One of the things that has been MOST helpful to me, was encouraging the independence of my daughter in feeding herself. She started to want to do things like make her own sandwich at lunch or get her own water. To help encourage this, I made a few changes to how our house is set […] Read more…
Summer Bucket List – with a Newborn!
Well, we may be expecting a baby any day now, but I still made a bucket list that we can do even with a new baby around. free slurpie day (7/11) go to the beach weekly park visit take a walk/bike ride play with chalk play with pinwheels play hopscotch wash the car watch the […] Read more…
Fostering Independence {Prepping For Baby}
This whole mothering thing is pretty funny. To be good at it, you have to have things under control yourself. It’s pretty hard to be a model of something you can’t, won’t or don’t do. One thing we have managed to be pretty good at is fostering independence in our kids. Once they are old […] Read more…
Stock the Freezer List – Summer Edition 2013 {Prepping for Baby}
Before I had the first, I never really thought about how tough it would be to cook and eat well with a newborn. By the time my last came around, I knew better. Since my last baby was a winter baby, my last stock the freezer list was a little different. This […] Read more…
Prepping For Baby — A Series
I’ve been busy getting ready for baby #3 and have thinking about several things I’m going to get ready for baby, like cooking, baby gear, shopping and more. There is so much to do, that for the next month or two, I will be posting weekly about different ways to prepare for a new […] Read more…
First Trimester Update – Baby #3
Well, I had hoped to share a recipe with you all today, but alas, I never did make it recently and I don’t have photos to share. Who wants a recipe without photos? Anyway, I decided that since I hadn’t written anything just because, in a long time, I would do that and write an […] Read more…