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The biggest success of my day is wiping my kitchen counter. Yes. Spraying my counter with cleaner and taking a towel to it. I'm not a neat freak or a super clean mama. When I wipe my kitchen counter, I've...
Creating a Family Budget

Creating a Family Budget

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I was in my third trimester when a report came out stating that the average cost of raising a child was up to $245,000. You read that right. $245,000. I'll give you a minute to let that sink in. Wipe the...
My mind has been spinning with questions since May 4, 2012. It started the moment I finally saw the word "pregnant." First, my questions revolved around what I was putting in and on my own body. What superfoods would...
We walked into a public bathroom yesterday and my four year old son said, "They shoulda put an arrow going down." It made me feel proud of my masking taped toilet lid project. I wanted to be proactive in helping...
Dear Friend, Tonight I’m boxing up my maternity clothes one by one. It’s so crazy to think that just 12 short weeks ago these fit super snugly around my tummy. Actually, since I’ve had 3 babies in the last 3.5 years...
There was a time when my calendar was full of social engagements, volunteer activities and to-do list items that actually got accomplished. I was a reliable church committee member, organizer of play dates and never turned down a coffee...
A month ago I did one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do in my life - my husband, kids, and I packed the last little bits of our house and our belongings into a U-Haul trailer, said...
I love a good life hack. You know, taking something and using it differently than it was intended, and as a result, MAGIC! Even better, a life hack for moms, or a "mack," if you will. Here are a...
The other day I was talking with a friend who is in the throes of early motherhood. She was exhausted, overwhelmed and unsure of how she was going to keep going. I listened as sympathetically as I could, doing...
I've been married for 12 years and a mother for almost nine. It occurred to me recently that some lessons that I've learned as a parent are equally applicable to my role as a spouse. Pick Your Battles. If I didn't pick...

The Backyard Campout

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Ah, camping. Crickets chirping, stars twinkling, the smell of a crackling campfire in the air. Sounds perfectly simple, right? Well add a small child or two into the mix and that simplicity is sure to go right out the zipper window....
Moving with two toddlers is no picnic. Scratch that, it’s lots of picnics, on paper plates, with plastic silverware, in kitchens walled by boxes. We relocated to Kansas to raise our kids closer to extended family. Thank goodness we have wonderful family...
Formula feeding is a topic near and dear to my heart, one that I'm passionate about speaking up about after my own experience as a new mom. My daughter was born a month early and my milk never really...
Toddlers are exhausting. They are sweet, funny, adventurous, quirky and surprising. But they are also constant, moving, needing, questioning… exhausting. Mommies do a lot more giving than receiving, and at the end of the day, our tanks (both physical...
I got tired of it. We quit screens almost a month ago. Well... not quite. I just plainly and simply got tired of the questions about when screen time would happen everyday and the moodiness when screens have to be...

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A Day at Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead

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Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead opens for the 2024 season on Monday, April 1 at 9 a.m. The charm of the farm animals, the intentional areas...
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