real moms {sharing} all things fabulous
Several years ago I heard about a company who would provide you a week’s worth of tasty but (relatively) easy recipes and provide a shopping list that you could print out based on these recipes. The goal for me at the time was to keep our grocery bill as low as possible without eating all…
At our house we celebrate Halloween but it’s not a huge holiday for us like for some other families. The kids like to dress up but we rarely buy new costumes for the occasion. We have plenty of costumes in the dress up box and if you don’t like those then I’ll be glad to…
I was reading a book this weekend and something jumped out at me. What caught me by surprise wasn’t so much the words (they were actually kind of off topic from the rest of the book) but my reaction to those words. Tears stung my eyes and it took a few good, deep breaths to…
Has your piano turned into a home for your family photo gallery? Or maybe it’s covered with stacks of books and magazines. Or a week’s worth of mail and your keys. You want to get the kids started on lessons or maybe play a little yourself but there’s just not time or money for either….
This past weekend I was able to attend the Type A conference in Atlanta. One of the speakers was Gary Jerry from Disney. He shared some really interesting statistics about creativity and how quickly we lose curiosity and creativity as we grow up. After his presentation I was talking with a few friends and…
“Hey, Mommy! Listen to this: Dino Dan! He’s the man!” We’d been talking about rhymes and he was really proud of that one. But he also really believes it whole-heartedly! Dino Dan really is the man. We’d never heard of Dino Dan before but from the moment the first episode began, all four of my children…
It’s fall, y’all! In the south fall doesn’t mean sweaters and hot cocoa just yet, but it does mean football (Go DAWGS!) and hayrides and trips to the pumpkin patch. Bright and brilliant leaves and the sound of fallen leaves crackling under foot. Ahh…I really, really love it. To welcome fall, we’ll be making a…
My family loves to play board games. This Family Scavenger Hunt In a Box game from Outset Media is no exception! Not only was it a fun game that everyone could play, it got us up and moving! We played boys against girls (GIRLS WON!) and everyone was rushing around the house grabbing things….
I like to do pilates at home and occasionally my kids will “help” me. (And by “help” I mean “sit on”). I wanted to find a way that they could exercise with me, but we’re well past the mommy & me baby phase around here. Plus most of those are for one mom and one…
All of my children love books, but my daughter is the biggest reader of them all. She’ll sit down and devour a whole book in one afternoon. When she was reading Bash and the Pirate Pig, she laughed aloud several times and even wound up with a case of the giggles a time or two….
When I moved away to go to college, my parents came and helped me get everything set up and then we went out to eat. After dinner, they were going on a short vacation before they headed back home. I was headed to my first apartment with a girl I hardly even knew. They got…
Since we homeschool, I generally jump at any chance to try a new learning opportunity. I especially love easy-to-use and interactive learning opportunities. We are big science fans and my 8 year old has said since Kindergarten that he wants to be an astrophysicist. Whether he’ll actually become one remains to be seen (obviously) but…