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Over the past decade or so, I have slowly converted all of my “traditional” cleaning products into reusable and natural products. I did the process very slowly, because it can be both expensive and intimidating to change out all of the products that you know and love! I wanted to outline some easy switches that […]

I am not one of those people who thinks it is tacky to talk about money. So when Mrs. Bee suggested a week or month long spending and budget post, I thought it was a great idea. I tracked our spending during a typical week and also added in our monthly budget. I love seeing […]

We celebrate Easter in a secular way, a fun day for bunnies, and egg hunts, and celebrating spring. Our HOA has a super cute egg hunt in the greenbelt, complete with bounce house and a visit from the real Easter bunny. Yes, the real one, I promise! We also usually do a spring photo shoot […]

Little Lou turned one last month, a few days after Christmas. I can’t believe my tiny baby is a year old now. Before her birthday, we took a few “smash cake” photos at a local park. Lou still isn’t doing that well with solids (although we are seeing major improvement this week), so I made […]

While Ace was three, and I was at home taking care of him, our home, our pets, a preschool co-op, and a newborn, we fell into some bad habits. Too much tv in the car (baby hated car rides and that minivan dvd system is oh so convenient), too little outside time (our summers are […]

We are not a religious family. I grew up Catholic, my husband grew up Christian, but neither of our families were very involved with practicing. My kids aren’t baptized, we don’t belong to any church groups, we celebrate holidays in a secular way… and with one atheist parent and one agnostic humanist, that likely isn’t […]

The One Thing You Shouldn’t Do With Your Kids… compare them. But I’m going to do it anyway. I think it’s interesting to see the similarities and differences between siblings! How can two little people be so alike and so different at the same time? It is seriously amazing. Ace was born at 40 weeks […]