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4 Thoughtful Reasons Boy Names for Girls Are All the Rage Right Now

Choosing boy names for girls is nothing new. In fact, almost all girl names start as boy names. Some classic ones are Ashley and Lauren, which today are girl names but started as boy names. Now, there are a lot of beautiful and popular girl names that I love and I myself have a very …

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Your Mom Friends Secretly Hate You if You Do These 7 Things

Having mom friends is an absolute must of parenthood. Once you have kids you won’t be able to relate to anyone who doesn’t. They will be on an absolute opposite schedule than you unable to understand your crazy day to day. Therefore, once you start to have kids, you also gain a new friend group …

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10 Worst Mistakes When Hosting a Kids Birthday (Ages 0-5)

Let’s all admit together that we went over the top for that first birthday and probably spent way too much money. The next few years, we continually learned more lessons on how to be experts in throwing a kid birthday. I have now attended enough little kid birthday parties to know how to royally screw …

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As a Mom, I Used to Hate this Phrase, But Don’t Anymore

“Enjoy it, it goes by fast.” I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard this. It used to bother me so much. I just couldn’t understand the point of why people felt the need to tell me this. Don’t you think I know that between the endless chores, hectic schedules, work, and …

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Should You Have Two or Three Kids? 12 Reasons Two Was Best for Us

I was one of three and so is my husband. This made the decision between two or three kids very difficult for us. However, we decided to stop at two children. I thought I would have three simply because that was what we both had. But when it came down to it, we realized that …

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Why I Don’t Have a Minimalist Philosophy on Toys: Mess is okay and even good sometimes

Recently my mom friend told me, and I quote: “It is really important to declutter and pitch toys so you can keep everything more organized. It is better for them [kids] and will help them keep stuff clean and organized.”  She has a minimalist toy room. I do not. We hit lots of garage sales …

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