Quick Tip Tuesday: Get up and move

Today's tip is about mental health, again.  (Is anyone noticing a trend? lol)  Things have been hard, I haven't been shy about admitting that... and I haven't even tried to hide how hard they've actually been.   If I didn't have kids I would no doubt be in my bed, under the covers until my stomach …

5 steps to getting your anxiety and other mental health issues under control

Have you been dealing with a lot of anxiety lately?  I have.  Truthfully, I've been dealing with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder since I was a young child.  I didn't always know that was what I was dealing with, but it has become obvious in the past few years that I've been dealing with mental …

Quick Tip Tuesday: Video baby monitor

When I got pregnant with my first child I wouldn't accept anything less than a video baby monitor! I know, I know... many people have been fine with audio monitors but I felt it necessary to have a video monitor.  Funds were tight... so I got a a Levana monitor from Groupon.  It worked pretty …

5 Fun Father’s Day gift ideas!

Father's Day is coming up and that is a pretty important holiday in our house.  Let me tell you why-- it is simple really.. my kids have the best dad!  They're pretty lucky 🙂  I really want to make this Father's Day special for him so I will have to get creative. I've kind of set the …

Parenting during stressful life events: 7 things to remember.

This week has been a whirlwind.  We planned out our dinners on Sunday, made it through school drop off on Monday and I even got a walk in at the lake with my friend Emily!  It seemed that the week was starting off nicely (aside from an extremely hard drop off at school Monday morning-- …