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…
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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…
Living Life Blended
Hello, fellow sleepless moms! My name is Megan MaGill, and I am living life blended. As the mom of a (new) blended family, I experience all kinds of interesting and unexpected circumstances. I married young, had two beautiful children, and after years of counseling, deliberation, and soul-searching, I made the difficult decision to get divorced….
Sub Zero Slump
Here in the Midwest it feels like January 73rd! Seriously, this cold snap we are in is just miserable! I am on day 5 of being trapped indoors with 3 kids. Can you picture it? When is the last time you were locked up indoors with three kids….for days…? Pray for me please. We officially…
A Letter to Yourself
If you could write a letter to your 16 year old self, what would that look like? What advice would you give?I came across this idea the other day while chatting with my preteen child. I wished desperately that I could just throw all my trials, tribulations and heartache I have already been through so…
The Year of Love and Happiness
You know what’s better than being right? Being happy. Recently Ryan asked me to marry him, of course I said yes! Ella is super excited to be a flower girl and planning has begun. We will also be moving into our new home before Christmas, so a lot of changes are taking place this year….
My Own Lifetime Christmas Movie
Every year I feel like I tell myself the same thing. We are just going to make this year simple and joyful. Repeat, I will NOT let the stress of the holidays take over, I will not let the stress take over. I will get my shopping done early, I will have nothing to do…
Moving On
We got a farmhouse y’all! I’m about to make all those years of binge watching HGTV shows put to some good use. Our closing took 60 days but we are finally in our forever home, and let me tell you… it feels like all the projects are going to take forever! Moving On We knew…