Meredith R.
Meredith is wife to Eric and mommy to Jackson (10), Wyatt (8), Logan (7), Cohen (5), and Piper (2). She moved to KC in 2005, after being born and raised in St. Louis. Having graduated from the University of Missouri, she still finds it really interesting, and a little unsettling, that KU gear is sold in the stores right alongside all of the MU gear!
Meredith wears many hats; not only is she a busy mom shuttling her kids to and from cub scout meetings and soccer practices, but she runs her own photography business, meredithrae photography, blogs over at My 4 Misters And Their Sister, and is also a labor and delivery RN who recently hung up the nurse’s cap temporarily to concentrate on taking care of her family while her hubby travels the world on business. She also likes to cook, bake, sew, decorate, craft, and even swing a hammer from time to time.
DIY: Boys’ Haircut
If I had to pick one condition or deal breaker that my husband had prior to marrying me, it was that I had to know how to cut his hair. His mom did it...
I Left A Part of my Heart in Kansas City
A month ago I did one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do in my life - my husband, kids, and I packed the last little bits of our house and our belongings...
The Way Moms Work: Summer of Laundry, and More Laundry
To celebrate the different expressions of how moms work, the KCMB series “The Way Moms Work” follows the many ways we work in a single day. We hope this series will champion all of the work moms...
Getting Over the Swimsuit Struggle
I've read the blog posts. The ones that tell you to just put on your swimsuit already.
As I finished this popular post, my thoughts were about how it would be great if I could...
How I Met Your Father: A Tale of Bunny Ears and Rollerblades
To My Four Misters and their Sister,
It will be a while until you all are old enough to care about the details of how Daddy and I ended up at the altar together. Right now,...
Closing That Chapter: Getting Rid of the Baby Stuff
I started doing it, little by little, after my fourth baby started outgrowing things. Mostly, it was clothes that I knew I wasn't ever going to hand down to another little baby boy...
A Tidy Home Makes Me a Better Mom
Perhaps you've seen or read this poem:
Or perhaps something like these floating around the internet:
Poems like that and memes such as these make me scoff and then get under my skin. I am not...
Preparing for the Worst During Tornado Season
It's spring again! In the Midwest, this also means the anticipation of thunderstorms and the threat of tornadoes.
When the EF5 tornado hit Joplin, MO in May 2011, many people in Kansas City came to the aid of...
Flights of Fancy – A Kite Festival in Lee’s Summit
Nothing says spring like flying kites! Or even better, watching other people fly kites. Like... really, really BIG kites! And you can find just that at the Flights of Fancy Mega Kite Festival, held...
Camping With Kids
My gut reaction when I think about camping with kids is ::: groan ::: "Do I have to???" And this reaction is really because I don't absolutely, 100% love camping. My kids, on the...
Recovering From a C-Section With More than One Child
Are you getting ready to have another baby, by c-section, and wondering HOW on earth you are going recover from that while taking care of your new baby and the one(s) you already have!?...
To The Mom Whose Spouse Travels
My husband travels for work. A lot. Sometimes it's for one or two days at a time. Sometimes it's for a week or longer. When he first started out with his current job, he...
Letting Go, Letting Loose
I remember one day when I was a child, maybe 9 or 10 years old, when my family decided to go sledding together. We ended up at the elementary school near my grandmother's house,...
DIY : Valentine’s Day Chocolate Bag
Yes, that's right... a chocolate bag.
For those of you new to the area, or who have never had the pleasure of dining at McCormick & Schmick's on the Country Club Plaza, you may have never...
To The Babysitter
Having a good babysitter makes all the difference in the world. It makes us mommies feel confident in the person we leave our kids with, and know we won't be coming back to utter chaos and disaster.
Here are 10...
