Kids party foods need to impress the littles and the adults alike. You could spend hours prepping snacks, but can make just as a big of an impact with easy-to-prep foods. Whether you’re throwing a party or taking foods to school to share as the birthday More
Bless her heart, but your grandma’s assertion that you’ll have a boy if you hold a nickel in your mouth during conception isn’t based in reality. Many old wives’ tales are total bunk, although some have truth to them. But be warned: most pregnanc More
Between summer vacation, Zoey’s birthday, multiple visits from my parents, summer camp, and a busy work schedule—as always—for me, our normal routine has been completely uprooted. Although we’ve had a fun summer, the haphazardness of our days has More
My 15th month old is constantly waking up tired after naps and in the mornings. He wakes up grumpy and clingy. He's yawning and looks exhausted. He is breastfed. About 3 times a day give or take. It's on demand. He gets 3 meals plus snacks and water and a little juice...
Read more or share your answer!So!! My children and I watch the Seahawks every weekend. If we are not home (all 3 play soccer!) then we record it and watch the game later. I had a pretty great conversation with my children about what has been happening with the president, twitter, and NFL players....
Read more or share your answer!Daughter plays basketball on 2 teams, and volleyball in the summer. Last winter she complained of her knee bothering her after a bball practice. .I figured she pulled something. We iced it, rested, she seemed fine. Over the last year she has complained off and on that it...
Read more or share your answer!To the Momma writers here...I need help wording a business letter: Introducing Floral Biz. This is a new world to me so any help is much much appreciated. I am about to graduate as a Floral Designer. THANKS A MILLION.
Read more or share your answer!I really apologize that this isn't a parenting question, but I'm just not sure where to turn. The storage on my son's phone is almost full, and I can't figure out how to transfer things. I've been to so many websites and tried several things. I can see the pictures on...
Read more or share your answer!For the last 25 years, I have held Christmas Eve at my home. This tradition was passed to me by my mother, who held it for the 25+ years prior to that. I have 6 kids - ages 16 - 30 and the only real change that I have made in the last 25 years is if Christmas Eve falls...
Read more or share your answer!Dear mums, I am writing here because I don’t know who to turn to.I feel my world is falling apart. I have been married for 8 years and we have a 6 yo boy. I married young and the truth is I didn’t choose a good partner. I have seen his dark side from the very beginn...
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Listen, I have a confession to make. I am sometimes a lazy mom.
Introverted personality combined with anxiety and depression and chronic illness have made me more than exhausted or wore down at times. Even at my healthiest I have days where I am just NOT feeling it…. More
I filled out all the necessary paperwork, hauled my son to the doctor’s office for rabies and yellow fever vaccines, bought semi-permanent insect repellant for his clothes and then treated them, went to his commissioning ceremony with the very highest expectations, and then, at the appointed time, delivered him to the airport for his mission trip to Kenya…. More
Bless her heart, but your grandma’s assertion that you’ll have a boy if you hold a nickel in your mouth during conception isn’t based in reality. Many old wives’ tales are total bunk, although some have truth to them. But be warned: most pregnancy lore is related to determining your baby’s gender, and there’s no greater predictor of that than a trusty sonogram. It’s still fun to entertain the occasional old wives’ tale, though, so we found some of the most viable ones. Happy guessing…. More
I’m standing in the elevator, waiting for it to reach our floor. My foot taps an impatient rhythm as my arms hold my daughter, Zoey. She is beyond upset that we have just said goodbye to my mom—her beloved Grammy Sue—so she is loudly, and messily, sobbing into my shoulder, her cries reverberating in my ears. Her wet tears, the ones trickling down my skin, are the closest thing I’ve come to a shower this morning…. More
So, we have 6 kids, ranging in age from nearly 30 down to 16. For YEARS (and I mean years), we have had all the kids on our cell phone plan, plus my mom, plus hubby's folks. Everyone always had "good intentions" of paying us back each month, but rarely did we get a dim...
Read more or share your answer!Hi. So around May I purchased a vacation package. I paid $998 and it consisted of a 3d/2n Bahamas stay, a 5d/4n Cancun Mx all-inclusive, a 5d/4n Cabo San Lucas Mx all-inclusive, a 5d/4n Daytona Fl stay, a $100 gift card and a 6d/5n all-inclusive Guanacaste Costa Rica s...
Read more or share your answer!Within the past 3 months, I've "re-united" with my two sisters and my father. When my mother passed 10 years ago, maintaining a relationship with them became pretty challenging. We weren't raised in a loving, harmonious house-hold, so in lacking that as a foundation, g...
Read more or share your answer!I have two nephews from my brother whom I have zero contact with. He is a toxic person, involved in drugs, been to prison, back to prison, back to jail, even more toxic wife. I was handed my two nephews in the middle of the night when they were babies because BOTH pare...
Read more or share your answer!My husband and I are thinking about doing some driving for Uber. There is a huge need for it in our area (right now there are none) and we are looking to make some extra money. I am just curious what other's experiences have been - good or bad. We have one vehicle tha...
Read more or share your answer!We've been married a long time :) We have 6 kids, a beautiful grandbaby, a home, a life - we love each other very much. I am in my 40s and hubby is in his 50s. I work (not super hard, but I put in effort) at keeping myself up. I watch what I eat, I exercise moderatel...
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