Ages + Stages

I love February with its designated day for love.  Really, a holiday for love?  Oh yes, please. I’m not the commercial sort that loves to receive flowers or chocolates.  Rather I love February because it gives me a chance to...

  (Jennifer)  Our family has had the WORST luck with birthdays. Having a successful birthday party for both of my kids has been almost impossible up to this point.  When my son was turning 5 years old, he asked desperately to invite...

If there's one thing that I despise as a mom, it is toy "junk". You know, the cheap toys that only function in one way and get lost or broken within a month. While there are still quite a...

Ever since my daughter could walk, my husband and I started going on “toddler walks,” a name we eventually dubbed for slower-paced, toddler-led walks. Unlike our faster walks using a stroller or carrier, our toddler walks allow us to...

Soccer, ballet, basketball, boy scouts, and dance team are a few of the after school activities that occupy my children's time. Life with four children can get very hectic! Now, add in practices, games, recitals, and club events... that's...

Is there any parent who doesn’t want the best for their children? Even though we typically answer, “Yes, absolutely!” sometimes we face challenges without easy solutions. Case in point: My daughter is not yet in kindergarten and I'm finding myself stressing...

School is back in session for a lot of kiddos which means we are back on the hook for packing daily lunches! A lot of people DREAD this task, so I've got a few tips to help make lunch...

Ever since my daughter was a baby, we decided to make most of our house a YES space. A YES space is a room in the house that a baby or toddler can explore independently without you ever having...

We are finally at the toddler stage where our toddler enjoys playing games and thus receives them as gifts. One of the games she got this year was Pie Face. Little did I know that this game is more...

I struggle with the tween years the most. They break little pieces of my heart and scare me. These are the years where I see my daughter's childhood innocence slipping into a mature understanding of the world around her. Those...