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Gluten-Free Banana Oatmeal Pancakes
Last weekend when my daughters woke up, they wanted my easy (and healthy!) oat pancake breakfast and pleaded for me to put a few chocolate chips in. They had some friends sleeping over and I wasn't aware that one of the little girls couldn’t have gluten. Thank goodness that Quaker had just sent me their…
The Gift of Life
It has been five years since I received my beautiful gift of life. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined, that I would have met so many incredible moms on my journey of giving back and building a non-profit, Ava’s Heart. It fills my heart to share with you the stories of two very…
Dog is a Mom’s Best Friend
This post is sponsored by AvoDerm. As they say, dog is a mans best friend well, we like to say a persons best friend. But dogs are so much more than just that, they are an integral part of the family. My kids begged for a dog for years I compromised with getting a kitten. That satiated them for awhile but then back to wanting the dog. Well walk him Well …
Getting Hooked
Lets face it, girls. There are some things about being a mommy, they just dont tell us. Like how, after giving birth, your tummy and titties will never look the same. How, even if youre a citizen, on some days, you threaten your kids with deportation. How, one day, your child will go to a school fair and with boundless enthusiasm, thrust at you a plastic bag with a live, gill-bearing craniate animal in it. And how just like that, you are the Mother of the Fish.
Making Mommy’s Memories Into Bedtime Stories
A few days after Valentines Day, I told Ava about my childhood valentine. I imagine every girl must remember her first – that moment when the holiday evolved from the pleasure of eating stale, molar-cracking SweetTarts to something closer to love.