Having a feeling my high-energy, extremely visual child would end up homeschooled, I started following a number of homeschool groups. It was on one of these, I found my new favorite tradition: Coffee and Books.
On weekend days, our mornings used...
With summer coming to an end, nights of lightning bug catching, jumping through the sprinklers and drippy popsicles will soon be replaced by early morning alarms, school bus drop-offs and school lunches. If you grew up around the same...
In addition to being a middle school reading teacher, I am an avid reader. According to goodreads, I worked my way through 140 books in the last year alone. At any given moment I have about three books going...
In my dreams, we live out in the country. Way out. We have land with room for cows and horses and speckled chickens that lay Easter colored eggs. I grow a giant garden and fill our pantry shelves with...
I didn’t realize my son was biracial until he was 20 months old and my husband said it out loud. I am a U.S. citizen, who grew up listening to *NSYNC and Britney Spears while watching programs like Saved...
The school year has begun. The lunch money has been paid, supplies purchased, new clothes bought and worn. Just when moms and dads think the expenses have slowed, the dreaded paperwork comes home in the school folder: The first...
Are you ready to Give Like a Mother? In this edition of The Heart of CMC, we're featuring our friends at G.L.A.M. aka Give Like a Mother, based in Clermont County, Ohio on the East side of Cincinnati. They...
He had me at “you’ll never taste a better egg in your life.”
My boss was lauding the merits of his wife’s chicken-rearing adventures. Granted, they lived in the English hillside, but it was his emphasis on how amazing the...
Choosing the right school for your family can be a daunting task, but if there is one thing we learned while putting together this guide... it's that we are incredibly fortunate to have so many wonderful options to choose from in Cincinnati and NKY!
Growing up I was blessed with parents that never talked negatively about themselves or us. More specifically I can’t recall a time when my mom talked negatively about her body, her skills or her image. I didn’t know it...
In + Around Cincinnati
Cincinnati Spring Break Staycation {Oh, the Places We’ll Go}
This year for spring break, we are planning on staying home, minus a weekend at the in-laws' to celebrate Easter. We are looking forward...
