Walk into the stores right now, and what’s the first thing you see? Toys! Lots of toys just begging your kids to beg you to buy them! Frankly, I’m a little disillusioned by the toys being offered. It’s not that I don’t think Olaf is cute, it’s just that I don’t want my kids to end up with toys that Keep Reading
How Time-Bound Chores Make Me A Better Person
A what? A time-bound chore could be putting the chickens up at night, or feeding bottle calves, or for me, milking goats twice a day - even the kid’s naps are a time-bound chore! Those kinds of things can’t wait on you to get in the mood, you have to do them - and that’s a good thing! One of Keep Reading
The Cloth Diaperer’s Guide To Packing A Diaper Bag
I know a lot of us cloth diaper at home, but feel like it’s too much work when we’re going out to bring cloth diapers, a wet bag for dirty diapers, and try to keep everything organized. Much easier just to take disposables and throw them away after you use them! After a while though, especially Keep Reading
Healthy, No-Churn Chocolate Ice Cream
Healthy no-churn chocolate ice cream make your favorite guilty pleasure, well… not guilty! I love how easy it is to make gluten-free recipes for healthy treats. My eleven month old has a chocolate ice cream stash on her upper lip. Now, normally I’d agree that this makes me a bad parent, but this Keep Reading
A Boy, A Dog And A Frog Revisited
Quite a while ago, I wrote about some of Garrett’s favorite books, and why we liked them. As we’ve changed and grown over the last year or so, I felt like it was time to amend that list and tell y’all that those particular books are now off of our shelf - and why. Disclaimer: the following are my Keep Reading
Having Two Kids… It Ain’t That Bad
I thought parenting was going to be bad. I really did. Blame it on the “experienced” parents telling me I had no idea what I getting into. Or the frazzled moms who were at their wits end. Actually it was bad for a while. Any life changing event takes some getting used to. I went from having only Keep Reading
Curing Cabin Fever: Indoor activities For Toddlers
Ah, winter. It’s cold, dreary, and gray outside - there’s not even any snow to play in. What’s a toddler to do to keep from losing his mind (Or more likely, to keep their parents from losing theirs)? I’m not one of those moms that has a box full of busy bags, or an endless supply of pipe cleaners Keep Reading
Baking Soda Play Dough
Baking soda play dough is an allergy-friendly alternative to traditional recipes. No childhood is complete without play dough. I mean really, can you imagine? Over the last several months, Garrett’s imagination has really been budding, so I knew I had to find a good play dough recipe. He Keep Reading
Traveling With Kids
Traveling with kids can make you want to pull your hair out. Am I right? But for some of us (raises hand) holiday traveling is pretty much unavoidable. This thanksgiving will be Baby H’s first serious road trip. Having both a baby and a toddler in the car for 14 hours should be Keep Reading
3 Ingredient Toddler Cookies
Well, they’re mom cookies too of course, but lately, I’ve been keeping these 3 ingredient toddler cookies around for Garrett to snack on. I don’t know about your toddler, but when I ask mine if he wants a cookie, he comes running. It's one of the easiest gluten-free recipes you'll ever see. You Keep Reading