Ages + Stages

Soccer season has started for both of my girls.  I love watching my sweet girls play, but my youngest, Amelie, does not match my enthusiasm for watching her 8 year old sister. During games, Amelie has a tendency to...

I know you've all been waiting with bated breath for my comparison of the second trimesters of my two pregnancies. I'm happy to report that I've recently entered my third trimester, and can now give a thorough summary. A Pain...

Start New, Begin again. Set Goals, Resolve; January  I can hardly believe another year has come and gone. Usually, I would take this opportunity to pout about all the things that went wrong last year and make a list of...

He had to be wheeled into my hospital room to hold Sam. We all hoped that he would be around long enough to see as many of Sam’s firsts as possible. Sadly, though, he died of cancer in 2013. My son was 14 months old. As anyone who has watched someone they love die of a terminal illness, their death still manages to come as a harsh and painful surprise. You can only prepare yourself for their death so much.

Blending a family together is no easy feat. For those of you in the trenches of it, can I get an Amen? I can list off a slew of struggles that I feel I experience daily in my dual role of...

A full-service bike shop on wheels? As a mom to three busy kids, I am always looking for ways to make my life simpler and easier (aren't we all??).  So when I found out about SwiftFix Mobile Bike Shop I was...

If you think road rage is bad on I-25 during rush hour, you have not experienced the frustrations and barely restrained hostilities happening every day in school parking lots. Different schools, different cities, different states. It's all the same. And much of it boils down to some basic personality differences.

I am a FIRM believer in date nights with my husband. He is a spontaneous romantic, so when he gets an idea, he plans it. For that night. Not a few weeks in advance or even a month. NOPE....

I do my best to feed my children well-balanced, nutritious meals, while also catering to their selective tastes. This is basically a nice way of saying that I have picky eaters I have to appease. Shooting for Healthy While trying to find...

My goal this year is to stop striving to be like "that other mom" and just be me. That is what my kids want. That is what my husband wants. They want more of the mom I was designed to be. The quirky, unorganized, passionate, fun-loving mom that was given to them. I want to be free of trying to be someone that I am not.