“How are my laundry baskets still always full when my kids don’t take off their pajamas all day?” – Every parent ever. If you’re anything like me, you have at least one pile of laundry taking over your home. There’s the clean pile that you haven’t quite gotten the chance […]
Summer is on the horizon. While many of us will soon start summer break, others are still wrapping up those last few days of testing and figuring out what to do with all the old schoolwork and awkwardly sized artwork our kids keep bringing home. The weeks before summer are […]
I’m not gonna lie, I thank my lucky stars every single day that my kids are no longer little. Sure, I miss their cute little faces, their bedtime snuggles, and having them actually want to spent time with me. But everyday life has gotten so much easier without butts to wipe […]
Kids are funny little creatures – and by “funny,” I mean they can be frustrating AF. One day you have to bribe them to take the tiniest bite of one chicken nugget, and the next day they eat an entire 10-piece and ask for some of yours. Then there are […]
No matter how much I promise to stick to a healthy diet over the winter, it never happens. I blame food for being too delicious and Netflix for all of its awesome original programming. The real problem with getting fit is that it requires two things many of us despise: […]
I don’t know about you, but every year, by the time report cards come in, I am done with school. I’m sick of packing lunches every morning, done signing the planner, over those torturous last-minute projects, and beyond tired of the parents who still haven’t figured out the school’s car […]
I haven’t slept in nearly 19 years. What no one tells you about having kids is that your sleep deprivation isn’t over when they they’re no longer babies. Seasoned parents fail to mention sleep regressions, the crack-of-dawn soccer tourneys, the sleepovers with a dozen giggling fifth graders, those last-minute […]
It feels like it’s been cold and flu season for the last 37 months. There are coughing kids with boogery faces everywhere you look. No matter how often you douse your family with hand sanitizer or how many cart wipes you use at Target, it seems impossible to stay healthy. […]