Plastic Guilt
Teddy standing next the the offending cupsSo I am pretty much certain I will now be labeled as the "weird" mom on my son's T-Ball team! You know, the one everyone thinks is a little off . As we were...
View ArticleCLOSED: Blissful Body Take Me Away (a review and giveaway)
This will be my first ever official Review/Giveaway on my blog, I am so excited. I don't want my blog to turn into a review/giveaway blog so I promise that these will be rare and therefore the...
View ArticleI am Habiba, You are Habiba, We are ALL Habiba
Habiba is a young mother living in Madrid. Due to financial issues she has been living with her 15 month old daughter at the Instituto Madrileño del Menor y la Familia or IMMF (roughly translated it...
View ArticleSisterhood of the Crying Mommies?
This post was born out of yet another long winded comment I was leaving on the blog Crying Babies Will Be Charged Extra.The blog post has sort of taken on a life of its own and I would be lying if I...
View ArticleTender Moment Tuesdays- Picnic
Saturday morning we awoke to no power in the house. Heavy storms had moved through overnight and knocked power out widely in our area. Thankfully it was cool(ish) outside so we played out there. At...
View ArticleCLOSED: Scentsy: It's a Review, Giveaway and Party!
I was so excited to get an opportunity to review some Scentsy goodies. I must have been living under a rock because I honestly had not heard of Scentsy until a few months ago when we had several...
View ArticleHabiba and Alma, Together Again
Such Joyous news to share today!! Habiba has been reunited with her daughter Alma after a traumatic and unnecessary 3 week separation. If you are not familiar with this story please read the blog I...
View ArticleMore Exotic Melons
I was so excited this morning, our store finally had some more Lemondrop Melons in. I had been waiting on that for awhile now.The first time they had the Lemondrop melons it was just 3 melons. This...
View ArticleHealthy Living: 40 (because I could not come up with more) Uses for Honey
I am so excited, I have been wanting to start a series of posts called Healthy Eating and Healthy Living but I couldn't figure out how to keep them all together. I even contemplated starting a new...
View ArticleI am her REAL Mama!
Originally I planned on taking a day off from blogging, my house could really use it that's for sure. Then this morning I toyed with the idea of maybe writing a "X Number of Reason's to Avoid HFCS...
View ArticleHealthy Eating, Healthy Living: 16 Reasons to Avoid HFCS
I am sure I must annoy many of my friends and family with all of my talk about avoiding HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup). I constantly talk about reading labels and not feeding that stuff to my kids....
View ArticleTender Moment Tuesday- Too Many to List.
So I had several moments this past week that I wanted to freeze in time and remember forever. Moments that made my heart sing and turn to mush all at the same time. I had a hard time picking which...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Parenting in America from Hybrid Rasta Mama
Well, today officially kicks off my Blog Carnival: Parenting in America and I am pretty sure I will be banned from ever having another one haha. I meant to write a post yesterday to post up here today...
View ArticleCloth Diaper Review: Two Hip-Peas in a Pod
If you have followed my blog for any length of time then you know I like to write about products I truly love, and I truly love cloth diapers. I don't do this as a giveaway or because the company sent...
View ArticleTry It, You'll Like It- Finding Your Cloth Style
Welcome to the First Annual Freedom of Cloth CarnivalThis post was written for inclusion in the Freedom of Cloth Carnival hosted at Natural Parents Network by Melissa of The New Mommy Files and Shannon...
View ArticleGuest Post: American Woman by Little Hearts Books
Today's guest post for our Parenting in America blog carnival comes from Little Hearts Books (Gentle Parenting Resources). She compares the many parenting freedoms we enjoy (and often take for...
View ArticlePiA Guest Blog: Everybody’s Free to E.C. in the U.S.A. from TouchstoneZ
Today's Parenting in America guest blog comes from Zoie of TouchstoneZ. She writes about the freedom we all have in America to diaper (or not diaper in this case) our babies as we see fit. I love how...
View ArticleDear Kimmy, today you are 3
Dear Kimmy,This letter was supposed to start off with the words "Today you are 3...." except that yesterday you turned 3, not today. BAD MOMMY!! All I can say is we were having so much fun yesterday...
View ArticleGuest Post: Parenting in America - The Parental Civil War
Today's Parenting in America guest post comes from Leah who is new to blogging, check out her blog Zen and the Art of Cloth Diaper Maintenance. Be sure to follow her blog while you are there as I am...
View ArticleManic Monday Meals- Ravioli and Spinach Lasagna
I kind of skipped 2 weeks with the Manic Monday Meals. The first week I just honestly forgot, then last week Monday was the 4th of July which is also Kimmy's birthday. Not to mention I was doing the...
View ArticleMy Breastfeeding Journey in 95 Words
I came across a blog last night, shared by a friend on FB, that invited people to write about their breastfeeding journey in 100 words or less. This was an exciting challenge and I wanted to be a part...
View ArticleMostly Wordless Wendesday: Art
This weeks Natural Parents Network WW topic is ART! Oh man do we have that covered in this house with our resident little artist Teddy!Teddy- age 4 Teddy- age 4 Teddy- age 4 Little artist at work-...
View ArticlePopcorn Brain
AH! I have at least 4 blogs bouncing around in my head right now, not to mention 3 that are in various stages of being written on the blog itself. This morning I really wanted to write a blog about...
View ArticleHaving a Smoothie on The Sparkle Mama
Do you know who The Sparkle Mama is? Do you follow her? If not you don't know what you are missing!!The Sparkle Mama is a wonderful blogging mama who, if you have to put labels on it, would best fit...
View ArticleHealthy Living: Exercise with Your Children
Has cabin fever set in at your house yet? We are in the full swing of it over here and 4 kids with cabin fever = 1 mentally exhausted mommy. It's always nice to find a few new tricks for my mommy...
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