These days, we do a lot of talking at our house. (Nonstop, actually.) Singing and reading are frequent too. It’s how we’ve rolled since the beginning. Mostly because I didn’t quite know what else to do. How to kill time with a newborn and then how to make the day fly by with two babies…
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CBS Los Angeles: Go away guilt!
Guilt, guilt, go away. Come again… NEVER. Yeah, I’ve written about this all-encompassing wasted emotion before. (Still feel the same way.) So when Chrissy Teigen showed absolutely no guilt about going out on a date with her husband about a week after their first child was born, I thought: YES. WAY. TO. GO. Fun fact:…
Beauty for moms? Do these 8 things. #BeautyIs
Thanks to Dove, the epic Mom 2.0 conference and the incomparable beachside stunner that the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel is, this past week provided big lessons about what beauty for moms is. I learned about #BeautyIs, to be exact. Hashtag it on Twitter because it’s a major thing. And it’s especially powerful for this mom of two young daughters……
CBS Los Angeles: You posted what about my kid? {VIDEO}
Mind your manners, moms. Especially online. This includes myself, as I know I can get a bit bossy about social media for parents. Listen, I’ve had my share of offenses (like that time I got blasted by a slew of moms in a Facebook mommy group, saying how I’d violated their privacy by sharing happenings from…
CBS Los Angeles: How to do errands without leaving the house. {VIDEO}
Errands add UP. Grocery shopping? That takes about an hour’s worth of time when I could be cleaning my kitchen to make room for the new goods. Washing the car? Let’s just say that killing 45 minutes waiting at the car wash with two kids under the age of 5 is easier said than actually done….
Mommy & Me Style! Featuring FabKids & JustFab. {VIDEO}
Yes, I’m counting the days until Mother’s Day. Not for the possible mimosas, not for the intended appreciation from people I love the most and not for the sure-to-be-adorable hand-drawn cards I’m hopefully gonna get again. All those fabulous things are, thankfully, usually givens… along with our usual (and many!) coordinating mommy and me outfits. It’s part…
Passing time with toddlers… and how we’ve all gotten played.
Time. It passes without permission. As a television News Director once told me in a class I took long ago (about being a reporter): Time is your most precious resource. He was right. As a mother, I see it most clearly now. Certain memories are faded more than others, but yes, TIME is our most precious family…
