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Teaching My Kids About Recycling
I recently realized that I didn’t know how to recycle. I mean, you know, I recycle. But when I started teaching my kids about...
Table Manners: How We Raise Free-Range Kids
Growing up, my family's dining room table was a place for dad to store his work documents or a month’s worth of mail. I...
Making a Hygge Home with Kids During Spring and Summer
If you’ve been on Pinterest or Instagram recently, you might have encountered a fun concept: hygge. Maybe it’s my Scandinavian roots (my Dad was...
Mom Hack: How to Create a Toddler Capsule Wardrobe
Three years ago, I gave birth to a precious baby girl, which has provided me with the opportunity to finally shop in the ninety...
Mommy Confessions: Secret Thoughts of a Tired Mother
As a single gal in Washington, D.C., I would leave work in the late evening and stroll through the streets window-shopping for hours, going...
Bullet Journals and the Creative and (Mostly) Organized Mom
Are you a list maker? Do you have lists of lists? Do you have sticky notes stuck all around? Half-used planners from years past?...
These Four Walls — Finding Our Forever Home
Finding your forever home is a lot like finding your wedding dress. You're looking for that perfect fit — good school district, room for...
The Art of Toy Rotation
Does this sound familiar? Throughout the day our son would leave a tornado of destruction by pulling all of his toys out and not...
I’m A Perfect Mom
I’m a perfect mom.
PHEW! That felt great to say!
Before you stop reading, at least let me clarify.
I like sparkling floors, books arranged by height,...
Math For Moms
I never thought that I wanted to be a stay at home mom. In fact, I never even wanted to be a mom in...
Shannon’s Top 10 Holiday Movie Picks
It’s the holidays and the one time of year we let ourselves indulge in the pleasure of watching the same old movies over and...
3 Ingredient All Purpose Cleaner
I've been making this for years. I love it. I could literally spray this in my mouth and not die (don't do that), AND...
Recipe: Pumpkin Trifle
I realize that I already posted a pumpkin recipe. But honestly? I can't get enough! This recipe was so quick and easy...not to mention...
Embracing Your Inner Supermom
Last week I had one of those days. You know. We all have them. The bad ones. The ones we don't like to acknowledge...