All my decorations came down as soon as we got home and Christmas was over for our family on 12/27. Our tree was ceremoniallly placed in our burn pile outside, of wh...
I DO!! We moved into this house in a pinch (we rent), and while I love that I have a basement (although it's unfinished and reeeally creepy and full of cave crickets,...
My daughter (2 1/2) is having a friend come over for a play date next week. Her friend, Ava who is almost 5, has been over before (as her mother and I are friends), b...
I think I am having an identity chrisis! Sometimes I feel like I am here strictly to serve my husband and kids and outside that, I'm supposed to just sit in the corn...
Curious to see what others expect. I was raised to believe that no one other than the oldest and youngest relatives are really "guests" at a family gathering, that ev...
My 2 1/2 year old, out of boredom and possibly anger, will pull all of her clothes out of her dresser, all her drawers, cubby holes and small cupboard. When we put he...
We have a wonderful newly adopted 10 year old girl who has never had a birthday party. She constantly talks about her upcoming party in Jan and is so excited. The p...
With the holidays around, reality has set in that I am a soon to be divorced mother of 3. During my marriage, due to exerting so much energy into running the business...
I am having trouble keeping up with everything. I work from home and have flexible hours. My kids are 8 and 6, so I feel like I should be doing just fine with all tha...
Thanks to generous extended family, my children have all they could want for toys, etc. For the past two years I have struggled with my meager budget to find them th...