real moms {sharing} all things fabulous
“Look mom! I’m a sleeping dinosaur! {snore, snore, ROAR!}” That’s what Talon shouted to me from his room the first night we put the ZippySack on his bed. Thankfully we’ve had more snoring than roaring since then, but I can’t fault him for his excitement. His new blanket is pretty awesome! ZippySack is the…
Earlier this year the oil-pulling trend lit up my Facebook feed. What is it? How do you do it? Does it really DO anything? Everyone was weighing in with their opinions and personal experiences. Intrigued, I relocated my jar of coconut oil from the kitchen to the bathroom and gave it a whirl. I wish…
One of the perks about living in the country in Michigan is that we can pretty much keep our windows open all summer and avoid turning on the air conditioning. Sure, there are a few days that we’ll turn on the AC…just to make sure it’s still working, of course 😉 But overall, the breeze…
With the Summer heat headed our way, soon our ceiling fans will be working overtime! And, with Hunter Fan‘s new SIMPLEconnect Programmable Fan Control, keeping your fan running at the right pace will be no problem this Summer! Whether you want to make sure your fan is on before you head home from work or…
The final countdown is on until my kids are officially on Summer Vacation and, while I’m looking forward to slowing down our pace for a few months, playing in the yard and lazy days at the beach, I also know that we’ll quickly be shifting into the “I’m Bored!” Days of Summer. Don’t get me wrong, I’m…
Spend any time on social media lately and you’ll likely hear these two little words :: Essential Oils. And while I’ve been curious about essential oils for quite some time now, I’m also very hesitant because it seems like the latest “make money from home” gimmick. You’re either Team Brand X or Team Brand Y…
 The countdown has started in our house. Just five more weeks until Summer Vacation. Five more weeks and we are done scrambling through homework and feverishly signing reading loges as we’re dropping kids off at school. Five more weeks until lazy days in the sun, fun at the beach, and quiet peaceful evenings on…
When we moved into our house and put in new flooring, all I could think about was carpet that was soft and comfy enough to walk on barefoot and lay on and would {hopefully} hide wear well. I didn’t stop to think about how that carpet would work with building train tracks and block castles….
Happy Earth Day!!! I love Earth Day! It’s such a great reminder of all the really easy things we can do throughout the year to help keep our little planet healthy and happy! Keeping the Earth clean can be a big task but the, like I tell my kids when it’s house-cleaning day, if everyone…
It has been more than a decade since my husband has purchased new glasses. Despite being a good three prescriptions behind now, it’s just not something we’ve put high on the priority list. And yet I get to hear {nearly every night} all about how his glasses are so outdated and how he’d be better…
While I’m desperately waiting for it to be warm enough that I can open all my windows and allow the fabulous smells of Spring to fill my house, I’ve been searching for some fun ‘scent alternatives’. Of course it always leads me to candles because we love candles in our house. That warm soft, flickering…
When you bring a dog into your home and he becomes part of your family, you begin to notice their behaviors. Quirky behaviors. And you begin to wonder, is there something wrong with him? The whole “having to go around in a circle three times before laying down” thing? Or when he comes in a…