It’s Thursday, so you know what that means. Time for me to tell you about something I’m thankful for.
I’m thankful for my four children. 
This is a tough post to write. I could really stop now. If you’re a parent, you know that I’ve already said it all, right? Or, I could go on for days [...]

That’s a fancy way of saying Book Review.
I’m kicking off my Books We Love series with Fancy Nancy. Before I begin telling you why we think these books are so wonderful, let me tell you how we were introduced to her.

When he was in first grade, Noah came home with a paper he had done [...]

Well, today was the day—the one day a year I both dread and look forward to at the same time. Mammogram day.
Why the dread?
Does it hurt? Yeah, kinda. But only for a few seconds.
Is it humiliating? Yeah, kinda. But hey, after you’ve had kids, what do you really have left to hide?
Why look forward to [...]

Who likes Mondays? Whether you’re a stay at home mom, like me or a high powered CEO, it’s back to the grind.
Laundry…grocery shopping…cooking….conference calls…reports…meetings…
What better way to perk up a Monday than with a great new recipe?
I’ve said before that coming up with new and different dishes to try and that my kids will eat [...]

Nature vs. nurture. It’s the age old question when it comes to parenting. Our children love to read. Personally, I think they were born with an affinity for books–nature. But, My husband and I have encouraged that affinity at every turn–nurture.
We began reading to our children when they were just weeks old.
Once our oldest son [...]

Every parent looks forward to that first coo, then the first word, the first phrase, the first sentence, the first conversation from their babies.

As our children settle into their sleeping bags on the living room floor tonight for a camp out–a frequent Friday night occurrence–we bring to a close a full week of nightly family game times.
We didn’t do this on purpose, no one dared us to, it just sort of evolved and took on a life of [...]

In a world where earthquakes kill thousands in a matter of seconds, financial worries plague Americans, and diseases like cancer have no cure, it’s important to remember that there is always, always, always something to be thankful for.
In the days before Thanksgiving last year, many of my facebook friends and I made a point of [...]

To many of us, them’s fightin’ words! When said by a kid or teenager to one of his/her peers, the results can be scary…
” I dare you to climb this tree…”
“I dare you to smoke this cigarette…”
“I dare you to stand on this railroad track until the last minute…”
Fortunately, most of us mature and learn [...]