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Kids’ Birthday Parties

July 15, 2012 By Meredith 1 Comment

Source If you have haven’t gathered this by now, I’m not a huge fan of kid birthday parties.  I am hosting a big one later today for my daughter.  In general, I eschew the modern day trend of hosting a travelling petting zoo/hiring a dancing princess clown/renting out Disney World for the day.  But my […]

Filed Under: Kid Birthday Parties

Hangin’ Poolside

July 14, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

At some point in the early summer, my son developed an irrational ginormous fear of any body of water.  Not talking lakes, rivers, or even a big pool here.  Instead, think baby pool or bathtub.  This obviously wasn’t going to fly; this Mom of the Year simply doesn’t have enough energy at the end of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Happy Birthday, Baby

July 13, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Elyse, you are gorgeous.  You are sweet.  You are funny.  You are my precious, little 1 yr. old baby girl.  And NO ONE can rock that hat like you do. Happy birthday, baby 😉

Filed Under: Babies, Mommy's Favorites

Dressing the Kids

July 12, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Saw this on GraphJam.com, and decided my children are the ideal Walmart patrons thanks to my husband’s dressing “efforts”… Okay, I’m not a fashion diva by any stretch and am not a fan of dressing my kids up like dolls, but I do have some general standards.  As in, the clothing doesn’t necessarily have to […]

Filed Under: Children's Clothes

The Classiest Broad at the Wedding

July 11, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

I know, you can’t tell by how well I maintain my classiness, but the heat index was actually 108–feel for me a little. We are in the thick of wedding season right now.  Weddings are great.  Sure, I won’t lie–I definitely have my characteristic planning freak-out usually shortly after the initial invitation (Who will babysit? […]

Filed Under: Leaving the House

Liebster Award

July 10, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

When Steph over at The Healthy Mom, nominated me for the Leibster Award, I definitely started workin’ a little bit of a rockstar strut.  Thank you so much, Steph!  See, I’ve never won anything before…okay, well maybe an award for doing a bunch of sit-ups in a row at field day in second grade or […]

Filed Under: Blog Stuff

Parenting/Parents Magazines: The Monday Review

July 9, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Source 3+ years ago, when I was a proud parent-to-be, I fell in love with these publications.  I read them, felt like an extraordinarily responsible knocked-up lady and learned a lot.  Fast-forward to present-day and I still subscribe to both Parents and Parenting magazines.  I still learn stuff by reading them.  But…maybe not loving them as […]

Filed Under: Monday Review, Young Kids

Get It Together!

July 8, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Source I feel like I spend over half my days wishing I could “just get it together”.  Tell me I’m not alone!  It’s just that this parenting thing is HARD, you know?  We’ve got a lot of stuff in over favor–stable job, good home, relative health.  All of these are huge blessings, I know.  We’ve […]

Filed Under: SAHM Life, Young Kids

The Demise of TomKat

July 7, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Source In a world where celebrities marry and divorce more frequently than I can get in a trip to the grocery store, this probably shouldn’t count as a big deal.  And for someone who is not a Tom Cruise fan, it’s crazy that I’ve basically dedicated the entire summer of my blog to him (okay, […]

Filed Under: Celebrities

Guest Blogger Jen: No Monsters Allowed!

July 6, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

My friend Jen makes me laugh so much!  She’s one of those super-cool relatable moms with a great sense of humor who you just love talking to–you feel more normal and peaceful about life just being in her presence.  She claims not to have anything together, but really I think she has it all together. […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger, Young Kids

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