Can you ever have too many books? As an avid book reader (who also loves the feel of real books), I’m always looking for a new collection of reads for myself, and now the newest reader of the house – my first grader, Maximo. If you get sucked into buying new books as easily as I do, watching out – these books are totally perfect for the little readers in… Keep Reading
Some of us are born with the crafty gene, some of us are not. Some of us WANT the crafty gene. Martha is here to provide. Before Pinterest, there was Martha Stewart, and we Gen Xers had to actually watch television to understand the amazingness that Martha could create out of thin air. Few years and kids later, Martha is still creating things basically out of thin air… Keep Reading
1. You want to arrive early. All the regulars know that you show up early. As in two hours before the show early (sometimes sooner!). We arrived at 3pm for our 5pm showing and there was already a line outside! Not to worry, they let you in the building early and there is also some fun entertainment outside to keep you busy while you wait. Keep an eye out for… Keep Reading
I still remember my first A&W Root Beer Float. A&W Root Beer was a favorite of dads, and he no regards when teaching me how to love and perfect the root beer float. Ice cold mugs, soda and vanilla ice cream because a special treat between just him and I over the years, and I remember watching him carefully scoop the ice cream into the tall frosty mugs only to… Keep Reading
We say this every year but, where did 2018 go? And when did Max end up starting 1st grade? Long gone are the days of strollers and baby bottles while bookbags and notebooks are taking over the house. If you’re in the same position, you’re like – Stephanie I don’t need all this intro crap – what’s good for Fall 2018. So let’s get right to the point. I attended… Keep Reading
General Mills sponsored this post, all the opinions are my own. It’s here folks – a New Year. We trudged through the end of 2017 really ready for a change – ready to take on the new hope of a promising year with a vengeance. This year will #bebetter. We’re moms – we are ready to take on this challenge like Travis Rice eyeing up a never attempted powder mountain… Keep Reading
If you’ve never seen a Cirque du Soleil, you need to grab tickets to this show ASAP. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to see a few in Vegas, Pittsburgh and New York, but Max hasn’t yet. Since he’s five and LOVE Broadways shows, this is now the perfect time to introduce him to the incredible show – OVO as one last hurrah before heading back-to-school for kindergarten. Cirque du Soleil: OVO will… Keep Reading
To summarize. I will live here. Did someone say country home for the weekends? Because this is one of the most beautiful and peaceful places IN. THE.WORLD. I almost don’t want to tell you that so it stays undisturbed, but the locals who live there are such an incredible people that it would be disservice them to not have as many visitors as I can send them to their slice… Keep Reading
Survey says, Max is bored being home with me everyday, all day. You think I would have learned my lesson. I used to laugh reading all those Facebook posts of moms cringing that summer was coming – that they were already counting down the days until their kids were BACK in school. It can’t be THAT BAD right? I mean, for those few years before pre-k Max never went to… Keep Reading
As a teenager, I remember feeling like my parents were still treating me like a baby and all I wanted to do was openly resist all of their rules and scream at the top of my lungs to listen to me and see that I wasn’t a baby anymore! Or in the words of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s newest Broadway musical School of Rock, “Stick it To The Man!” School of… Keep Reading
