I originally read Cinderella Ate My Daughter (affliate link) because my husband didn't want our little girl to watch princess movies. As a girl who grew up in the nineties and loves herself some Beauty and the Beast, I was not fully on board with this. I listened to what he had to say and then … [Read more...] about Random Thoughts On Raising A Girl Who Loves Rocketships
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Wordless Wednesday (Except With Song): Scarlette Serenade
The one comment I received the most after being on The Today Show was along the lines of "Not Enough Scarlette" which is understandable because let's be honest, my kid looks like an Olsen Twin circa 1987 and is hilarious to boot. I mean, let me just shamelessly mommy brag for a minute here. So … [Read more...] about Wordless Wednesday (Except With Song): Scarlette Serenade
Blended Movie & My Favorite Family Vacation Story
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Warner Bros. Pictures through their partnership with POPSUGAR. While I was compensated by POPSUGAR to write a post about Blended, all opinions are my own. My husband and I are kind of big Adam Sandler fans and two of our favorite movies are 50 First Dates and … [Read more...] about Blended Movie & My Favorite Family Vacation Story
A Grateful Legacy : Happy Mother’s Day
I became a mother on a cold night in November, cut hip to hip in trauma and we both bear the scars, me slung low across my stomach and her with the jagged white lines that dot her little legs like scar-tissue freckles. They strap your arms down for an emergency c-section and it is unnatural because … [Read more...] about A Grateful Legacy : Happy Mother’s Day
Road Trip: Atlanta to Destin in the 2014 Kia Forte EX #drivekia
This spring J and I were able to sneak away to Destin for a weekend to celebrate our seventh wedding anniversary. The only tiny glitch in our plan was that our car needed to go in the shop around the same time. The kind folks over at DriveSTI offered to let me borrow a car for the trip so that we … [Read more...] about Road Trip: Atlanta to Destin in the 2014 Kia Forte EX #drivekia
How To Make Homemade Bath Bombs
Last fall one of my friends flew in to stay with us for a couple of days and she brought me some fancy bath bombs. I loved them so much that I cut the last two in half so that I could make them last longer. Because I am thrifty like that. And because shortly after I fell completely in love with bath … [Read more...] about How To Make Homemade Bath Bombs
