Italian Sausage Wedding Soup with Barley
Oh my word is it ugly outside. It’s the first week of October and fall has decided it’s coming in with a vengeance. A cold, wet vengeance. It hasn’t stopped raining for 24 hours and they say when it does…
Nine Fabulous No Carve Pumpkins
We love carving pumpkins at our house and each year we each do at least one so our front step is adorned with three or more awesome jackolanterns. But I thought this year it might be fun (and so much…
Five Things Friday – School Lunches/Snacks
So I’ve got a full fledged student on my hands now that Molly is in grade 1. When she was in half day kindergarten I only had to worry about sending her a morning snack and then she went off…
Num Noms Series 2 is here!
A few months ago Molly got her first taste of some adorable little collectable toys called Num Noms. And she was instantly hooked. That was no surprise. These sweet smelling little critters are pretty hard to resist. And the whole…
Finish Your Fall Cleaning List
This post is brought to you by Finish® and JONES Voice I know we tend to talk about spring cleaning a lot. I suppose there’s something about spring – buds on the trees, tulips poking out of the ground, being…
Formula Feeding 101
It doesn’t matter what your personal views on breast/formula feeding is, the fact is that we are exceedingly lucky to live in a time where we have a safe, nutritional alternative to breast feeding that babies can and do thrive…
DIY Foaming Hand Soap
My daughter has eczema and the soap they provide the kids at daycare is so harsh that she was coming home with what almost looked like chemical burns on her poor little hands. So that meant I had to send…
Caramel Carrot Cheesecake Bars
It’s September. And everyone is talking pumpkin. Trust me I love a good pumpkin recipe. I have several on the blog. But I don’t know why we aren’t talking about carrots. They are, in my opinion, THE best thing to…
Take Your Damn Shoes Off.
At the front entrance of the daycare that my daughter goes to there is a big bold sign that says PLEASE REMOVE YOUR SHOES! I have, for the five years we have been part of the daycare, removed my shoes…
It’s Boston Pizza Kids Card Time Again! #BPKidsCards
Farewell Summer There are so many things going on this time of year – back to school, cooler end of summer weather and, of course, the return of the Boston Pizza Kids Cards! I know my six year old looks forward…
Back to School with Kellogg’s (Giveaway CAN)
Guys it’s September already! Summer was awesome but boy did it go by too quickly. It’s amazing how the time flies by. I mean my baby just started grade 1 last week. Grade 1! How did this happen? It seems…
Back to School with Church & Dwight
This morning I saw my little girl off to her very first day of grade one! I can’t believe how quickly the summer flew by and that my baby is now a full fledged school kid. Because my husband and…
Great hair days without the ouch with Goody Ouchless + a Giveaway!
My mother use to say “Some day you’re going to have a daughter just like you and then you’ll understand!” Well she was right. I have a six year old daughter that, in many ways, is a lot like me….
The first weeks – It’s ok to hate being a mom.
My first days, even weeks, of being a new mom are a blur to me. And not a good blur. Not like you are on a roller coaster, and love roller coasters. Like you are on a roller coaster and…
Keeping tummy troubles at bay this summer
Gut health has become a very popular topic these days. There is a lot of information floating around about hut health, some of it good and much of it not very accurate. The reality is that scientists are really just…