We are a few days into 2020, but I want to pause and take a look back at some of the great memories and fun experiences from 2019. We started the new year off in Hawaii: View this post on Instagram Hawaii 🌺🌴 #familytrip #newyears2019 A post shared by Jessica Hall (@iamjessicahall) on Jan 2,…
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Creating New Year’s Resolutions With Your Family
Sometimes I think New Year’s Resolutions get a bad rap. And I get it, I really do. We’ve all made big resolutions and then found ourselves abandoning them by the second week of January. But I think there can be real value in taking the time to set realistic goals, especially when you are working…
Halloween Do’s And Don’ts
Halloween is such a fun holiday! Who doesn’t love a good excuse to dress up and get free candy? Today I have a few simple Halloween do’s and don’ts that will help you to have a fun holiday with your kids. Halloween Do’s And Don’ts Don’t buy costumes for your kids too early. They will…
I’m Getting Organized And You Can Too
One of the best things about kids going to school is having more time to do things without having two little ones underfoot. I’m finally getting to tackle ALL of those projects that I planned to do during the summer. Here’s the thing I’ve learned over the last few weeks of school being back in…
How To Stop Siblings From Fighting And Learn How To Get Along
The great thing about having two kids is that they each have a built in friend. Someone who is always there. Someone else who will always love them unconditionally. Someone they can be close to for the rest of their lives. A not-so-great thing about having two kids is that they each have another person…
Questions To Ask Kids After School
We are finally starting to settle into our school routine. Waking up early, the rush of getting kids off to school, working, collecting them from school, afternoon snacks, homework, and then family time and dinner before bed…so we can start the cycle all over again. And somewhere in between all of those things, we still…
Tips For Getting Kids To Clean Up Their Playroom
I’ve talked about this with all of my mom friends, and we agree. We have a love/hate relationship with the playroom. It’s great to have a space for the kids to play where you can easily close the door and hide the mess when company pops by unexpectedly…but it’s not fun when you open that…
Terrible Two Redo
All moms know the “terrible twos” really aren’t a thing. It’s more like “applicable adjective followed by age.” For us, tantrums started at 18 months and it’s new territory. I’ve always heard about this time as a parent and the struggle. That being the parent’s struggle to deal with an upset kid on the daily….
When A Mom Sees Snoop Dogg…
It took me a good few days to a week to process the Snoop Dogg and Friends concert in the actual LBC. Let me just tell you that some things have changed since I became a mother and last went to a music festival of this nature. I feel like I could write a thesis…
Insom Mom
Tell me WHY when you can almost guarantee your kids will sleep through the night, YOU don’t! Lately the only guarantee I have is that I will be awake at 2 am with my brain racing through every possible pointless thought possible. Insomnia! I can now add that to daily life, awesome. A scene from…