Monthly Archives: October 2019

The last several days as a stay-at-home mom have been very much the same. I get up with my children, make breakfast, try and fail to drink my coffee while it’s hot. We watch YouTube nursery rhyme videos, read books, make trips to the store. We go on the occasional playdate with the local mom group. We check out local zoos, splash pads, and playgrounds.

It’s fall and October! That means the evenings darken much earlier and kiddos will be spending less time outside after school. What better way...

Friends, I'm afraid it's group fundraiser season again. The kiddos are bringing music booster fundraiser kits home, with visions of incentive prizes dancing in...

Thanks to Guest Writer Lacy Curtis for sharing this post about Sex and the importance of talking to your kids about this sometimes taboo...

Who loves Wild Kratts®?! It's time to get wild and activate creature power at the new Sloan Museum Wild Kratts® Creature Power® exhibit! Sloan is only...

As the evenings cool and leaves begin to fall from trees, children across Mid-Michigan will soon emerge from their homes dresses as ghosts, witches,...

You know that feeling when you jolt awake from a nightmare? Your body floods with a blend of fear and relief. Perhaps your dream...

For the past two years, some of my girlfriends and I have gone on a river tubing adventure right before school starts up. It...

A morning routine: do you have one? Mornings can be tough. Mornings are not my friends. But with two working parents and two toddlers,...