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Category Archives: Parenting

Shutterfly Photo Gifts Twitter Party

Shutterfly Photo Gifts Twitter Party

With so many gift giving events coming up this spring, wouldn’t it be great to turn to one place for everything you need for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Graduation?  Thankfully Shutterfly has every holiday and event covered with a huge selection of personalized photo gifts for Graduation, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.  Join us… Continue Reading

Introducing Rayovac Advanced High Energy Alkaline Batteries

Introducing Rayovac Advanced High Energy Alkaline Batteries

My kids are high energy.  Actually, my life is high energy.  We are constantly on the go and needing our most important devices to work including our digital cameras as we take pictures of everything from 5K races… …to hiking in the mountains near our home. Even when we’re at home, the action doesn’t slow… Continue Reading

Oh, the Places Moms Go

Oh, the Places Moms Go

With sincerest apologies to Dr. Seuss…   We have brains in our heads And feet in our pumps Sometimes we look awesome Sometimes it’s all frump We’re on our own and we know what we know We make every decision about where things go We run our own businesses Run the house, too Our day… Continue Reading

The Horse That Pooped Frost

Remember those ridiculous conversations you used to have when you were a teenager or maybe while sitting around procrastinating with friends in college, up during all hours of the night, sometimes affected by substances?  I had no idea before becoming a mom that having children was a gateway back into those conversations that can turn… Continue Reading

Yes, I am Sheltering My Kids

Yes, I am Sheltering My Kids

This morning I read a post on my friend Jennifers’s blog Hip As I Wanna Be called No, My 12 Year Old Won’t Visit Your Bedroom, and my first instinct was to pull my kids out of school, throw away all technology, draw the blinds, and play board games together in happy family harmony until they’re twenty-five…. Continue Reading

Siblings at Birthday Parties

Siblings at Birthday Parties

I distinctly remember wanting desperately to be included in my older brother’s parties when I was a kid from his sleepovers with just a couple of the boys in his class to the volleyball game in the backyard when he turned fifteen to – and I cannot believe  I’m admitting this – the night my… Continue Reading

Love Your Veggies™ Lunch Break for Schools

Love Your Veggies™ Lunch Break for Schools

As a member of the Hidden Valley Ranch Parenting Panel, I am happy to announce this week’s launch of the Lunch Break for Schools program.  With fundraising events happening all week throughout the country, the Lunch Break for Schools program is partnering with celebrity chefs to help promote healthy eating habits and proper nutrition among… Continue Reading