Julie lives in Arizona and is the mother of 3 children ages 5, 2 1/2 and 7 months. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 2000 with a Bachelors degree in Marriage, Family and Human Development. Her hobbies are reading, writing, scrap booking and wrestling with her children.
March 8th marks a big day in history for women. I thought it would be fun to do some research on International Women’s day to help celebrate and honor women, as well as take the opportunity to teach our children the importance of women. Here’s a bunch of great information I found.
International Women’s […]
Tomorrow is the U.S’s National Reading Day! It’s a fantastic day to spend together as a family exploring the joys of reading! Grab the family, head to the library, and pick out some good books. Let’s see if we can set aside the TV, video games, and other distractions for a day […]
One of my favorite things about being a parent is the opportunity I have to create memories for our kids. I am a sucker for fun family activities and my sole purpose in life is for these kids to grow up thinking they had the best mother ever, who did lots of fun things […]
This winter has been full of sickness here at our household. It’s also the first winter of having a child in school. One of the random illnesses that he brought home was pink eye. We took him into our pediatrician and got him an eye drop, but I also did some sleuthing […]
Here’s a fun coloring page for your Leap Year festivities! Click for it here.
Our oldest son is in kindergarten and is always full of questions regarding the holidays and why we have certain things on our calendar. This week the topic has been leap year. He couldn’t quite understand why every four years, February has an extra day. He’s not one for simple answers, so […]
Let’s face it. It’s up to us to educate our children to the importance of taking care of our environment. They are the ones who will be living in it much longer than we will. I read a great article on cnn.com today on getting our children involved.
It’s titled, “10 ways to […]
We had our carpets cleaned the other day, and as I was talking on the phone to my husband while the cleaner was here, he informed to make sure I tipped him. I would have never thought to tip my carpet cleaner. By all means, I had no problem in doing so. […]
Bringing home a new baby is a fun and exciting time to look forward to. Whether it’s your first child or your third, there will be some adjusting to the new infant. Not every family member will respond the same way, and that is important to remember. Don’t expect everyone to be […]
Having a new baby is a wonderful and fulfilling experience. Seeing that little one come into the world is the most amazing experience I’ve ever gone through. The pain part, that I can do without. I find it ironic that the most exhilarating human experience happens to be the most painful thing […]
