Writing my way through the joys and challenges of motherhood
My life as a working mom doesn’t change much from school year to summer, and back again. We still get up routinely, get out the door, collect the kids after camp, and make dinner after long days at work. The days have a little less structure, and we do take some time off, but really […]
As our children grow we celebrate so many milestones. But once they’ve begun to walk and talk, it seems the celebrating stops. I want to keep noticing, and talking about, the mini milestones that keep happening through our parenting lives. My daughters are much older now, but there are still little things that happen in […]
When I was a kid, my family went camping every year. We had bins of camping equipment that lived in the basement, and my favourite thing was when we’d pitch the tent in the backyard ahead of time and we could play in it! Of course, the camping was awesome too – beaches all day, […]
As a mom, watching my girls suffer through an illness is heartbreaking. Thankfully, now that they are older, we can usually get through it with communication and a few naps. But what about after your child is sick? I’m sharing some of the cleaning tips I use to (hopefully) avoid anyone else getting sick. Truth […]
As a mom blogger (though I don’t like that term – I’m so much more!) I really have to set aside time for blogging. I’ve been doing this for 3 years now, and guess what – I haven’t magically found a “good time” for working on my blog. Time management can be a challenge at […]
5 Tips to Help Moms Blend a Career with Family Time is a guest post. If you are interested in writing for A Modern Mom’s Life, please visit my Guest Posting page. A lot of mothers are in the workforce today. Reasons might be the desire to build a career or the need to survive. Trying […]
Parenting is the toughest job out there. Raising children, while amazingly rewarding, is also very, very hard. But those tiny babies who eat up every single moment of your day (and night) do eventually develop a few life skills. It sure may not seem like it while you have babies, but parenting does get easier! […]
How many birthday parties will you throw in your parenting life? We are already at 9 for Emma and 7 for Rose. That a lot of parties, with a lot of kids, and I’m not including any of the “family” events we hold so grandparents don’t have to suffer through endless small kids underfoot! I […]
Today I took a survey for an influencer program I belong to. It quickly became apparent that I do not use the internet the way “everyone else” seems to do. In a few of the questions I had literally no idea what they were asking me about. What is Ibotta? I had never hear […]
I’m sure we’ve all been there. Your child is invited to yet another birthday party, and you don’t know the kid or the family AT ALL. This happens to us all the time. Somehow my children have made it to grade 4 and grade 1 and I still barely know any parents of their school […]