Like so many other parents-to-be, I went through all the traditional stages of pre-baby worry when I was pregnant with my first child in 2018. Will I be a good mom? Will I be able to afford a baby?...
Has the panic set in yet? For my family, this season is definitely making me more aware of who is around me, and the kids coughing and such. The good news is that I am stocked up on TP,...
I am not a person who loves to cook. Honestly, I am not a person who even likes to cook. Granted, every once in a while, I will get my Martha Stewart moments where I feel like whipping up...
My New Year’s Resolutions are almost always the same: find ways to be more organized, eat healthier, have more down time, and spend more time just having fun with my family. It always seems simple. Completely doable. And then...
Here’s a startling fact, fewer than 10% of kids in America eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. In other words, 9 out of 10 kids aren’t eating enough of the foods most recommended by leading nutrition and...
I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes dinner and a movie sound boring. When my husband and I get a chance to have a date night, I find that we usually have more fun if we are doing...
When my kiddos were small, they’d roll out of bed, come in for a snuggle and head straight to the kitchen. Breakfast was a priority, and I was happy to fill their little bellies with homemade protein balls, healthy...
In our family, the ultimate celebration of summer is a perfect bacon, lettuce and tomato (BLT) sandwich. And the key piece of that summer treasure is the B.
Finding the best bacon can be a challenge with so many brands,...
Grocery shopping. It is a necessary evil. I am always on the lookout for a store that offers anything at all that can make it halfway pleasant. Cue McKeever’s Market & Eatery! The folks at the new store located...
Fewer things are sweeter than fresh midsummer fruit. Except for taking said fruit, blending it with sugar and water, and freezing it for a summer treat, best savored poolside from a drippy cone. Our family calls this ritual "sorbet summer."
After...
When my dad was a little boy, his family, the Wards, camped in tents at Pomme de Terre Lake every weekend in the summer and at Bennett Spring State Park every weekend in the spring and fall. At "the...
Father's Day is coming and if you're anything like me I struggle to find the right gift. I loathe spending money on trinkets and things that will just clutter space and get tossed aside. I have jumped on the...
As moms, we’re ready for any hunger situation, with diaper bags and oversized totes crammed with squeeze apple sauces, gold fish crackers and sippy cups. But moms, when was the last time you packed a snack for yourself to enjoy...
Wanna know a secret? We struggle with wasting food at our house. Not terribly, but certainly more often than I would like, which always triggers some guilt because I hate wasting food. It feels akin to setting money on...
Like Beyonce you’ve resolved to eat a more plant-based diet in 2019, but you don’t know where to start and you don’t want to eat dry iceberg lettuce (snooze) or plain tofu (yyuucckk) every day? I get it. Whether...