This post is sponsored by The Aetna Foundation via The Motherhood. As always all opinions are mine. How healthy is your county? Would you say that the health of your community affects your personal health? Last week I sat in on a conference call to learn all about the Healthiest Cities and Counties Challenge being …
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I’m really good at planning healthy meals for my husband and I and I’m really bad at trying to get my kids to eat healthy food. I can’t be the only one who feels like it’s totally exhausting to fight with children over food, and yet I know it’s a fight worth fighting! For the past two …
This post is sponsored by Children’s Mercy Hospital I’ve been reading a lot about how to battle entitlement in children. The answer I keep coming back to is that gratitude is the opposite of entitlement and we develop a strong sense of gratitude when we serve others. You may know that I am a part …
Friends, tomorrow morning I wake up and I enter a new decade. I’m not going to lie I’m a little sad about saying goodbye to my 20’s. It’s been a pretty amazing ten years, I married the man of my dreams, graduated college, moved to and fell in love with an awesome city and made …
This photo and video tutorial teaches you how to sew baby booties, the best baby booties that don’t fall off your infant’s feet! Have you ever found a baby product that you just love? These baby booties are a copy of the Zutano baby booties, the best baby shoes/socks that I have ever put …
A few months ago I made a rookie breastfeeding mistake- I started taking my normal birth control pill. After a few days of a fussy non-sleeping baby I realized that the pill had drastically decreased my milk supply and baby girl was HUGRY! Starting to freak out a little after pumping only 3 ounces, I …
This post is sponsored by Children’s Mercy Hospital, as always all opinions expressed are my own! This post contains affiliate links. Reading to my kids is one of my favorite things to do with them, and of course I have my favorite books. I was recently reading Zero to Five, (a parenting book that I …
I have a 5 year old. What the what?! Last week my cute boy turned five, five! He goes to kindergarten in August! I’m already a little weepy. For his birthday he requested a Star Wars party and so Matt and I made it happen. We did it at our house and had a “Jedi …
Happy Valentine’s week friends! Valentine’s day is one of my favorite holidays (however I’m pretty sure I say that about every holiday as its happening) I love celebrating love! Today I’m bringing you these cute treats in partnership with my friends at Children’s Mercy Hospital. I am part of the #CMHMoms blog team and I will …
I am so excited to share with you what is sure to be my new favorite Christmas tradition. the 25 days of Christ devotional set is everything that I’ve been wanting to create in my head but never had the time or energy to do on my own. Its a set of ornaments with a …
Compensation for this post was provided by Discover card via AOL Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Discover card or AOL. I moved to Kansas City in 2008, fresh from graduating college and not too excited about residing in a “flyover” …
Top: Miriam Erickson Brown-CEO of AE Dairy & me! Middle: The beginning of the AE Family Dairy in the 30’s Bottom: At the AE Facility a display of all the packaging and products AE has had over the years. Hi friends I’m super excited to share that I have become a brand ambassador for AE …