If you're looking for a blog with a beautiful design, heartfelt writing, and updated content? Check out "Ode to Umbrella Moments." It's the featured blog this week on Light Iris' "Popular with Moms" eNewsletter...and for good reason. I check it daily - and am often inspired and encouraged and humored by the "mom musings" that […]
Today I went baby shower shopping for a good friend of mine. My original plan was to buy her gift online for the sake of convenience on both of our parts - I wouldn't have to venture out to Target or Babies-R-Us and she wouldn't have to worry about lugging her gift from the shower […]
For those of you who don't know, I work from home for the local school district in my community. It's an amazing district - lots of competent, intelligent, and innovative people who are committed to helping students and families. I have many "wow, I am so incredibly fortunate to be working with so many brilliant […]
My little girl will be 1 in a month. I can't believe it. It all seems so surreal. She was inside of me. Then, she arrived and turned out world upside down. And, now, she is a happy little "mover and shaker" - crawling, standing, giggling, babbling, winning our hearts every minute of every day. […]
I am a big fan of baby-friendly places and places that cater to kids (and their parents). One way that restaurants can do that is to offer free meals to kids. If you head on over to the Kids Eat Free website, you can find a listing of restaurants that do just that. The results […]
There I was, balancing all of my plates in the air, with relative grace and ease. Wife. Friend. Volunteer. Professional. Educator. Learner. Writer. Dreamer. Then, in one beautiful moment that I will never forget, my little blue-eyed beauty was born. She entered gently and triumphantly - she overwhelmed us in a magical and mysterious way […]
Thanks to Kevin Burke over at light iris for featuring my blog in his "Popular with Moms" e-newsletter. In case you don't know...Light Iris is a "new brand and website for expectant and new moms" with the goal of providing "information and tools specific to new moms' needs."
Have you seen the advertisements for Johnson's BEDTIME BATH and BEDTIME LOTION? The website claims that they have discovered "3 easy steps to a better night's sleep." The three steps are: 1. Bath2. Massage3. Quietly off to sleep (reading to your child, singing a lullaby, saying a prayer, etc.) Johnson's asserts that their products have […]