Thank you to Fruit Shoot for sponsoring this post, but my love for their juice and encouraging children’s imaginations is all my own! My kids love to play outside. One thing that always comes when they are outside is the statement, “I’m thirsty”! Thankfully, Fruit Shoot is here to help! Without high fructose corn syrup and …

  A couple of weekends ago, we got to go check out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum up in Cleveland, Ohio for the first time ever and it was both a blast and exhausting. I’ll explain in a bit, but first let me just say that it was so incredible to …

I love that my kid loves his character shirts. You wanna know? It’s because they show you immediately who he is and what he likes. It’s like a welcome mat into his mind. You see, just from this picture I can see that he loves LEGO bricks, and that smile shows me he’s happy (or …

Taking a step back in time, the following are partial entries from my diary from 2003. Yes, I still have it… June 13, 2003 “… Jess is gonna try to hook me up w/ Kris’s friend Ian. He’s really cute and sounds funny.” August 6th, 2003 “On Sunday, Jessika took me to the movies with …

As a mom of three who runs her own business, I don’t get much “free time” that I can use to run to the salon for a couple of hours of pampering. Unfortunately, it just doesn’t happen. Most of my pampering and extra self-care is done at home, when the kids are in the bed. …

  Over the weekend, my sister-in-law and I had a fun girl’s day at Tanger Outlets in Jeffersonville, Ohio to check out the KidStyle Fashion Camp and Tour featuring Bridgit Mendler. Oh, yea, and we met Bridgit! After seeing her in Lemonade Mouth and Good Luck, Charlie, it was very cool to meet her. She …