Things My Mother Taught Me
I love my girls. They are wonderful daughters, sweet to each other {at least they are as I write this post} and I hope one day they will be amazing wives and mothers. I have learned so much from my own...
View ArticleDallas Mom Invents Easier Way to Make Dinner
Awhile back I came across the Slow Cooker Mate online. It is a slow cooker with three different areas so a full meal can be completed in one pot. It was one of those things that I see and say, “What...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Parenting Failure
Hi, my name is LaShawn and I am a parenting failure… Hi, LaShawn! The amazing thing is…I am OK with my failures. * Chase will be 3 years old in two months and has not even begun potty training. He has...
View ArticleDressing Your Truth-My online Progress
I told you all in an earlier post that I had read a book by Carol Tuttle – Dressing Your Truth…..Discover your Beauty Profile. I was pretty excited about what it was teaching me, and it was causing...
View ArticleBraille Jewelry to Promote Braille Education
A local Denton woman has a passion and a mission. As a mother of a son who was blind by the age of only two months old, Leslie Ligon is passionate about promoting braille literacy. It seems...
View ArticleIf You Give a Texas Mom a Sunny Spring Day…
If you give a Texas Mom a sunny spring day she will ask you to find her a field of bluebonnets. If you take her to a field of bluebonnets she will definitely need her camera. After she locates her...
View ArticleStarlight Children’s Foundation Dallas Volunteer
This week, individuals across the world are being recognized as part of International Volunteer Week (April 10-16) for their time and efforts put forth towards charities in their communities. A Texas...
View ArticleCultural Care Au Pair Myth Busters
AU PAIR CHILDCARE – DEMYSTIFYING A CHILDCARE SOLUTION Finding and keeping good childcare can be a seemingly endless struggle. Selecting childcare is a very personal matter, one that many parents spend...
View ArticleMaybe I Married Martha Stewart?
We are listing our home for sale . Our Realtor and a photographer came over to take pictures of all the rooms. The Realtor had some suggestions on ways to make our home a little more “generic”, and...
View ArticleThoughts on Motherhood
Motherhood is a challenge. A day with a young child can sometimes feel like it’s filled with nothing more than challenges such as testing limits, whining, or pouting. It can make for a very long and...
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{DIY for Mom} Make Your Own Kids Activities
Make your own kids activities! This DIY for mom {or dad} is a fun way to make things all on your own and save a few pennies. If you’re looking to make some things for your kids to play with, we’ve...
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9 Nursing Essentials for the New Mommy
These nursing essentials got me through many months of breastfeeding two babies. Although we can certainly make it through without these conveniences like our mothers and grandmothers did, why not...
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How to be a Happier Mom
When I held my first child in my arms, I never thought I’d struggle with being a happier mom. She was precious, tiny, and she smelled incredible! I thought, “surely, this is what being a mom is all...
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Helping Your Child Overcome a Case of the Blues
We all have them: Dreary days, down-days, or what my family sometimes just calls “the blahs.” Sometimes they are the result of a disappointment or a rough season in life, sometimes they just show up....
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Tips for shopping with your kids
Yes, its true… shopping with your kids can be time consuming and a little stressful- if you let it! Use these tips to make the shopping trip a little LESS eventful and a little MORE fun &...
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How long should you read with your kids every day?
You may be wondering How long should you read with your kids every day? I am here to tell you why the magic number is reading 20 minutes a night… or more. There are so many things that I, as a...
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8 Ways to Jumpstart Your New Year’s Resolutions
Don’t drop the ball this year–jumpstart your New Year’s resolutions before the countdown even starts! (Affiliate links) 8 Ways to Jumpstart Your New Year’s Resolutions Get Fit Primed for adventure,...
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Sanity Hacks for Parents of Littles
As a mom of four kids, age 5 and under, these sanity hacks have kept me from pulling my hair out more times than I can count. Sure, there’s lots of parenting advice out there, but with the special kind...
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Pregnancy Necessities: 3 Trimesters of Must-Haves for Pregnant Mamas
Pregnancy is weird. You hate the things you used to love, and love the things you used to hate. You get crazy morning sickness (just rename it to 24/7 sickness, already!). But most of all, you get to...
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7 Unusual Ways Your Body Changes After Baby
After you give birth there are a lot of things you might expect to see change in your body – stretch marks for instance. But for a lot of us, there have been very unusual changes. Things we never...
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