November 20, 2020 Friday Favorites: holiday gift ideas for her Have you started your holiday shopping yet? I’ve been chipping away at mine for a while, and now I’m starting to really get into…
November 18, 2020 Toddler taming: our best tips and tricks Toddlers are fun. They are also crazy, always learning and constantly on the move. Being a new mom to a toddler is one of…
November 16, 2020 These vintage porcelain figurines don’t seem to age When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to play with were little miniature china or ceramic animal figurines. I played with…
November 14, 2020 I really miss our Elf on the Shelf This will be our third Christmas since, at the age of 8, Z decided that nothing is real: not Santa, not Emmalina our Christmas…
November 12, 2020 Tour and experience the world with Amazon Explore When a friend shared on Facebook recently about her Amazon Explore experience, I had to rub my eyes and pinch myself. It sounded like…
November 10, 2020 My hubby built our daughter an actual castle Back in our daughter’s princess days – that epic time between ages 3 and 5 that we enjoyed very much – my amazing hubby…
November 8, 2020 I broke up with food to save my life I’ve dropped a few hints here on the blog about a big diet I embarked on last fall. It’s called Optifast and it’s a…
November 6, 2020 The Columbus Zoo is freaking fantastic right now I once wrote that November is a “family fun doldrums” because there doesn’t seem to be much to do in between the fall family…
November 4, 2020 What are the top 5 must-have Lipsense colors? I’ve never been a big makeup person, but you won’t catch me without my Lipsense. Even during Covid – beneath a mask, I’ve still…
November 2, 2020 Why feeding kids the BRAT diet may be a big mistake I’ve learned a whole lot this week thanks to one terrific ER doc at the Nationwide Children’s Lewis Center Close to Home location. She…