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10 FAST Dinner Hacks
You’re probably a better person than me. You NEVER hit 4:30pm and suddenly go, “Oh, yeah: DINNER.” So this post probably will not be helpful to you. Consider it a personal note to myself that I’m...
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Real Food for Babies
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Beech–Nut. I received a free coupon to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation....
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25 MORE Boredom Busters from the Dollar Store!
In case you missed it, just before last summer hit I created the first 25 Boredom Busters from the Dollar Store. It’s a sundry list of activities for kids to bust up those summer doldrums with your...
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When Your Creativity Goes Dark
My freshman year of college I almost drove my roommate nuts. Ginny (who is still my best friend) had to put up with my late (LATE!) hours, constant songs on repeat (so sorry about the “I’m Kissing You”...
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Turning a Bad News Story into Good
Last week I felt grieved by the news. This is not uncommon and is why I often prefer to ignore the headlines—as though my ignorance somehow cancels out the stories. What often adds to the weight is the...
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Give Your Dog Special TREATment
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NudgeThemBack #CollectiveBias Groan. What a pun, right? But seriously, today I’m talking dog...
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Why You Need a Momtra
Do you ever feel like you are stuck in the rut of surviving? Perhaps barely surviving? Are you just trying to get through the day? While the tagline of my blog is an eclectic celebration of chaos, most...
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Protecting New Baby Skin
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for WaterWipes. I received product samples to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my...
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Why I Don’t Get Up Before My Kids
{Thanks so much for reading and sharing this post! To snag YOUR Night Owl Devotions ebook, click here! This post also contains affiliate links, which means at no extra cost to you, I may get a referral...
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The High Cost of Youth Sports
This year we dived into youth sports for the first time with our boys. Before this, we had done a few gymnastics classes here or there and a season of soccer for Sawyer. Now that they are five and...
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Giving My Blog a Butt Lift
Snappy title, eh? If you are a longtime reader, you know that this is the least I have written on my blog EVER in the eight years I’ve been blogging. If you get my email newsletter, you know that I’ve...
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There Is No Small Call Introduction
{Hey! Do you notice something new? That’s right—I’ve got a new audio Bible study coming to the blog! Click play just above these words to listen to the trailer! Thanks to Josh Mills of Unbroken Light...
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10 Summer Attitude Hacks for Moms
Summer. The internet tells me I will have only 18 of them with each of my children and that makes me ache because most of the time I want summer to end. I am counting down the days like kids count down...
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How Many Kids Is TOO Many Kids?
Do you think there is a perfect number of kids? How many kids should you have? Is there some perfect number? (You can take a quiz at Scary Mommy to find the “answer.”) Here is my take on this question....
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There Is No Small Call – Call Me Maybe?
Call me. Maybe. Call me Ishmael. I can call you Betty and Betty when you call me when you call me Al. Do you get the references? (First person to name all three correctly in the comments will get $5...
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The Problem with Freedom
For several summers in middle school, I went to Nature Camp in the mountains of Virginia. (Nerd alert!!) We took classes every day in things like Wildlife Management, Botany, or Limnology (the study of...
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When the Tooth Fairy Goes AWOL
As a parent, you can only juggle so many balls without dropping a few here and there. For me, one big ball I keep dropping is the Tooth Fairy. First, I told my kids there was no Tooth Fairy and that I...
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Candied Lemon Slices with Iced Tea Granita
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SipYourSummer #CollectiveBias It’s been a long time since I have graced my kitchen, folks....
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Super Simple Pumpkin Banana Muffins
I won’t lie and tell you that these muffins will last more than 24 hours. I also won’t lie and tell you that they are difficult to make. With 10 minutes of prep time, you will have fabulous Pumpkin...
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What Loss Looks Like: Seven Months Later
I have a shelf in my bedroom collecting injured stuffed animals. Robbie’s childhood Dr. Who, a pillow-pet shaped owl, leaks stuffing from a torn seam. Raggedy Ann, a childhood gift from my grandmother,...
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