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What to Expect While You Are Expecting: The Monday Review

May 14, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…have referenced at least part of these books more than once in a desperate search of wisdom in my mommyhood efforts. So the good news? I am giving away 2 FULL SETS of these books for your reading pleasure in honor of the movie coming out this week! Not knocked up or parent of young kids?? Gift them to someone who is and they will love you forever 🙂 Enter in, my friends…(giveaway ends Thursday at midnight) This post is affiliated with www.whattoexp…

Filed Under: Babies, Giveaway, Monday Review, Young Kids

DIY Pallet Board Coat Rack in 3 Easy Steps

May 30, 2016 By Meredith 12 Comments

Ever DIY something in your home and then wonder, why the heck didn't I think of this sooner?! For us, our slice of genius home organization was this DIY Pallet Board Coat Rack. Seriously, so incredibly easy and cheap (you won't believe the final cost!), and had made ALL the difference by our front door as a place to hang coats. Read: Mommy feels a tad more sane with this in place! Why didn't we think of this easy project sooner?!

…my husband’s inspiration, who, while not on Pinterest, did a quick Google search and then came up with this easy DIY pallet board coat rack idea: What are the 3 easy, cheap steps to a DIY Pallet Board Coat Rack? Trash pick. No, I’m serious. My husband popped out the night before trash pick up in our neighborhood and grabbed a used pallet board. Yup, we’re that cheap. We then grabbed six inexpensive coat hooks, similar to these at Wayfair. (Time c…

Filed Under: DIY, Homemaking, Organization, Saving Money

Book Club Kicks Off!

September 8, 2014 By Meredith 8 Comments

…x by Eva Lesko Natiello. As described on Amazon: “What would you do if you searched your own past and uncovered something shocking? In this gripping domestic thriller, a group of privileged suburban moms amuse themselves by Googling everyone in town, digging up dirt to fuel thorny gossip. Caroline Thompson, devoted mother of two, sticks to the moral high ground and attempts to avoid these women. She’s relieved to hear her name appears only three t…

Filed Under: Book Club, Books, Escapism, Quiet Time, Reading

Toddler in a Hip Spica Cast

November 27, 2011 By Meredith 165 Comments

Having a child in a cast, especially a body cast, is no fun. Here is the story of how we survived my son's hip spica cast--tons of tips and tricks included!

…e a shout out to any other parents who might be madly tearing up Google in search of any insight on how to best handle a toddler in a hip spica cast. That first awful night, when my husband was in the ER and I was home with our newborn, I found enormous comfort and some really great tips from parents who also had wee ones in hip spica casts. So I just wanted to share our experience in case it could in any way be a help to others. Here is what we h…

Filed Under: Hip Spica Cast

Guest Blogger Kari: Muffin Mayhem

April 13, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…that trip to the grocery store hadnʼt happened either). 2. I then quickly search for a delicious muffin recipe and find inspiration from my “How to Get Your Children to Eat Their Veggies by Sneaking Them into Their Favorite Foods Cookbook.” Not only would my made-from-scratch muffins be delicious, they would be highly nutritious too! Go me! 3. In the middle of making these “amazing” muffins, I realize I donʼt quite have all the necessary ingredie…

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Carters: The Children’s Clothing Store From Which We Are Now Banned

April 24, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…ies scoured the area, I drug both children back out to the minivan to do a search (arm still actually breaking at this point). Very maturely decided to just give up, cancel missing card and pay with another card, and returned into store. Just as I was handing over the new card to complete the transaction, my son looks up at me and innocently hands my missing card up to me. WHAA?! Here’s the thing, he doesn’t even know how use his pockets yet and I…

Filed Under: Children's Clothes, Young Kids

Mystery Odor

May 29, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…then tell my husband, who declares me crazy. I then continue my desperate search of the stench. After about a day, my husband then acknowledges said odor. He looks for possible sources of the smell. Nothing is determined. At this point, I start to get a little crazy, possibly cry a smidgen and threaten to cancel hosting book club because our house reeks. Eventually, mystery odor is identified and remedied with an excessive amount of air freshener…

Filed Under: Messy House

Chasing a Toddler Through the Mall

June 6, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…ehow make our way back to the safety of the minivan. We pulled up beside the cookie joint, selected our order and then…he was gone again! My poor baby was abandoned again and my open wallet left lying by the register while I panicked-ly ran off in search of my son again…I’ll spare you the subsequent gory details and let’s just conclude by saying WE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO THE MALL. At least, of course, until I lose my memory and/or have a brain t…

Filed Under: Bribing Children, Keeping a Rein on the Kids, Leaving the House, Young Kids

Guest Blogger Delilah

June 26, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…r the one inside his potted plant. Then there were the ones that he had to search for- like the one inside his overhead light and the one inside the ridge of his window sill. Finally there were the really hard to find ones that required him to sniff them out slowly- the one inside his wall socket and the one behind his desk drawer that could only be found by taking out the entire drawer. We were sneaky in our assault. Nobody was ever able to prove…

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A Few Laughs for You and a Revamping for Me

September 28, 2012 By Meredith Leave a Comment

…parenting thing up worse than you, I promise. I PROMISE. And if you are in search of just a few more belly laughs, trek on over to the Top 35 Most Pinteresting Moms, a new Pinterest board that highlights some amazing women bloggers who I remain in awe of because they are just so darn witty, smart and original. I have no idea how I landed in their company, because I’m definitely not pinteresting (for real, check out my boards–mostly just crockpot r…

Filed Under: Blog Stuff

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