If you are a mom, then you have undoubtedly been told things like;“They grow up so fast.” “Don’t blink.” “They years fly by.” And the list of cliche comments go on and on… I remember as a new mom hearing these all the time. Including the popular “you’re gonna miss this!” And I remember snapping …
Pumpkin Patches…the OG of Photo Ops! Before Pop-Up Shops, VSCO Girls & Brightly Colored Walls
It’s that wonderful time of year when moms everywhere take to the Gram to share photos of their littles playing in a patch of pumpkins. I mean, are you even considered a mom if you don’t post your kids in a pumpkin patch?! And there’s good reason why these types of photos are so popular…because …
Get Along Shirts…Not Just for Kids!
Who wore it better; the Kids or the Parents? In our house, if you can’t get along, you get in the Get Along Shirt…doesn’t matter your age and title of kid, mom or dad. Okay truth be told, the Get Along Shirt has only been used once for each of us but gotta say it …
Pictured here are my parents, Barb and Jim with their 12th child…me.
By the time I came along they were both 48 years old…the same age as many of my friend’s grandparents. People always asked me if I wished my parents were younger…my answer was always no. Barb and Jim experienced quite a bit of life and parenting by the time I came along which gave them …
What is something you would do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?
Throughout the first 29 years of life, I’ve always considered myself a risk taker. But after settling into motherhood, I found myself taking less and less risks. The “maternal, logical, often judgmental” voice inside of me would kick in with each risky idea considered. Over the pasy few months, I have pushed through those doubtful …
Back To School Poem and Bracelets
Each year, as my littles head back to school I give them these bracelets and read this poem to them. It’s a simple reminder that mommy’s love is always with them❤️ The author of this poem is unknown to me, but it goes like this… This is now the 4th year of me doing this …
To My Husband, On Our 11th Wedding Anniversary…
He wakes up at 4am everyday to work on Life of Dad until the kids wake up. Then he makes everyone breakfast and does 88% of the morning routine to get the kids off to camp or school, depending on what time of the year it is.After that, he’s back to work on #lifeofdad determined to make sure …
These are the photos I usually delete…
They are awkward, unflattering and blurry. They are the photos I usually attempt to hide from the world. But these are also the photos taken by my kids after grabbing my phone in what I think is an attempt to go on YouTube Kids. Instead, they take candid photos of their mom. This is my life …
You would have turned 5 years old today…
Maybe you would have been a blonde with blue eyes like your big brother. Or maybe you would have had brown hair and eyes like your sisters. Maybe you would have requested a dinosaur themed birthday party. Or maybe it would have been construction, some superhero or lego theme. Maybe you would have been a …
This is the Story of how Life of Dad started.
A few week’s before our first child was born, my husband Tommy started a blog called Life of Dad. Our daughter had been diagnosed with a serious heart defect and would need open-heart surgery to save her life. The second half of my first pregnancy was spent preparing and planning for a very scary entrance to …