Just before Sean and I left for our 10th anniversary trip to Charleston, South Carolina, we received a gift we had been hoping and praying for...a positive pregnancy test and the knowledge that a new little Ehman would be joining our family next summer. Although we thought we were done adding to our family after…
The following post is from Kat of Inspired To Action: The Pomodoro Parenting Technique I may win the geeky mom award for this post, but it's a chance I'm willing to take. I love reading about time management, productivity, and organization. There is even the slight possibility that I read about it more than I…
The following post is from Kat of Inspired To Action: 5 Simple Ways to Be a Peaceful Mom We all admire those calm, cool, and collected moms who handle a misbehaving child or a surprise dinner guest with perfect grace. Sometimes it feels like they are a different breed. But they aren't. We are all…
The following post is from Brad, a web designer and father of quadruplets: Pedaling Through Life We are pedaling around a very sobering turn this week in our boys' lives. The boys will be officially in school. As I write this, we are less than 48 hours from having the first official day in the…
The following post is from Amanda of OhAmanda.com and Impress Your Kids: Beyond Bedtime Routines You know that typical scene where a mom picks up her tween-age daughter from school, she plops in the front seat, says, "Hey," and then puts on her headphones and closes her eyes? Or the one where the mom says,…
The following post is from Amanda of OhAmanda.com and Impress Your Kids: The {Relaxing} Summer Bucket List The week before my daughter graduated from Kindergarten (*gulp*), I told my husband, "I am so excited about summer because I want Lydia to stop growing up!" I felt like every single day last year, she grew up…
The following post is from Amanda of OhAmanda.com and Impress Your Kids: 4 Simple Ways to Make Your Kids the Best of Friends My children have a clubhouse. It's got a clubhouse sign, a password, and even a calculator outside so you can punch in a PIN before entering. They will go to their clubhouse…
The following post is from Kat of Inspired To Action: How a Second Chance Question Can Make Us Better Moms A few months ago, I stumbled upon a phrase that saved my sanity. A phrase that single-handedly reduced the amount of bickering in my home. A phrase that frees me from mommy guilt and shines…
Before I had kids of my own, I had a vision of what kind of parent I’d be. Let me tell you, in my dreams I was some kind of awesome! Fifteen years and four kids, I’ve fallen short of those expectations more times than I care to count. But you know what? That’s okay.…
The following post is from Kat of Inspired To Action: Do you wish you could do a family night, but feel overwhelmed by all the intricate, complex ideas on Pinterest? Are you tired of plain old family movie, game and story nights? Today I'm sharing a few ideas with you that require zero preparation but…