A week ago I was asked if I wanted to see Peter Pan. I was told that the production was a rethinking of Peter Pan. A reinvention of the play. A restaging of the show. I was intrigued and didn’t…
Category: Kids
The Most Perfect Mother’s Day Breakfast #MothersDay
When I became a mom I had no preconceived notions about Mother’s Day. Before Mother’s Day my dad would take my sister and I out to buy a card and either a potted plant or a bouquet of flowers. On…
An Evening of Reality TV #CustomTV #Sponsored
Disclosure: I customized my TV package thanks to Verizon FiOS®, as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars. The views expressed in this post are my own. #CustomTV I need to come clean. I need to be honest. I need to…
The Power of Suggestion
It was a day like any other day. A hot summer day. I was a stay/work-at-home mom of a toddler and an infant. I was making a rare trip to Walmart with my 2.5-year-old. I had time to kill between appointments. My husband…
You Know What They Say About the Best-Laid Plans…
You know how you plan and plan and then plan some more. Just when you think your plan is set in stone something happens to derail it. You look around and think “How did that happen?!” You’re blindsided. But, if…
Musings on Swimming
As a kid going swimming meant hopping in the car, driving to the local indoor swim center in my British hometown with my dad and sister. My mother usually stayed home on those Sundays to cook the Sunday roast beef…
Graduation Wisdom For Life #Graduation #Wisdom #Sponsored
Disclosure: I was compensated to write this post by The Wisdom of Merlin: 7 Magical Words for a Meaningful Life by T.A. Barron through Crackerjack Marketing. The views expressed in the post are my own. I never graduated from high school.…
Teaching Children To Love Math
I’m a math phobe. Or is it “math phobic”? I took my last math class in 10th grade. I scraped by in my national math exams at age 16, doing just well enough on the tests to continue on with the two years…
Conquer Bedwetting with @Pampers UnderJams #ConquerBedWetting at @Walmart
Move from Baby to Toddler I changed a diaper once. Babysat one time. Gave a baby a bottle just once. This was the sum total of my “baby” experience before I had my first baby. I had never fed a baby. Or potty…
VeggieTales Toys Teach Life Lessons Through Fun #VeggieTalesFun #WeaveMade #ad
Disclosure: This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Weave Made Media® and DreamWorks, but all my opinions are my own. #weavemade #VeggieTalesfun https://my-disclosur.es/RgFrEH VeggieTales saved the day. I had a roomful of cranky toddlers. The church…
