Last Wednesday, I suddenly saw women I interact with on Facebook posting about a Barbie computer engineer book. I quickly realized that they were complaining about how crappy the book was and how it showed Barbie needing help not looking to solve her own problems. I started … [Read more...]
Building Girls of Confidence
We have two girls and a boy and while we look to give them many of the same life lessons, there are some lessons we know need more focus for the girls (or for our little man). For all of our kids ... They will all leave our house each day knowing they are loved. They will … [Read more...]
“I can’t wait to” with Girl Scouts
You know when life and sponsored content combine, it is magical. Consider this post magical as I get share about my Girl Scout experiences and I can't wait to goal in a sponsored campaign with Girl Scouts and Mom It Forward! If you follow me on Instagram then you know there … [Read more...]
Life Insurance for the Stay-at-Home Parent
Have you ever wondered what a stay-at-home parent is worth financially? I was recently reading this article from InsWeb and it really struck a chord with me. According to Salary.com, the average stay-at-home mom is worth a yearly salary of $113,568! As a stay-at-home dad, I … [Read more...]
Happy Father’s Day!
Father's Day is here. Brian went from Active Duty Army to full time college student ready to take a professional job to a stay at home dad. I love that Brian gets to be here with the kids ... at school with the kids ... in the kitchen with the kids. He loves it too ... most of … [Read more...]
Today I Saw Her Future
It is a rare day that I drop our youngest two kids off at preschool. That is normally Brian's job but today I dropped them off on my way to work since he had an early morning appointment. Sophie had to take her preschool graduation gown back to school today. We had forgotten to … [Read more...]
Building a Child’s Confidence
Just like we talked about little tasks for little hands in the kitchen a few months ago, we find little tasks for the little hands all around our house. Each time we challenge the kids with a new task, I am amazed with how fast they catch onto the task. Grace loves to open the … [Read more...]
The girls helped with my graduate paper
So I took two days off work to work on my graduate paper. This not a shining example of my time management but hopefully shows my commitment. I came up from working the basement all day when Grace got off the bus today. I left my paper on the table. It sat there for about 1.5 … [Read more...]
She CUT her hair … it was not a good moment for me
Sophie cut her hair ... again. She cut her own hair back in the summer and we had a LONG talk about cutting our hair. She took about two inches off when she cut her hair. We went and got her a haircut and the hairdresser styled it nice. Earlier this week, I let Sophie help me … [Read more...]
10 Ways That Parenthood Is Like Living In A Combat Zone
If you've read my bio, you know that I spent six months in Iraq back in 2003. For years before that, I spent plenty of time training and preparing for that deployment. When I became a parent, people told me about how hard it was going to be. They told me how different it … [Read more...]
Sports Illustrated Kids SportsParent of the Year Contest
For the first time ever, Sports Illustrated Kids is naming a “SportsParent of the Year” and would like to invite us to enter or nominate an inspirational SportsParent! A true SportsParent is dedicated to using sports to support family and community, not scores and trophies. The … [Read more...]
Thursday Thought – Mothers Quote
This describes how I feel lately quiet nicely. How about you? Is this how you feel some days when you are running between work and home and kid activities all while just wanting to go to bed at 5pm and sleep until 10am?! … [Read more...]
My Do Over Moment
What is the moment I wish I could do over again? Not catching the girls left markers out in little dude's reach. The girls do really good with the markers with these days but they know to put them away when they are done coloring in their coloring books. Well this day, they … [Read more...]
Becoming My Mother … Happily!
I think every girl wonders if she will become her mother. Some hope they don't become their mother at all and others long to be exactly like them. I never really thought about this ... until two weeks ago. I came home from work with my hand looking like this ... You see … [Read more...]
Potty Training: The Timer Method
Have you potty trained any kids? We will soon be working on our third. Two successes and you would think that we have this down. The catch is that our third is a boy (the first two are girls) so we have no idea if our past success will pay off.We will start with what we know and … [Read more...]