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Perfect Spring Craft: Perler Bead Bowls
I’m so excited to be a guest writer for Kansas City Moms Blog today! I do a lot of fun, easy, and inexpensive crafts with my little girl Mya. One of our recent favorite...
Books for Tough Topics
I’d like to think that because I’m 28 years ahead of my oldest daughter, I have mature answers to all her questions, intelligent explanations to her curiosities and calming responses to her intense emotions. Unfortunately, that's...
5 Strategies to Boost Your Child’s Creativity at Home
Note: This post is sponsored by, and written in collaboration with, Maize Virtual Prep School.
In the information age, creativity has lost some of its value. At our fingertips, we can access any amount of...
Play Date Etiquette
This time of year, our family thrives on play dates and activities. Anything to get us moving and keep us entertained. With cold temperatures and short days, however, the ideal scenario of "let’s meet...
Eating Mistakes Busy Moms Make – And How to Avoid Them
Moms are busy. From the moment we wake up until our head hits the pillow, we are running a million different directions. We’re changing diapers, helping the 2-year-old go potty on the toilet, getting...
Shifting Your Holiday Focus
Wife, mom, chef, maid, personal assistant, class mom, event coordinator, dog walker, taxi driver… you name it, we do it.
To add insult to injury, we are constantly asked for favors by our “working mom” friends,...
Gifts That Keep On Giving
Since greening up food and decorations were explored in my Halloween and Thanksgiving posts, let’s focus on something unique to this holiday season: presents.
Here are five tips to make your gift giving a bit...
Practicing Gratitude Responsibly
Growing up Thanksgiving was a big deal. Each year, we would have at least five or six families over. Extensions went into the dining room table and even the Ping-Pong table was dragged out...
Mommy Wars: Send in the Troops!
The defensive tactical unit is starting to wear down. Now is our chance to go in for the attack. So far, we have been able to keep them down by invalidating their choices in...
When Friends Have Infertility and You Don’t
I see two parallel lines. Wait, or is it the lighting? Is one line a shadow? Husband confirmation - it’s two parallel lines. We’re pregnant!
Wow, I think, that didn’t take as long as I...
Lifelong Treats: 12 Tips to a Greener Halloween
I love Halloween. Not only does Halloween take place during my favorite season, but it also involves presenting yourself to the world as creatively as possible; and, I have to admit a "mom perk"...
This Is For the Moms
This is for the moms.
The one that carries, the one that carried and lost,
The one that's raising, the one that's raised and let go
For the one that adopted and the one that birthed
For the...
It’s Apple-Picking Time!
A fun and tasty fall family outing for kids of all ages, apple picking season now is in full swing. Many orchards will stay open through October, or until all of the apples are...
Losing Control
I am an organizer. A planner. OK, ok, a type-A control freak. We have spreadsheets that map out the next 15 years of our lives. So far, we’ve pretty much gotten everything we planned...
DIYve into Summer
As a mom of three girls, 11, 9 and 6, I think a lot about parenting mindfully on a finite planet. I think about what we engage in and what it conveys to my...
