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Buying New Things When Kids Are Still Around

Let’s face it: Kids have a tendency to make nice things not so nice anymore. They can break a new…

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My Daughter Won the Science Fair: Why You Should Let Your Kid Do Her Own Work

Lily with her project and blue ribbon Coming up in a few weeks, my oldest daughter will compete in our area’s…

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Huggies Snug and Dry Ultra Diapers – A Twin Mom’s Review

The Huggies Snug and Dry Ultra Diapers live up to their promise.  This is a sponsored post written by me…

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All Things Easter: 4 Family Friendly Traditions

Easter features a lot of things kids love. Baby animals, an Easter Bunny who delivers gifts, and Easter eggs hidden…

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What My Child’s Speech Therapy Has Taught Me

Just before my daughter’s second birthday I found myself Googling the term “how many words should my two year old…

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A Look at Online Friendships: Meeting my Name Twin in Person

The first time I discovered that I was not the only Katie Powalski in the world I was a college…

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Spring Cleaning: I Still (Mostly) Prefer to Have Garage Sales

A while back, fellow blogger Elizabeth and I wrote a pair of posts discussing how we prefer to sell our…

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3 Things I Learned as a One-Car Family

Three years ago, I watched as my midsized sedan was towed away from the parking lot of my stepson’s preschool.…

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Less is More: 4 Tips to Keep Your Home Organized

In America, we tend to have a lot of “stuff.” I appreciate a good purge and am no stranger to…

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8 Things I’ve Learned from My Stepson

Today my stepson Ferris turns 8. He is the oldest in our combined family of 5 kids and the only…