When I first decided to become a stay at home mom it was a bit of an adjustment for me. I had always been an on the go person, who liked to be “busy”. Looking back on my pre-child life I have no idea what I was so busy doing….but that’s a whole other blog […]
My Baby Essentials
Upon becoming pregnant with our first child my mind started to come up with lists of what I was going to need to take care of our baby. I began to agonize over what to put on our baby registry. I researched products. I talked to people about what they liked. I spent hours on […]
Thanksgiving Our Way 2018
The first few years of being a mom I was so excited to cook Thanksgiving dinner. I wanted to learn how to roast a beautiful turkey, make pumpkin pie with flaky crust and homemade whole berry cranberry sauce. I spent time googling recipes and watching YouTube videos learning how to do all this because, ” I […]
Gratitude
“If the only prayer you say in your entire life is “thank you,”that would suffice.”Meister Eckhart My stepdad sent me the above quote and I think it is just lovely. Showing gratitude towards others is something I am trying hard to teach my children. The benefits of gratitude for kids and adults is numerous; better […]
Siblings
Anika, Jacob and I were at a local farm the other day for a hay ride with some friends. Afterwards we went inside to buy an apple cider donut when this young man in his 20s approached us. He excitedly asked , “Did I overhear that someone over here was named Anika?!” Anika answered, “yes […]
Creating a Baby Shower Registry
I was all about the stuff my first baby go around. I registered for all the baby things. If someone told me about a product that was helpful for their baby I wanted it. The problem with this is that every baby is different. What works for one, might not work for another. The other […]
Buying new glasses
My glasses broke…actually they were broken…by my one year old son. I wear contacts the majority of the time but I do like to have a pair of glasses to put on at night to give my eyes a break. My husband, during a shopping trip to LensCrafters in the mall, in which our one […]
How I knew I was done with two…
Recently I took my kids to watch a play at one of our local theaters. As I sat in the audience of the show, my four year old daughter on one side of my lap and my one year old son on the other, I looked down and was struck with the feeling that I […]
10 Alternative Baby Registry Ideas
After having a baby people were always generously offering to help. Looking back on it it would have been great if I had actually let them. Instead, I felt uncomfortable and as though I were putting them out if I suggested something I needed. It would have been better if I would have prepared a […]
Time not Toys
The car needed an oil change with my kids accompanying me. After dropping it off the three of us sat down on the floor of the dealerships playroom and began to rummage through a big toy box of random plastic toys. It contained dinosaurs, cars, a tea set and the highlight for Anika, a few […]