family
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On the Rise…or not
For a couple years now I have been experimenting, trying to find a good recipe to make sandwich bread for my family. With prices on store bought bread and all the unknown ingredients in reasonably priced bread I wanted to learn to make it myself, at home. Now, I attended baking school, though…
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Sick Day
As a mom we know there are no true sick days when you have children to take care of. Unless you are so sick you need to stay away from your kids so they won’t be sick, you have to continue on as a parent as best as possible. So, how do you handle…
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Meal Planning Tips
As a stay at home mom one of my many tasks is meal planning. I’m sure many people who probably don’t meal plan correctly think that all meal planning is is planning meals for X amount of days and then go buy the groceries to make them. It’s a bit more than that especially…
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Parental Words of Wisdom
– Take it one day at a time. Each day with your kids will be different so just take it one step, one day at a time. – It’s ok to walk away from your kids. If you need a minute to calm down and collect yourself, make sure they are in a…
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Life Update
Lately like has been a crazy whirlwind. We celebrated our youngest turning one, my toddler is right in the midst of the terrible twos and I have not been able to catch a break with my health. While celebrating my son’s first birthday was such a a happy time with such a sweet…
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Hitting the Water
Today my little family was inviting to go creeking by a good friend of ours. She was going have her son and a few of her family’s kids. Now, my kids love playing in the water in the bathtub but don’t have much experience in outdoor free flowing water. I didn’t know if they…
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How to be a calm parent
There are so many parents out there that wonder how they can be calm and patient with their kids. I have wondered how to as well. I honestly don’t know an exact answer to give you other than you just have to be determined to be calm and patient. Now being determined to…
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Unplanned Zoo Trip
This year for my husband’s birthday we decided to get him an experience gift instead of some items off a shelve in a store. We invested in a family pass for a nearby zoo. With his birthday coming up on Friday I went ahead and bought the membership yesterday so we would be ready…