We're all looking for inspiration to make these long days at home fresh and new. New learning ideas, new activities inside and outside, new ways to move our bodies during a time that encompasses a lot of the same,...
Spring-cleaning can be daunting. Tackle what you can and create a plan for the rest.
Eight years ago, when I decided to stay home with my first baby, I was all consumed with the snuggles, sleep schedules, nursing, and developmental milestones. But once my baby turned a year old, started sleeping through the night,...
Summer is around the corner, and for me that usually means less time cooking and more time grabbing my favorite fresh ingredients for summer salads. Give your oven a break and consider one of these delicious salads as a...
It’s Saturday afternoon, kid extracurriculars are done for the day, and you and the family want to get out and enjoy the amazing weather. Where can you go so both parents and kids will enjoy themselves and all have...
Mom’s get asked a lot of questions and are required to make a lot of decisions every day. Let’s create some mental space and think through easy wardrobe options that keep us confident, cool and don’t require a lot...
Yes, you read that right! I called this a get-together and not a dinner party because it's just so darn easy that I think it removes itself entirely from anything fancy enough to be Pinterest-worthy.
I loved the years of...
You’ve been working overtime to ensure your family experiences the joy and magic of the holiday season: buying and wrapping gifts, making food to share with family and friends, keeping up with your family’s holiday traditions, making new ones....
“I know I should be better about keeping a budget but I don’t even know where to start. and I don’t want to spend a lot of time on it.”
Stop thinking of it as something you have to do...
I love all things Christmas. Decorations, cookies, Santa, tiny kids recreating the Nativity scene, Christmas pageants, red and green and blue and sparkles and glitter and carols and reindeer. The one thing I don't love about this season? Gift...
December 27, 2013, my husband and I got a life changing phone call that we were new parents to a little girl.
She had brown hair, brown eyes, and a Christmas birthday.
Who would expect that last detail would be such...
Have you ever seen Under the Tuscan Sun? There is a scene where Diane Lane’s character talks about choosing a room and making it yours. I started on a quest to find small ways to start home organization projects.
We...
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Save the Date :: July Kid-Friendly Events in Dallas
How do $2 movies sound? Or concerts by the lake? A magic show . . . the circus? There is so much to do with the kids this month! Have a look at our roundup of family-friendly July events in Dallas.
