Win 8 of the Best Summer Books and a $250 Amazon Giftcard!

I’m super excited to be taking part in this great summer book giveaway (plus you can win a $250 Amazon gift card). Read on to find out which book I loved almost enough to DIE 4 this past Spring (hint). Friends, you know we love our books around these parts! We love sharing our latest […]

Learning, Exploring and Having Fun!

For the 4th year in a row, we’re going to be part of the  Gulf Coast Exploreum summer camp family. And that should tell you a lot about them. Asher started going to Exploreum camps the summer he was 6. We picked up the brochure while we were there one day (we’re members because the kids love to […]

More Honest Wine Labels for Teachers

Open While Cleaning Out Desks No Sharing Necessary Celebrating no more paper work until August. Allison Hart Probably too mean, but “Because you’re not paid enough to buy your own wine” Enjoy your break from your students’ vomit Because they are all geniuses until they go to school Because you gave me your personal email […]

A Mardi Gras Drinking Game for Parents

Today’s post comes at a perfect time for my Mobile and New Orleans friends – and many others who celebrate Mardi Gras. We’re deep in the “throws” (hehe) of it right now and I can back up everything my friend, Annie, has written below. You just can’t get through the parades without a good drinking […]

Getting Sick Is The Worst

Getting sick is the worst. Our family started off school season strong but in the last few weeks, several of us have fallen prey to various bugs. Poor Asher caught what seemed to be the same stomach virus twice and I was throwing my guts up last night. Too much information? Well anyway, cough and […]

How Becoming a Parent Turned Me From An Extrovert Into an Introvert

Before I had kids, there was no one who would describe me as anything other than an extrovert. I went out all the time, I was social as could be, sometimes I even danced on tables if I’d had enough juice. But then becoming a parent turned me from an extrovert into an introvert. The […]

More Sexy Halloween Costumes For Moms

We know. You’ve spent all your time getting your little goblins and ghosts ready for Halloween and now you have nothing to wear yourself! And even worse, you’ll have to watch half the other women parade around as Sexy Pandas and Naughty Nurses while you sit in the house with the lights off because you’ve […]

I Want To Go Back To College. And I Want To Be 18.

I’m having this huge battle with the green-eyed monster lately. Well, I exaggerate. It’s not a huge battle but it’s at least a small one. There may not be guns or I dunno, cannons involved, more like one person has a spoon and the other has a feather duster and they’re just kind of slapping each […]