While our families were enjoying a holiday break full of baking, gift wrapping, and joyous festivities, another family was experiencing the unimaginable tragedy: the death of their child. It wasn’t until after my daughter returned to school from a wonderful holiday break did she learn a classmate with cancer passed away due to an unrelated … Read more
Bonding with your baby is an enjoyable experience for some new parents while it brings on anxiety for many others. Learning how to bond with your baby in a way you both have an enjoyable experience is critical while stepping into your new role as a parent. While I am not a first time parent, … Read more
Halloween is such a fun opportunity to allow your children to express themselves in costume. Over the past six years my older daughter has dressed up in a wide variety of costumes ranging from frilly princesses to sea animals. As her mommy, I’m not sure there is anything cuter than her very first costume. I remember her … Read more
Until very recently we had an adorable Finding Nemo bathroom in our home that my six year old daughter loved for many years. Sadly now that we are in the process of selling our home, we recently toned down the bathroom and painted over our favorite ocean wall. The wall had a fun mural with … Read more
We have our family photos taken every year before the holidays. Working with different bloggers and creative entreprenuers has put me in touch with so many wonderfully talented people. Unfortunately both photographers we’ve worked with for the past few years for our family photos have moved out of state. This year I truly had no … Read more
This post is brought to you by our Brie Brie Blooms contributor Kristen. Would your child talk to a stranger? I don’t know about you, but I speak to my children about “stranger danger” all the time–not every day, but quite frequently. I don’t want them to be anti-social freakazoids, so we have a simple rule: If … Read more