"There is no way to be a perfect mother, but there are a million ways to be a great one."
As a mom of four, much of my day is spent sorting through school papers and art projects. I hate to just toss the kids' art projects to the side, so I recently spent some time looking for cute and creative ways to display these. Here are a few of my top picks, with the key focus on being able to easily swap out last week’s piece for this week’s.
The first year of motherhood is often filled with long days, sleepless nights and hormonal adjustments. But there can be other minor, and often very frustrating, physical struggles that occur with little notice. But what I learned in the course of a year was to be gentle with myself and appreciate my body in new ways.
Many people have asked me this since our launch a few months ago. This isn’t my first go-around starting and running a small business. I started a children’s boutique in Boston years ago. But when I developed the concept for Bicycle Pie, I’ll admit, it was self-serving.
You know you're a mom when it's December and you're scraping the frost off your car windshield with a Lego. Welcome to motherhood! Here are 10 of our favorite hysterical quotes from Instagram accounts we love to follow that remind us we're not alone in this.
This time of year, I (along with everyone else) try to set new goals. But in the interest of full disclosure, they rarely last more than a few weeks. Maybe it’s because as my four little ones grow, our house seems to get smaller and smaller, but this year I’m determined to declutter and better organize the kids’ things. I’ve been reading tips and tricks on the topic and ultimately decided on five tasks that seem realistic and doable to help bring order and tidiness back to my home in the New Year.
As a parent, one of the most stressful things is managing everyone’s needs, including schedules. I’m a mom of 5 and believe me when I say: it’s not easy. As difficult as it may be, I have found a few tricks to help keep my family following their own schedules, as well as the overall household schedule, and stay as organized as possible.
When my son was an infant we had the organization and contents of his diaper bag down to a science. Diapers, wipes, extra clothes, blankets, toys -- it was all there. But as he grew, our trips out of the house became more spontaneous and less planned. . A diaper bag still serves a purpose and comes in handy when we are away from the house. Only now the contents have changed.
Every year, we count down the holiday season with a little help from an advent calendar. But this year’s holiday season is shaping up to be quite different. We’re missing school holiday art projects, the opportunity to participate in toy donations and organized food drives, and the holiday concerts and caroling we'd all be doing under normal circumstances. So, this year I’m going to use our advent calendar to create experiences as a family and to fill in what’s missing this year.
