With holiday parties in full swing from Christmas open houses to New Year’s Eve bashes, many of us will be on the road this holiday season.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Ad Council are reminding everyone that the best way to keep your family safe it to plan ahead and designate a…

You know the drill.  We’ve all been there.  You’ve saved for a couple of years to take your family on the dream vacation of a lifetime, and five minutes into the first day at least one of your children is in tears because you won’t let him have a six inch tall stuffed animal that…

I’m going to admit right now that I am not the world’s greatest housekeeper.  My idea of organization is neatly stacked piles.  My idea of clean is quickly swept heavily trafficked areas and sanitized bathrooms and kitchens. And yet, I know what I don’t like when it comes to cleaning my house.  I don’t like…

Have you begun to decorate for the holidays?  Share your images with us at Resourceful Mommy on Facebook! Wordless/Wordful Wednesday Linky

I once saw an episode of Oprah where women sat on the stage, tears streaming down their faces, talking about horrible experiences they had had during medical appointments.  One woman shared a shocking comment her OB/GYN made while examining her, another told a tale of being humiliated by a nurse.  All of them had one…

You know the old saying. An apple a day…is just about impossible to get my kid to eat. Not the way you remembered it?  When my daughter was a toddler, I was sure nutrition would never be an issue for her.  She snacked on fruit and even vegetables often as we went about our normal…

Today is the first Sunday of Advent, or in my house, the first Sunday that I can decorate the house for Christmas, sing “O Holy Night” at the top of my lungs, buy a Christmas tree and not feel guilty.  It is also when I will display my Advent Calendars and begin the countdown to…

My daughter and I on our first trips to Disney: riding the monorail, meeting the mice, flying on an airplane (left: 1981, right: 2008). Wordless Wednesday Linky

Remember all of those moments when your children were infants that were magical in the most simple, easy ways?  This picture of my now nearly seven year old daughter is one of my favorites.  It used to be that all it took to make her happy was a ride in what my husband called “the…

Every year my children participate in the Operation Christmas Child program as one of their Cherub Choir service projects.  Throughout the choir season, the kids raise money for a child they sponsor through Compassion International and collect items for those in need, but Operation Christmas Child remains their favorite service project of the year. Run…

Last weekend my family and I drove nearly four hours back to my tiny little hometown in central Pennsylvania.  Some things never change.  The same groups of friends that always sat together in the cafeteria huddled around the same table again.  Cris is still the life of the party.  Jen is still boy crazy.  Kristie…

I’m going to apologize in advance.  You’re probably expecting the type of witty, touching, or simply resourceful post you’ve come to expect from my wife.  Not today.  Today you’re stuck with me, her husband.  Unfortunately for you, as a federal employee for the last 10 years, pretty much any creative writing ability I previously possessed…

When I held my daughter in my arms six years ago, looking down at her, I imagined little fingers playing the piano, little feet dancing excitedly, a little voice singing to the rooftops with me at her side, singing and dancing and playing my heart out, too.  It turns out that children are their own…

What a magical way to spend a birthday…. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10729304 Wordless Wednesday Linky Did you post a Wordless or Wordful Wednesday today that you’d like to share with Resourceful Mommy readers?  Link up here so we can visit your post!

On Friday I heard a knock at my door and ran to get it thinking it may be more neighbors stopping by to introduce themselves.  Instead I found a box leaned up against my door.  The first thing I noticed was the return address: Celebration, FL.  I tried not to let my heart begin to…

Resourceful Mommy is turning 33 tomorrow.  No, not the blog.  The writer.  Me.  Amy Lupold Bair.  And I want you to celebrate with me. I know that by now I shouldn’t care so much about my birthday, but the fact is that I like any excuse to have fun and do what I want to…

Each day for thirty days I am making an effort to give of my time, my talents, my treasures as part of the 30 Day Giving Challenge.  Some days are carefully thought out and crafted – like the day I participated in my favorite radio station’s fundraiser by making a pledge or the choices that…

…is never done.  Okay, so my husband does just as much laundry as I do, but this was my upstairs hallway last weekend.  It truly felt like a laundromat had exploded in my house as I rushed to wash the kids’ new fall clothes.  After waiting weeks to transition closets because of our impending move,…

When I agreed to participate in the 30 Day Giving Challenge, I took a blind leap of faith.  I wasn’t certain what the requirements were, just that I respected and admired those already signed on to participate.  I didn’t know what I would blog about, just that my own heart for giving had begun to…

This week I’m resurrecting an old Resourceful Mommy meme, Tricks of the Trade, featuring quick posts with easy tips to hopefully make your life as a parent just a bit easier. I’ve found over the years that come closet clean out/transition time, I am surprised by the clothes that my kids rarely wore and have…