April 22nd is Earth Day! This annual day of celebration is a great opportunity to talk to your kiddos about the importance of taking care of our environment. Throwing that paper plate into the recycling bin is an important...
Although there are so many competing skills and ideals moms want to impart to our children, one of the things I knew before we even decided to homeschool (see my reason why here and what a morning in our life looks...
‘Tis the season … for baby showers!
Springtime always seems to bring lots of baby celebrations, and I find myself lately searching for great gifts for moms and babies.
Registries often list many of the standard items: burp cloths, sleepers, crib...
I’m so excited to be a guest writer for Kansas City Moms Blog today! I do a lot of fun, easy, and inexpensive crafts with my little girl Mya. One of our recent favorite projects are these perler bead...
I’d like to think that because I’m 28 years ahead of my oldest daughter, I have mature answers to all her questions, intelligent explanations to her curiosities and calming responses to her intense emotions. Unfortunately, that's not always the case!
I’d like to...
I am a full-time working mom. While pregnant with my first child, my husband and I weighed our options and decided that it made the most sense for me to continue working once the baby was born. Two years...
Last spring Sarah wrote a fantastic post on places where kids play and moms work in Kansas City. I loved it and immediately visited all three! It's great to have a few places on your rotation that are kid friendly...
We were at the zoo when it happened. Finn was one month old and enjoying his chauffeured ride around the park, the pacifier that he had clung to since birth firmly in place as he took in the monkeys,...
If you’re the parent of a school-aged child, you've probably been affected by government budget cuts to your local teaching institutions. I live on the Kansas side of the state line, and recently our governor cut the public school...
Typing the title of this post pains me. It breaks my heart that this is the world we live in. About a year and a half ago, my husband went to a conference for his work related to counseling...
Now that I have my second child, I've noticed, not surprisingly, that a lot of things are very different this time. One thing I remember from my first postpartum experience was that I wanted to do everything myself. If people...
There are all sorts of books targeted specifically at moms. You can simply conduct a quick Amazon search on "best books for moms" and marvel at the variety. (I mean… wow.)
In my early days of parenting, the only mom...
Why should I care about the ingredients in the products my family uses? Simply put, everything you put in your body has an impact.
A 2005 study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that blood samples from newborns contained an average...
He hung through one side of the mini-van wrangling one screaming toddler, and I doubled over through the other side trying to swing the infant carrier into the latch while in-between us one unnamed little one shoved another unnamed...
Are you getting ready to have another baby, by c-section, and wondering HOW on earth you are going recover from that while taking care of your new baby and the one(s) you already have!? Well, fear not. I, the...
Your Guide To KC
10 Taco Spots to Try in Kansas City
From traditional taquerias serving authentic Mexican flavors to trendy eateries with innovative spins on classic recipes, Kansas City has something to satisfy every taco...
