Parenting a toddler is not for the faint of heart, they’ll push you to your limits at one minute, then make your heart melt the next. One thing we can all agree on is the need to take a few minutes every now on then to escape from the insanity of it all and have …
I don’t think I am wrong when I say a lot of us have more than one kid in part because we want our kids to have siblings. Built in friends for life. Preventing sibling rivalry was an important goal for me. I was never really close to any of my siblings, but it …
As someone who has fond memories of playing board games as a child, I couldn’t wait until my kids were old enough to finally play. For a long time, the only game my kids would and could play was Candyland. Now that my oldest is five, we’ve tried a bunch and I can now confidently …
I think I speak for all moms when I say that the one thing we ALL have in common is having very little time for ourselves. I feel so lucky if I get more than 5 minutes a day to spend on myself. Honestly, if you would have told me ten years ago just how …
Whether you have just moved in or have lived in your current place for years, there are always ways you can improve your house with a few house projects (DIY or hire a contractor). The big question is which home improvement ideas are worth it. To me, these are the projects that have dramatic impacts. …
In our household, using time outs for our toddlers became an effective and important tool for correcting behavior. I thought after the sleepless baby nights, the hardest phase of parenting was over. I was very wrong, because you see I hadn’t met my toddler yet. My toddler melts my heart while moments later knows how …
How to paint stairs can mean a variety of different things such as the painting the banister, spindles, risers or even the stair walls. Deciding what to paint depends on the overall look you are going for and what condition your stairs are in to start with. Since stairs are such a focal point in …
It can be really hard to find good corner decorating ideas. Every house has that awkward corner that you just don’t know what do with. We had a lot of corner spaces in our house especially in our living room or just on our first floor. So, I got a lot of practice trying to …
Painting a brick fireplace white may seem like a daunting task but it actually turned out to be extremely easy. With the right type of paint, you can paint your fireplace so that it lasts for years without a single chip. After painting what felt like every inch of our house including all the trim …
After having a baby I really thought nothing could be harder than those sleepless nights. I was wrong because I hadn’t met my toddler yet. I love my toddler to pieces. My toddler is my world, and I could never imagine it any other way. However, that being said, my toddler has brought me to …
