationship was a rollercoaster for years. Extremely …

Christmas Gift Guide for Toddlers

Judge me if you must, but I’m totally that person that puts up the Christmas tree before Thanksgiving. No it's not up yet but I'm already getting antsy. My husband gives me a hard time about my eagerness every year. Some people may say that I’m getting ahead of myself but I just like to …

How to sterilize a Wubbanub pacifier

Maybe it’s allergies, maybe it’s a little cold but everyone in our house has been a little stuffy lately. With a new baby I’m on high alert because my daughters are obsessed with giving their new sister kisses... aka, smothering their little sister’s face with their wet mouths and runny noses. No thanks! I’ve been …

Our third baby is here!

We had our baby!!! — Three weeks ago... I’m sorry guys but finding time to blog while managing two toddlers and a newborn while averaging 1.5-2 hours of sleep per night, nope, not happening. Well until now that is! Here’s the story of our third baby's birth— I was 38 weeks pregnant. The longest I …

23 things I’ve learned in 23 years

Today is my birthday and as you could have guessed from the title, I'm 23! 22 has been an amazing year for me. I found God, I got married to my gentle giant of a husband, we welcomed our second daughter into the world, we watched our first-born grow into an independent "big girl," I reconnected …