Stay at Home Date Ideas
With two small toddlers in the house and family miles away, date nights rarely happen for us. We’re lucky enough to have a couple of hours in the evening after the kids go to bed. We don’t always use it in the best way though. So, this year, we decided to...
Making Time for Personal Growth as a Mom
Personal growth is an important aspect of motherhood that is sometimes overlooked. As moms, we are often so busy helping everyone else grow that we forget about our own growth. We forget that we are always growing and changing with each passing moment. I recently...
Five Creative Ideas for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is the perfect holiday for creativity and fun. It’s become such a commercialized holiday that sometimes we forget to find the fun in the holiday. This year, I want to ditch the commercialized version of Valentine’s Day and have a...
Simple Self Care for Moms
I’ve always been big on incorporating self care into my weekly routine. Before kids, it was an easy way to relax and unwind. I would often schedule in blocks of time weekly that were focused on treating myself to a bath or other relaxing activity. Self care was...
Five Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Kids
This February, I’m participating in #LoveBlog hosted by Brita of Belle Brita. LoveBlog is a month long blogging challenge centered around blogging every weekday using the prompts provided. Another one of my blogs used to participate in it and since I’ve...
One Pot Spinach Pasta
Getting dinner on the table with two toddlers underfoot can be a challenge. That challenge is even bigger on the nights I’m alone with the kids. As a result, I’ve had to get creative with our food. It’s led me to a lot of super simple meals that take...
Twenty in 2020
I like to set goals for the new year, but I wouldn’t necessarily call them resolutions. This year, I wanted to try something a little different. I saw all of these twenty in 2020 lists floating around and it inspired me to make my own. I debated between making...
Hello 2020: Word of the Year
The new year (and decade) is here and I’ve spent quite a bit of time reflecting and thinking about how 2019 and the last decade went in my life. Like with anything in life, it was filled with ups and downs. There were major life changes including graduations,...
