Boy Mama Confession: I Let Them Play Ball In the House

I grew up on Indiana basketball. I would watch it on the floor of our family room on our Zenith TV with my pajamas and pom-poms thinking they needed my cheers to win.  Team sports have been part of my childhood and adulthood as I’ve participated and cheered on various teams through the years.  Now …

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Essential Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin is my favorite taste of fall.  Pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin butter, my mom’s pumpkin pie (or Costco’s if I’m in a rush – it’s amazing and HUGE), pumpkin rolls, even those gummy pumpkins! =) Pumpkin Bread is one of my absolute favorites, and I like making a big batch so we can enjoy it most …

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Blue Crew Colts Halloween

When the boys collectively decided they wanted to be Colts football players for Halloween, we almost felt guilty for it being so easy… No last minute costume sewing, last minute costume shopping, or “float” assembling?  No expense? No-brainer! And it makes perfect sense since these boys have been cheering on the Colts since their Superbowl …

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Shuffling…

I’ve been quiet and a few of you have noticed. That means a lot that you are still here and checking in on me. Yesterday was Infant and Pregnancy Loss Remembrance Day and I stayed off the internet most of the day, because I just couldn’t… The sadness was just under the surface and I …

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Input Needed: Early Reader Book Recommendations

  Hiya, Friends!  Can you help a mama out?  My boys’ reading is taking off.  They were slow readers, but it’s kicking in, and they are reading some easy chapter books and Level 1 and 2 Easy Readers. I have PLENTY on our Favorite Read-Aloud List, that we are working our way through. Currently we …

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Boy Mama Confession: Fish Are Not My Friends

Boy Mama Confession: I’m not super fond of fishing. Catfish are down right scary looking creatures. Picking up larva is just gross. And wet moss freaks me out. I DO enjoy being outdoors and spectating. I’ve even brought along a book a few times this year. The pages don’t seem to get read with the …

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Protected: Medicine Cabinet Purge: How I Threw Away An Entire Trash Bag of OTCs and Personal Care Products

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Louisville. Looavul. Luhvuh. Louieville. Looaville.

No matter how you pronounce it, Louisville showed us a good time over the weekend.  Our boys LOVE traveling, it doesn’t matter where we go, they are always up for the adventure of exploring a new place and of course swimming at the hotel pool. Thankfully it was a warm weekend in Kentucky, and the …

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