When relevant, posts are sponsored or contain affiliate links.When relevant, posts are sponsored or contain affiliate links.The last week has been extremely busy with the back to school details of life. Last week, the focus was on getting Michael settled … Read More
Congrats to the winner: Aura Did you know that September is Child Safety Month? The week of 9/12 – 9/18 is also National Child Passenger Safety Week. To raise awareness, Chicco is doing two things for Mom in the City … Read More
Summary: Rocky start. Great ending. We were up bright and early this morning. (Seven A.M. is early for us!) After getting ready and eating breakfast, I (and Sean) walked Michael the 5 blocks to his new school. (Fifteen minute commute … Read More
“I get so emotional baby. Every time I think of you. I get so emotional baby. Ain’t it shocking what love can do? Ain’t it shocking what love can do?” – Whitney Houston This Whitney Houston song could have been … Read More
I asked Professional Organizer Lea Schneider of Organize It Right Now to address the biggest organizing challenge for moms of young kid in the fall/back to school season. I found her response (below) to be very helpful. Enjoy! Dinnertime’s the … Read More
Here’s the story behind the pictures… Last week, I attended a General Mills’ Eat & Greet event in MN. After agreeing to go to the meetup back in June, I had second thoughts. Once I saw that several of the … Read More
After a little (unintentional!) summer break, my husband and I returned to our monthly “outside date night” on Saturday. We planned to see Julie & Julia followed by dinner. That was the plan… After dropping the kids off, we went … Read More
Sean is 2 and ½ , so family members are starting to ask if I’m trying to potty train him “yet”. Short answer: “no”. I thought about trying to train him this summer, but I didn’t. He hasn’t shown any … Read More
My friend Nicole over at Momtrends has started a series of posts called “Mommy Time Monday” where moms are encouraged to share how they used their ”mommy time” (“me” time) during the last week. Honestly, last week, my mommy time … Read More
Congrats to the winner: Stacy In my 7 Favorite Things for 2007 (January) post, I wrote the following: I have strongly hinted to my husband that I want a double sibling ring from http://www.nelleandlizzy.com/ after giving birth to our second … Read More