Indoor winter activities for kids

It looks like winter has finally decided to come to Nashville.  Our forecast is calling for temps in the 20s and snow by tomorrow.  This is big news around our house and has the boys crazy excited.  Who doesn’t love a good snow?  But after a few hours of snowball fights, snowmen and hot chocolate the boys will be over winter and [...]

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Book List: Teaching kids about healthy living

The Lorax

Have you ever been in the middle of what you thought was a great teaching moment only to realize your child’s not actually looking at you, they’re looking right through you, lost in thought as you preach on?  I have to admit, this has happened to me more than once.  I can stop talking, wave [...]

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Valentine’s Day Cards and Goody Bags

Valentine's Day Gift Bags

Lately it seems like our house is over run with goody bag trinkets.  I know my boys love to get them, but the excitement lasts for about 20 minutes and then the tiny tattoos, stickers, silly bands and crazy straws are left behind for me to pick again and again and again until I finally throw [...]

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Why I sometimes want to bang my head against a wall…

Deceptively adorable, aren't they?

Stealing a favorite line from my 5 year-old, “raise your hand if…” you feel like you are constantly correcting your kids.  Is it just me?  The last few months have been  exhausting at our house.  With an almost 3 year-old and a mouthy 5 year-old, I feel like I’m constantly correcting someone or refereeing an [...]

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