How To {Help your Kids} Have A Successful Yard Sale
I doubt we would ever get around to having a yard sale if it were incumbent on us to pull it off (life is so full!), but our neighborhood hosts […]
Category Archives: motherhood
Tips For Organizing The Mommy Mobile
Sometimes you’ve got to put the swagger back in the wagon, y’know? We’d reached that point when the minivan had become a veritable french fry and goldfish graveyard. So the […]
The Dead Gator, Dumpster Diving, and Motherhood Magic
My husband’s dad was in town for a visit this past weekend. I call him Dadoo. The kids know him as “Ba.” Because when “Nana” chose her grandmotherly name, he […]
How To Get A Big Group Of Little Kids To All.Just.Sit.Down.
Have you ever tried to wrangle a room full of two- or three- or four- or five-year-olds? It’s like herding cats. Very.Noisy.Cats. Let’s say you have a group of ten […]
Eclectic Gifts {and how to love your family}
Asheville is a totally artsy place, apparently an “upcoming hipster community”… whatever that means. Folks ’round here carry their own grocery bags & eat whole foods & have vegetable gardens […]
A Mother’s Ode To Muck
delightfully dirty and splendidly soiled you muddy the clothes over which I have toiled… to clean. deliciously dusty and marvelously mucky of having an understanding mom, you’re lucky… I mean […]
{We Crack Ourselves Up} At The Dinner Table
We’re big fans of knock-knock jokes at the dinner table ’round here. The cheesier the better. You know like “orange who?” “Orange you glad I’m blogging this?” So I say, […]
How A Busy Mom-Of-Three Keeps A Manicure {and you can too}
When I had one child, a dear girlfriend asked me how I kept my nails painted. I’d usually just put on ONE coat, IN the car, AFTER strapping in the […]
Solving the Juice Box Squirt Dilemma {hot tip}
Ah, juice boxes. The bane of many a preschool mama’s existence. You love ’em–they’re convenient, pre-measured, and fast… You hate ’em–what, do the makers get some sick, twisted pleasure out […]
A Creative Way To Handle Kids’ Arguments
Our boys are buds, no doubt about it… And even the best of buds get a little annoyed with each other sometimes. But on the days when I wonder if […]
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