DIY + Home

We love Halloween as much as the next family, but it’s not a big celebration for us. One, we don’t get many trick-or-treaters at our house. Blame it on the fact that the houses in our neighborhood are spaced fairly...

The kitchen is the heart of the home. It’s where everyone gravitates to, and where we spend the bulk of our time at home. It’s also where all the big messes are made. It’s where play-doh and big art...

Spring is coming! It's time for Spring Cleaning and with that tidying up your home and life. Thanks to Marie Kondo’s Netflix show, I’m obsessed with finding my floors and taking back my home, that’s been dominated by an...

My refrigerator has been broken for over a month.  It stopped working without warning and the appliance repair folks are just replacing different parts until they hit the jackpot.  Luckily, we have a smaller back-up in the basement, which...

Happy fall, y'all! It took its sweet time getting to us, but Thanksgiving is around the corner and this beautiful season is in full swing. I don’t know about you, but this mama is embracing the cooler weather, a...

“Surprise, you’re having TWINS!” That is one memory seared into my brain for good. You see, we already had two daughters (ages 3 and 4) and weren’t exactly planning for baby number three. So when three turned into four…well,...

Growing up, I don't think my sister and I ever had store-bought costumes. My mom and grandma both are amazing sew-ers (seamstresses?), so they could find patterns of almost anything and create it in the pattern or fabric we...

If your kids are like mine, they constantly want to "help" you cook. October 1st is National Homemade Cookie Day, making it the perfect opportunity to invite them into the kitchen with you! Use a Cookie Press  Cookie presses are ingenious!...

Do you ever manipulate the truth with your kids? Or fib a little? Or reword things? Or sometimes just flat out lie? No? Just me? Well, I have no shame in my stretching-the-truth-game.  Because #survival.  And because #mamaknowsbest. Case in point -- My kids have always...

With a new school year underway, we all know how hectic life can quickly become. In addition to getting the kids to school on time and making sure homework is done, you've got your own work, shuttling the kids...