Food

I know we don’t know each other, but if we’re going to be friends, you should know that I love to celebrate… anything! I don’t like reserving birthday cake exclusively for birthday parties, and I think that if you...

You know the song:  I'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I'd like to buy the world a Coke And keep it company That's the real thing While this song was penned in 1971, Coca-Cola was born from the mind...

National Pizza Day is on Sunday, February 9, 2020. If you ask me, it's one of the best days of the year. The best way to celebrate the day is by enjoying a slice or maybe even a whole...

The summer is here and that means summer fun and hungry kids! After a day of summer activities, kids can build up an appetite. Summer means more planning for moms and more grocery shopping. Packing daily lunches can be...

Ever since my kiddo discovered the joys of licking the spoon, she wants to bake all the time. Seriously. All. The. Time. Because I try to implement a policy of "if there's no reason not to, why not?", I...

A handful of cheerios, a pulled apart cheese stick, 4 half-eaten chicken nuggets, and 3 un-smashed blueberries. That is what dinner looked like after a crazy week of work. Oh, I almost forgot the squeeze pouch of applesauce! Hashtag...

She shyly giggled and shared how she once ate an entire 9 x 13 of brownies after paying her bills and feeling stressed. She sheepishly looked around the room of young moms and asked if anyone else had done...

“You’re eating Christmas dinner at Waffle House?!” my mom texted, in reply to a photo I sent of my infant gnawing on a plastic coffee creamer cup last December 25. Well...yes. In my sweats, actually. While my daughter uses her...

Happy fall, y'all! It took its sweet time getting to us, but Thanksgiving is around the corner and this beautiful season is in full swing. I don’t know about you, but this mama is embracing the cooler weather, a...

Do you ever manipulate the truth with your kids? Or fib a little? Or reword things? Or sometimes just flat out lie? No? Just me? Well, I have no shame in my stretching-the-truth-game.  Because #survival.  And because #mamaknowsbest. Case in point -- My kids have always...