How My Baby Helped Me Make Friends
You know the phrase when it rains, it pours? Well, it might not rain in California, but for my husband and I, the move...
What You Need to Become a Toy Minimalist
Every day we see our kids have the time of their lives with a pile of stones or the wood chips at the playground....
How To Simplify Your Life With Kids
Life with kids will always come with some complications, but it doesn’t need to be as rushed and chaotic as you’ve been living it....
Adjusting Parenting Styles After Your Spouse Comes Home
You just made it through six (or more) months of your spouse being on another continent — months of sleepless nights, screaming kids, household...
Kids’ Christmas Gifts that Aren’t Things
It's the hap-happiest time of the year, but let's be real — you're looking at the toys your children already have and think, "We cannot bring...
Deployment Tools for Children
You’ve just been told that your spouse is leaving for a nine-month deployment, your first deployment with children. Your mind goes in a million...
5 Thanksgiving Kid’s Table Ideas for the Win
Nothing is more grating on parents’ nerves than crushing it in the kitchen, making Pinterest-worthy meals only to have our kids — our own flesh...
We Don’t Do Thanksgiving
Military life gives us so much to be thankful for — priceless travel opportunities, a ride-or-die framily, opportunities to remind ourselves just how strong...
Celebrating Holidays in a TLF
Yay! You got orders, and you successfully made it to the temporary lodging facility (TLF) at your new home base. You know (with like...
Teaching Kids About Earthquakes Without Scaring Them
The unknown is a dark, scary place for a kid. And, when you think about it, so much of their world is unknown. They...
To Bring Kids or Not to Bring Kids to Events
We’ve all seen those children. You know the ones, they're throwing fits during the invocation at a change of command or running around during...
Surviving the 2018 Japan Floods: Part 1
Since World War II, Hiroshima, Japan has been a symbol of loss. A stroll through the Peace Park is sobering and gives me goosebumps...
Surviving the Japan Floods: Part 3
From the invaluable perspectives of two people removed from the situation, it seemed best to navigate back to Higashihiroshima. I knew I could get...
Surviving the 2018 Japan Floods: Part 5
I turned right out of the gas station parking lot with a determination I have never experienced before. This absolutely had to work. We...
Surviving the 2018 Japan Floods: The Conclusion
We made it across the bridge and kept going until I saw a sign for Route 2. This, when we weren’t in a hurry...
Surviving the 2018 Japan Floods: Part 2
We landed and sprinkles — nothing more, no ferocious pelting rain — dotted the window on the row-20 window of our Japan Airlines flight.
Carry-ons...
Surviving the 2018 Japan Floods: Part 4
Never having pumped my own gas in Japan before, that could have easily have been the most eventful part of my day on any...
Raising a Generation of Girl Coders
Whether we realize we are doing it or not as parents, we often propel our children toward activities that are normalized for their genders....
How to Talk to Your Kids About Memorial Holidays
A child's world should be full of imagination and discovery, exploration and wonder. So when they become old enough to wonder about the meaning...
The Real Mom’s School Guide
Have you seen what parents are packing in their kids’ lunch boxes lately? The ratio of time spent preparing versus time spent eating has...
Podcasts for Moms
Podcasts are a fun way to absorb useful information, be inspired, or simply be entertained. But finding the right podcast can be intimidating. With...
From Mainstream Classroom to Worldschooling
When you find out you will be a parent, one of the first things you begin pondering is your child's education. We were just...
4 Reasons This Family Needs Summer Camp
Children love summertime. They feel free without the constraints of bedtime, homework, and school. Do you remember the awesome feeling of doing whatever you...
Surviving the TLF with Kids
Let’s start by putting the wondering minds to rest, TLF stands for temporary lodging facility in military land, and there are three reasons why...
Managing Maternity Leave: Military Spouse Life as CEO
You're the Financial Director, Event Organizer, Chief Operating Officer, and CEO of your household, not to mention entrepreneur on the side. So how do...
Surviving a Deployment with Kids
Your spouse just left for a six-month deployment. Fear bubbles up inside. You think of all the possible scenarios, and you pray for his...
Dad Is More Fun and It’s OK
It wasn’t so long ago that dads were mostly absent from parenting — working all day, then coming home to dinner on the table...
Surviving a PCS Road Trip with Kids
You’re about to set off on an epic road trip across the states! You’ve got an awesome playlist already streaming through your mind. You’re...
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