Yesterday was Mia's final day of swim lessons. Hallelujah is all I have to say about that. As a typical first time mom I was beyond excited to finally enroll Mia in swim lessons. I even considered those crazy classes that they do for infants where you actually dunk them underwater at like 2 days [...]
When you buy a fixer upper you imagine that with a little sweat equity you will literally transform the entire place into a beautiful home - just like new! Maybe that's true if you hire a contractor and drop a couple hundred grand, or if you get on one of those HGTV shows like Property [...]
Mia woke up at 5am on Friday morning so I had plenty of time before work to lie in bed and scroll through Pinterest while Mia removed every object from on top of every other object on the entire second floor of our house. Don't worry I had the gate up on the stairs [...]
Last week a friend of mine who works for The Immunization Partnership asked if I would be interested in writing a post for their blog, MOMmunizations. I happily agreed, because despite my general distaste for for drugs - especially for kids, vaccinations are something I believe very strongly in. Now, I am no doctor, and [...]
The other day a coworker asked me for some recommendations on what toys to buy for her infant daughter. I had a moment of panic because I knew the RIGHT answer was wooden toys, recycled books, and gender neutral organic cotton dolls. But...Mia doesn't play with any of those things. Her favorite toy is plastic [...]
There was a time when Dan and I would decide that we wanted to go to the lake, and we would get in the car and drive there. Those days are farther gone than Bruce Jenner's man card. Leaving the house now, with a toddler in tow, is more like packing for a weeklong camping trip [...]
The day has finally come. It took 5 long weeks, untold hours of bickering, and about 75 million trips to Lowes, but our downstairs bathroom is finally DONE! Dan did the entire thing himself (except a little bit of plumbing) - from tearing down the walls, to hanging drywall, laying tile, painting, repainting, grouting, nailing, [...]
My love affair with Maine began at 2 years old, the first summer my parents rented a cottage at Higgins Beach. I was the ultimate beach babe - with sand in my hair and my sandwich and a bucket full of starfish. It only makes sense that 17 years later I would meet my future [...]
I'm the least crafty person I've ever met. Seriously. Not only do I NOT have the patience for crafting, but I also hate getting dirty, using paint or glue, kneeling on the floor, going to the craft store, waiting for things to dry (Sally Hansen Insta-Dri nail polish FTW) and picking up paper/fabric/glitter off the [...]
First things first, an update on the shoe situation: Last week I posted a picture of a pair of Freshly Picked Moccasins on Facebook. It looked like this: It generated a surprisingly heated discussion about whether or not I am a completely self-absorbed snob for wanting to buy $60 shoes for a 1 year old. [...]
Oh Baby Richards 