So You Think Your Child Has Pink Eye?

I have a fear of pink eye. In fact, pink eye and lice are probably my biggest fears “illness” wise. Why? I mean, lice is self explanatory–it’s the worst. My sister and several of her family members came down with covid last year and I was like, “what do you need? I’m not afraid.” And

40 Before 40: Rock Climbing with Kids

I finally got to take Nicky rock climbing. I’ve been planning this since the day he tried to climb over the baby gate. I just knew that he would enjoy it. And aside from being a little scared the first few attempts. We ran into a girl that Nicky had just met the day before

40 Before 40: Take a Hike With the Kids

We went to Lexington for the Hot Air Balloon Festival (post to come) and we did an air bnb in Glasgow. A house that was twelve minutes from the Natural Bridge. And when I found out that Matt has never been – it became a have-to-do. The last time I came to Natural Bridge it

Homemade Playdough

Ingredients1 cup flour1 cup water2 tsp cream of tartar1/3 cup salt (not a typo)1 Tbsp vegetable oilfood coloring Directions1. In a saucepan, mix together all ingredients and stir on low/medium heat.2. Keep stirring.3. Mixture will thicken and begin to gather around the spoon.4. It will still be a bit sticky and lumpy when you remove

40 Before 40: Go Camping as a Family

We finally did it! Sure, we’ve driven across the country with three young kids under the age of six. And we drove to the Outer Banks and went to the beach with three young kids. We went to the Grand Caverns with all three kids. We’ve done lots of adventures but one that was still

Book Review: Wired for Love

I started to read this book back in January when I was in a book club that never actually met but we listed a few books to read in the first few months of the year. We decided on this one because my friend wanted a book on improving her marriage and a quick google

40 Before 40: Go Paintballing

Found a good deal on Groupon for all day paintballing (well, at least until the paint ran out). I was pretty nervous at first, people always talk about how much paintballing hurt. And it does, not going to lie, but it fades quickly and it’s more of shock than pain. Though, I did bruise in

Mommy School – Bears

My five-year-old loves bears, so last week we did Bear Week and this past week we did Groundhog Day (this came in handy because of the den we made out of boxes). We read “The Best Kind of Bear” and talked about the different types of bears mentioned in the book. We wrote on the

How Not to Hate Your Kids

So…Remember that goal I made to read 100 books (but am happy with 35), well because of that goal I have been reading a bunch of different types of books. There’s only so much of one genre my brain can take, I need to mix things up. You probably also saw my review of “How

Mommy School: Friendship and MLK Day

To start off last week on Martin Luther King Jr. Day we read “Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?” I read a few chapters and was going to read a few chapters every day but Nicky and Daddy were enjoying the book so much they finished all of it on Monday…so then the rest of