Paper Bowl & Plate Easter Bonnets

April 11, 2014February 28, 2022 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Easter, Holidays, Paper Plate Crafts activities, arts, bonnet, crafts, DIY, Easter, family, glue, hats, holiday, kids, paint, ribbon, toddler 14 Comments

Potty Training Methods & Tips

April 4, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Helpful hints & tips apps, bathroom, diapers, family, kids, learning, pee, poop, potty, toddler, toilet, training 9 Comments

Today was an exciting day in our home. Today our daughter reached another milestone. She peed in her potty for the first time. Let me be more specific, she peed on the potty for the first time after telling us that she had to. While she still has a way to go this was a […]

The Pros & Cons of Having a Child Later in Life

April 2, 2014May 22, 2015 Pinparent Life age, family, kids, Mothers, old, parenting, pregnancy, toddler 17 Comments

As I have said to you all often before, when my husband & I first started dating we did not want to have children. Somewhere along the way I started rethinking it slightly. Did we want to or didn’t we. I just wasn’t sure, but as my age was quickly advancing (Ahem), I began to […]

Rice Krispie Easter Eggs

March 17, 2014March 23, 2015 Pinparent Dessert, Easter, Holidays, Recipes activities, Easter, eggs, Food, Holidays, kids, marshmallows, Peeps, recipes, Rice Krispy, toddler, treats 17 Comments

There is a sweet commercial on TV which features a mother & a daughter making Rice Krispies treats eggs together. Not only does watching this make me want to spend quality mommy & daughter time with my little girl, it makes me really want to make these eggs. This looked like such a cute idea, […]

20 of the Most Famous Mom-isms

March 15, 2014April 19, 2016 Pinparent Life family, kids, mother, parenting, phrases, quotes, sayings, toddler 8 Comments

There is a certain time in each woman’s life when she realizes an ugly truth about herself. It happens one day unexpectedly, when you hear yourself muttering something under your breath. You realize that your mutterings sound all too familiar. Then it hits you, you sound just like your mother. Not that this is a […]

Footprint Easter Bunny Craft

March 9, 2014March 5, 2016 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Easter, Hand, foot & finger print art activities, art, baby, bunny, cotton balls, crafts, Easter, feet, footprints, kids, paint, toddler 16 Comments

I just never get sick of my daughter’s cute little piggies. There is just something so cute about baby feet. With time racing by, she is quickly becoming less of a baby & more of a little girl. Mommy needs to preserve all these baby moments while I can. With Easter nearing, I thought it […]

Dinosaur & Fossil Finding Sensory Box

March 3, 2014April 28, 2015 Pinparent Kid's activities, Sensory Activities activites, box, dinosaurs, fun, kids, parenting, play, sand, sensory, toddler 22 Comments

My daughter likes dinosaurs. She really likes them. I think this is largely because of the book ‘How do dinosaurs say goodnight?’. I am not sure, but regardless, she loves those crazy creatures. A few weeks back I took her to a dinosaur exhibit. She of course loved it. There was a […]

My Daughter Is Skinny & My Dog Is Fat… Getting My Toddler To Eat.

February 25, 2014 Pinparent Life eat, Eating, Food, habits, kids, parenting, toddler 13 Comments

There has been a year long power struggle in our home. My loyal readers know of our battle with getting our daughter to eat. For the first year of her life, Mai was such a good eater. She nursed every two hours until she started solids.. We started her on solids early because she was […]

Paper Bowl Animal Crafts

February 20, 2014October 4, 2021 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Paper Plate Crafts activities, animals, arts, bear, bowls, crab, crafts, fun, ideas, kids, paint, paper, parenting, plates, sheep, snow days, teddy bear, toddler, Toddlers, turtle 17 Comments

Things You Don’t Realize Until You Have Kids

February 17, 2014March 30, 2016 Pinparent Life children, family, friends, kids, life, parenting, toddler 46 Comments

Today my husband, posed a question that got me thinking “What would our life be like if we never had our daughter?” This question shocked me because I never thought about it once. He referenced the change in our coffee table since we had a child. Where there was once a beautiful contemporary glass and […]