Not so many years ago, Halloween costume shopping for little ones was so easy. I would see a costume in the store perfect for my baby, toddler, or preschooler, and buy it. Or I would browse online and see a costume I knew…
Category: Preteens and Tweens
Musings on Travel: Spending the Day at the Kennedy Space Center #kennedyspacecenter #travel #vacation #fl #collegetourcation
Disclosure: I was given tickets for my family to visit the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to facilitate my review. The views expressed in this post are my own. Road Tripping To Florida This summer we embarked on a road…
Musings on Travel: A College Tour and a Vacation Rolled in To One… #CollegeTourCation #travel #vacation #fl
The College Search The College Tour is in full swing. This is my second ride on the “College Tour Bus” with a child. The first College Tour happened two summers ago when Child #1 toured colleges in Pennsylvania, North Carolina,…
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…
