Rage Against The Minivan

This post is sponsored by Butterfleye Camera. When my kids were small, I had the hardest time finding the right product for remotely supervising them. I wanted something that would allow me to peek in on them in their cribs without opening the door and waking them up. I wanted something that could help me watch to see if they were jumping out of their toddler beds at night once we made that switch. I wanted something that would allow me to watch them playing in the playroom while I was making . . .

Is it possible to have it all? It’s a question that seems to be frequently asked, usually in regards to women, and especially in regards to mothers. The pressure “do it all” can sometimes be overwhelming.  Many women enter motherhood believing that they can successfully balance their roles as wife, mother, homemaker, and employee, only to discover that the juggling act often means that one or more roles suffer. As we are nearing the end of a summer with all four of my kids at home, I can . . .

There are those days when nobody is going to see you, except maybe your kids - and they couldn't care less what you're wearing as long as you're covered. Do you put on whatever is least dirty? Do you have a drawer of old, comfortable clothes no one knows about but you? A tiara? Being presentable can be a very relative term sometimes. Source I wear a dress. I have a lot of casual cotton dresses from Gap. So if I'm at home and don't feel like getting DRESSED dressed, I just throw one of those . . .