Parenting Perspective + Experience

I LOVE Mexican food. It is by far one of my favorite cuisines. We usually have a Mexican-inspired dinner at least once a week. I also LOVE dips. So it goes without saying that I really love salsa. I...

Let me tell you a story... A month or so ago, I got to sit in on my daughter's preschool class when they had a special presentation (complete with puppets) to teach them about good and bad touch, stranger danger...

Recently, I was looking at pictures from my sons 4th birthday party and I couldn't help but think how different the guests were in comparison to those at his 1st birthday.  The friends who have stuck with us through...

  If you know Cincinnati, you know that May brings the Flying Pig Marathon and the Taste of Cincinnati!  But oh!  There is so much more! Moms Night Out, Mio Vino Micro Winery May 15, 7-9p For this night out, our guests will...

Dear Mom, It's been over 7 years since you passed from this life, but I think of you, in some way large or small, every day. I know that time, as it mercifully scourges away the deep pain of loss,...

Grief, loss and death are not the happiest of subjects and no parent looks forward to the day when they have to address this subject with their child(ren).  However, it is unavoidable.  At some point, you will find yourself...

We all know that motherhood is not one size fits all. This includes the process of raising your child(ren), but it also includes how you came about those children in the first place. Adoption is one of many paths...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9IYVoKjFCM&feature=em-upload_owner I've alluded to the relative insanity of our family schedule before. OK maybe not alluded. Maybe laid out in specific, chronological detail. And my post chronicling a day in my life was on a Friday - only a half day...

Looking for an easy weekend getaway? How about Indianapolis, IN? A couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend and I decided to kick off our kids’ Spring Break by taking them on an overnight trip to Indianapolis. The destination was...

By my calculations my 10 month old son has been on roughly 25 different airplanes so far. That's 25 take offs, 25 landings, and more than ten TSA screenings. In his 10 short months he's traveled more than a...