I don’t know what has gotten into my 5 year-old lately. She seems like a different person.

Within the past 3-4 weeks, she’s been throwing some MAJOR temper tantrums over little things.

Like today, she knows that she’s not allowed to jump on beds.

Needless to say that when I got out of the shower this morning, I caught her jumping on my bed.I asked her if she knew she wasn’t supposed to do it. Her answer was “Yes. I know I’m not to.”

Um, okay. …Continue Reading…

You know when you have those moments, those family moments that you know that you will never forget?

Today was one of them. This morning, I looked at my husband and said, “let’s go to Columbus”. And not the “We’ll be there in an hour.” Columbus, but the “In the car for 2 hours- OMG are we there yet?” Columbus.

I was pleasantly surprised when my husband said that it was a great idea, and in less than a half an hour we were on the road. In that half hour we all had breakfast, coffee and took showers. Even M. Needless to …Continue Reading…

Okay, so it’s not *exactly* a Wordless Wednesday, but I had to write something about these drumsticks. I know that most of my readers know that my daughter has been drumming since October of last year. About 2 weeks ago, her drum teacher came to me with an update on her progress. …Continue Reading…

One thing that I am very proud of, is that my daughter (5) is a GREAT traveler.

I think it’s because as a family, we’ve done quite a bit of traveling since she was 3 months old. Whether it be by air or car (we still haven’t hit that cruise yet) she’s always been very happy even in the 9 hour car rides or the 4 hour layovers.

Here I’m going to share with you some of my top tips, tricks and products that I absolutely don’t leave home without.

First up- the tips:

It’s all about keeping your child happy, and on their schedule if at all possible. If you’re leaving on a 7:00am flight (that means security check in at 5:00am), make sure they head to bed an hour or two earlier than normal. You can start this process by 2 weeks before departure, cutting your child’s bed-time back by 15 minutes every 3 days. Your child will adjust because their bodies cannot tell 15 …Continue Reading…

Recently I had the chance to review a Retro Mama Custom hand-stamped necklace.

Notice I said *chance*.

My daughter (5) decided it was the perfect necklace for her- and that’s where it’s been ever since!

Isn’t that dainty tiara just adorable? …Continue Reading…