Backyard Summer

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It’s July. Primetime for family vacations. I am loving seeing vacation photos of friends and their families hitting the beaches on the gulf shore, heading to the lake, and even trips to Disney World. My husband and I intended to...
My tech-expert husband has made it his mission to fill our home with the best smart home products to help streamline our lives.  God bless him.   The streaming devices we have on all our TVs are great, as are the...
In January of 2017 not only did my husband and I become "medical parents", our 5 year old daughter also became a "medical sibling". I will try to make a very long, complicated story short in the essence of...
We are always looking to improve our eating habits over here and we recently came across a resource from Dr. Sears that made it click for my kids so I thought I would pass it along.  It’s called “Traffic...
“You can’t work and homeschool, can you?” I’ve heard this question so many times. I’m a homeschooling mom (as I’ve talked about before), but that wasn’t the plan. If you had asked me even six months before we started homeschooling...
I’ve often thought there should be badges to commemorate certain motherhood moments - The first time you get peed on, the first time you catch vomit in your hands, the first time you reach into a little pocket and...
This summer was the first summer my daughter was able to play t-ball. We are a primarily baseball watching family. My husband is a huge Yankees fan. We can't really blame him for that though since he's from Connecticut...
There are a lot of things about being a mom that I'm good at, but being silly and spontaneous is not one of them. I have a very type A personality. I like to plan and organize and stay...
“Niii-Night” one of my two-year-olds whispered, as he wrapped himself in the hooded towel folding into child’s pose, laying his head down on the towel spread out on the bathroom floor. He’s pretending to sleep because he knows exactly...
No matter how much time you spend with your kids, you never truly know them until you leave them. Recently, I went with my husband to Northern California.  Savoring solo days in a bungalow with nearly deserted hikes along...

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Where to Pick Strawberries near St. Louis

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There's nothing like a fresh strawberry, picked from the ground with your own hands. As the weather warms up and summer can be seen...