Last year at the ABC Kids Expo, I got to meet the amazing dad behind the Cate & Levi brand. If you aren’t familiar with the company, you definitely should be. Cate and Levi is based in Toronto, Canada and uses reclaimed fabrics and textiles to make all sorts of covetable goodies for kids of … Read more
My husband is truly awesome. He works long hours, comes home happy to his adoring children, and puts up with me and my crazy antics, DIY projects, and my refusal to fold laundry. A saint, I tell you. For this reason, Father’s Day is a big deal at our house. Typically, we make hubby something … Read more
I never thought much about American pride until I had kids. Sure, I was proud to be an American, I admired and thanked our troops, and I didn’t take all of our many freedoms for granted, but I never really sat and thought about what it meant to have American pride. But, as my daughter … Read more
AKA – why I have been MIA. My cousin got married last Friday to her boyfriend of 6 years and she asked my daughter to be one of her 4 flower girls {yes, I know… FOUR flower girls! What can I say, we have a big family and we are lucky to have four little … Read more
Tonight at a party, I spoke to a number of mothers and we discussed our children. Some had newly empty nests, others had just welcomed their first child, some were now grandparents, and one was even preparing a wedding for their oldest next week. Even though this may be their first Mother's Day or their … Read more
Do you ever find yourself feeling lost in your local toy store? Maybe it’s the fact that there are too many options or maybe it’s because half of the toys are plastic junk, but I feel like I’m in the same position every time I’m shopping for birthday presents for my kids’ friends. I certainly … Read more
Ever since I've becoming a mom, I've turned into a huge sap. We're talking crying during commercials, getting teary-eyed at the thought of leaving my daughter at preschool, saving every single scrap of artwork, and getting mushy about something as simple as a card. And, I've collected an amazing pile of cards in my 3 … Read more
It would be hard to forget the first time you lay eyes upon Moover Toys. I remember vividly the first time I spotted them in the middle of the HABA booth at the ABC Kids Show in Kentucky, surrounded by buyers and gawkers that just wanted to get up close to all this cuteness. And, … Read more
Spring is a big time for pictures in our family. Between holiday pictures and spring events, we usually take a trek to our local tulip fields where I take somewhere near a million pictures of the kiddos amongst the blooms, and the result is a huge collection of pictures that are just begging to be … Read more
I know I’ve said this before, but I absolutely love Easter. This year was even better than I expected because this year I had TWO kiddos running around hunting eggs and looking adorable. Seriously, aren’t they just heart melting? This year was also fun because the Easter Bunny {aka, me} got to do some fun … Read more