What Should I Do For a Picky Eater?

What Should I Do For a Picky Eater?

 Overdue with our second child, who finally came out at 10 pounds, 1 ounce – yes, a crazy natural birth, my mom journeyed to help us with our eldest son while I was in the hospital. The night she arrived, I was serving a green salad for dinner. Our 18 month old son...
They Just Didn’t Get It

They Just Didn’t Get It

Cutting up the pieces of card stock and gathering the last of the decorations, I couldn’t wait for the hours ahead. After a long, incredibly grueling and emotional sports season, those coaches needed some encouragement and surely, this would do it. While I...
It Starts Today: Chapter One

It Starts Today: Chapter One

I am an open book. A book filled with laughter, colorful stories, family bonding and beautiful memories. A book filled with bedlam moments, loneliness, heartbreak and continual processing. Our family story stretches through chapters of both celebrations and difficult...
Top 10 Table Manners Every Kid Should Know

Top 10 Table Manners Every Kid Should Know

Anyone who knows me well, knows that dinner time at home with my family is the BEST part of my day! We love to have FUN around the dinner table with wacky theme dinners and games, but we also try to make it a point to TEACH things to our kiddos while we are together...