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Spring Cleaning for the Busy Mom

March 21, 2016 By Meredith 6 Comments

Spring cleaning has never been easier! This organized plan of attack will freshen up your home leave you ready to welcome in warmer months before you know it! No time? No sweat. This cleaning plan is designed for the busy mom who has a lot on her plate and bring you the best tidying up tips and tricks around! Check it out and get ready to cross deep cleaning off your list!

Cleaning and I aren’t besties–by any stretch. Yet since I’m not a huge fan of dust bunnies and cobwebs, we’ve called a bit of truce, and when Kimberly-Clark and The Motherhood asked to sponsor a post sharing my spring cleaning tips with you, I was more than delighted to share the ins and outs of this […]

Filed Under: Cleaning, Homemaking, Organization

Family Brunch at Grand Lux Cafe

March 18, 2016 By Meredith 6 Comments

The food at Grand Lux Cafe is INCREDIBLE. You'll swoon for these menu ideas and be inspired to take your own brunch to the next level! You won't believe this idea for pancakes--it's drool-worthy!

True story: my husband and I are rather abysmal at taking our children out to eat. But when Grand Lux Cafe contacted me and asked to host our family for brunch so I could share our experience with you in this sponsored post, I was intrigued. Intrigued enough to put aside my general fear of taking my circus […]

Filed Under: Leaving the House, Mommy's Favorites, Young Kids

Lower the Bar

March 14, 2016 By Meredith 8 Comments

Beating yourself up over not meeting your ideal of perfection? Comparing yourself to others and feeling the burn of low self-worth? A friend gave me this advice about how to "lower the bar" and it's been a complete game-changer. The peace and self-acceptance is such a blessing. Check it out and finally learn to push your to-do list aside and FORGIVE YOURSELF.

I’ve been a bit rough of late–rougher than usual. Sickness, demanding work schedules and general lack of ability to manage this life gig have definitively booted showers into the “possible” category and well, let’s just say the playroom is temporarily off limits until some form a trail can be blazed through the horrifying clutter. Yet […]

Filed Under: Faith, Health, Homemaking, Keeping a Rein on the Kids, Young Kids

Packing for a Ninja Convention

March 9, 2016 By Meredith 4 Comments

Headed off for a vacation? Here are the things you MUST avoid--taken from someone who has made ALL the packing mistakes! Get smart, get planning, and get packing for your vacation now! Trip planning for the win!

I am unarguably the worst packer in the world. Seriously, I win the title. When it comes to planning a trip, I rock. I can nail an agenda and a to-stash-in-carry-on list like a boss. I plot and scheme details of a vacation with such fervor, travel agents swoon with envy (this last part is entirely […]

Filed Under: Couple Time, Leaving the House, Vacations

Check One for the Family TV Milestone

March 7, 2016 By Meredith 4 Comments

Family Television time can be a wonderful thing that the whole family--mom and dad AND the kids will enjoy. Get the scoop on how we made this happen and learn the trick to achieving this milestone in your own home. Make TV a blessing, not a curse that builds healthy family bonding!

True confession: I’m 36 years old and I don’t know how to use our TV. When kids came into the picture, screen time quickly became the same Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD played on repeat on while Mommy stole showers or fought her way through burning yet another dinner. By the time Mickey’s antics were outgrown, the […]

Filed Under: Children's TV Characters, Couple Time, Favorite TV Shows, Young Kids

Book Club Takes a Trip to The Lake House

March 4, 2016 By Meredith 15 Comments

We were SO captivated by this book! Check out the reasons why and I'll bet you'll be sold too! Toss on your jammies, cozy up and read with our virtual book club, friends! We're so glad YOU are here!

My gal, Carrie of Normal Level of Crazy has been rocking the BUSY scene of late, tackling the uber-fun task of moving to a new house. While we all send her virtual hugs and welcome fruit baskets, I’m tickled to have her back and sharing about our virtual book club’s latest read! I know so […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Books, Reading

I Want Them to Know Her

March 2, 2016 By Meredith 15 Comments

Losing a parent is so difficult. Here's a way to say goodbye to their memory while still embracing their presence in your life and teaching your kids to love their grandparent after they are gone. Turn grandparent death into a blessing. The death of a parent/grandparent is so hard. Find hope and inspiration for positive grieving here!

Four years ago today, my mom died. When she first left, I relied heavily on this blog as a therapy. My readers, my patient, kind readers, let me say the words I needed to say, often over and over as the processing gave way to bits of healing. There are many reasons I give thanks for […]

Filed Under: Grief, Mom Dying, Young Kids

Spark a Mind with Early Learning

February 29, 2016 By Meredith 2 Comments

This is a fantastic way to spark inspiration, curiosity, and creativity in your own home and with your kids! Help early learning happen in your home with this learning resource! These ideas are so inspiring!

This post was sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. We are fast leaving the days of early childhood education behind us. My son is happily settled into the 1st grade, and my daughter is in her last year at our beloved preschool. I’ll be sad to bid the sweetness of these early […]

Filed Under: Preschool, School, Toddler Playtime, Young Kids

A Day for the Kids at Woodmere Art Museum

February 26, 2016 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Not sure what to do on the weekends with kids? This is a fantastic idea that will share a love of culture and art in their young minds and leave you feeling like a fantastic mom for having thought of it! Kids art museum for the win!

Raise your hand if you’ve ever scratched your head on the weekend, wondering over a cool activity to do with your kids that didn’t involve seeing yet another movie or building a fort for the upteenth time in row. Nothing against forts, we love them in these parts. They just tend to lose their luster […]

Filed Under: Leaving the House, Mommy's Favorites, Toddler Playtime, Young Kids

Rare Disease Day: With Hope, The Odds Don’t Matter

February 26, 2016 By Meredith 2 Comments

Rare Disease Day is a day to support and raise awareness for the diseases that are difficult to diagnose and identify. You voice and support for this cause means so very much to patients everywhere! Learn how to cheer the cause on here.

Friends, I’d like to introduce you to someone who is going to take your breath away with her story: please meet Heather Von St. James. In 2005, Heather was diagnosed with pleural mesolthelioma and given 15 months to live. She had just given birth to her beautiful daughter, Lily Rose, three months prior. You can […]

Filed Under: Health, Sickness

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