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When you're 4

Sometimes when you're 4 life can be rough.  Especially when you're playing so nicely with your little sis, and then she hits you on the head with a cup, and your big brother just laughs and mom just...

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What I say vs what I want to say

I want my kids to be nice.  I really, really, really do.  I want them to be sweet and respectful and polite and charming and eloquent.  But the trouble is, sometimes I'm not all those things....

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How to get your 4 year old to take a nap

Here's the deal.  The Cam isn't going to preschool.  Because I really just wanted to keep him home with me because I couldn't stand the thought of his being away from me for even one second of my...

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Little Girls Hair, The Triple Flip Over Knot with a Flip Under Knot

I love doing my daughters hair, most days. The 19 month old doesn't have much so she gets the same piggy tails in the back every day.The 4 year old has a nice, full head of hair and she wants it out of...

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We're Co-hosting the Mommy Reality Challenge

Cue music! So, in last week's Mommy Reality Challenge, Jen took us to a deeeep... dark... disturbing place with her chosen theme of "What Lies Beneath"... our couches!We certainly saw plenty! Crumbs,...

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Mommy Reality Challenge, The Last Thing I Bought

We have been working hard this summer with some remodels around the house.We added a new flooring to the kitchen and living room.Painted lots of walls.Thanks to Pinterest and it's inspiration we have...

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Transform your photos with these PicMonkey tips

One of the great things about PicMonkey is that you can turn your photos into your own piece of art.  You can edit them and spruce them up as much as you want.I took this picture of my Little Miss when...

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Because I'm the mom

Today we went to McDonald's.  We were out running errands and I was STARVING.  The kids had been fed breakfast and lunch but somehow in the midst of the getting ready chaos I hadn't fed myself.  So...

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You Know You Survived Your Flight With Kids If...

I have blocked the flight I took alone with my 3 kids in July to Kentucky until now.But as we prepare to jump onto another plane I thought I better unblock that time in my life and try to see what I...

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Florida Florida we love you!

Right now Emily and I are probably sitting on a sand covered beach, soaking up the rays, sipping on a cold beverage without a care in the world.Well.  Okay not really.We're probably handing out juice...

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Cold, Clear Pool Water and Adventure on a Pier

We thoroughly enjoyed the cold, clear blue pool!There was lots of jumping…...lots of chasing (even though I know the kids were told to walk, walk a million times and stop running a million and one...

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Ducks and Pictures

In the neighborhood of beach houses we stayed in was a pond with ducks.  We walked there a few times. And fed the duckies.Some of the kiddos ran out of bread pretty quick.That's what happens when you...

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Beach and Bubbles

I love walking on the beach with the hot, white, gritty sand between my toes. It's calming and weirdly comfortable.There comes Mack Attack walking back from collecting shells. Doesn't she look happy...

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If we knew what we had

We're just getting back from a week at the ocean.  A wonderful, fun, crazy, exhausting, sandy, beautiful week at the ocean.It was marvelous.  It was tiring.  It was hard.  It was fabulous.  I loved it....

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How to take and edit sunset pictures like a pro, when you're not a pro

I took some sunset pictures when we went to the beach.  And I love them.DISCLAIMER:  I am not a professional photographer.I'm a self/internet/learn-by-failure photographer with a simple beginner DSLR...

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Random things that make my day

So today the kids were watching TV.  And I had to go to the bathroom.  In fact, I'd had to go to the bathroom for like the last hour, so I felt the need to pee pretty urgently.  So when I saw my...

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It's chore time around here, plus some chore chart printables

After all the playing and running all summer long I was looking forward to some calm, easy days with the kids playing in our front yard (or front driveway, whatever.)B was getting restless with summer...

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Sometimes you've just HAD IT

You know how sometimes you get to the point where you've just "HAD IT".You're done.  The whining, the fighting, the crying, the being silly. . . you can handle it for a little while.  You can smile and...

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Sibling love (or something like that)

So at age what can you stop using the excuse, "She just doesn't know any better. . ."The Spam, who is 4, just came barging into the room bawling.  Big crocodile tears running down his cheeks, holding...

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25 ways to get your child's attention

"Mom, which sticker do you want me to use for your picture?Which sticker now, Momma?Which sticker do you want me to put on your picture now?Mom, choose another sticker for your picture?Mommy, what...

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8 tips for better iPhone pictures of your kids

So recently I have been using my iPhone a lot for picture taking.  I mean, I LOVE my DSLR and I still pull that out quite frequently, but there's no doubt about the iPhone being easier to hold, easier...

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Halloween craft idea: melted crayon pumpkins

Today we are thrilled to have Heather guest posting for us!  She is amazing at everything crafty.  Seriously.  She blows my mind with all the fun stuff she does with her kids.  We are so glad she is...

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If you can dodge a wrench

(source)So I didn't like throw a wrench at my son.  But the other day, JJ kept saying to me over and over again, "I want you to help me dodge stuff."And of course I was just kind of half listening to...

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Halloween Print

I made this Halloween print.  So yup.  Also tomorrow over at Krafts and Kiddos I'm guest posting about some tips for making your own Halloween print with PicMonkey.  They have a ton of cute Halloween...

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You might be a Mommy-crite

I decided over this last week of Fall break that I am the biggest hypocrite around.  Probably in several ways, but mostly in mommy ways.  So I changed the name to mommy-crite.  I am a mommy-crite.You...

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