I love the shows from the 80s and 90s…they just don’t make them like they used too. And it’s soooo fun to go back and watch them. The big hair. The fashion. Life before cell phones. Thanks to Hulu and Netflix it’s even easier to binge watch the series. I love that I can just pick […]

When your kids are small is easy to make them feel special on their birthdays – presents, birthday party, balloons, and cake. But as they get older things change. Especially in the teen years…. it’s more how to avoid the eye roll and really do something that makes them smile. This page contains affiliate links, meaning […]

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024!! I’m not much of a New Year’s Resolutions fan. I prefer to use the new year as a time to reflect on the past year and plan and make goals for the new year. New Year’s resolutions are often broken or forgotten within weeks of the new year. Plans […]

Have a tween boy to shop for this holiday season? My son is 11, turning 12 right after Christmas, and this is one of the hardest years yet. That 10, 11, 12-year-old boy is a challenge. Not quite teenagers but have outgrown most toys. Note: this post contains affiliate links. 1 – Nerf Guns. My son […]

There’s nothing I love more than being a mom to my son. Being a #boymom brings with it unique adventures, challenges, and experiences. Baseball player. Science and nature lover. Collector of rocks, sticks, bones, and old rusty ‘treasures’ found in the desert. Lego creator and Nerf gun carrying kid. Sharpies  I send my kid off […]

  By now I think most of us have made a decent dent in the holiday gift shopping but have you thought about stocking stuffers yet?? Tween and Teen boys aren’t the easiest to shop for. If yours are like mine, everything on their list is $$$$. So what to fill their stocking with? And […]

Baseball is huge in our family. My son has been playing since he was 4. I’m a #baseballmom. What does this mean? This means cheering him on at games, driving him to practices, washing his uniform, taking photos of the games, planning the team parties and more. We live baseball. And because my son loves […]

My son is in 5th grade this year. Big changes at school – they no longer have the same teacher all year, more independent thinking and reasoning, and the level of homework and studying have increased. There’s a lot more need to start studying subjects every day and not just the day before the test […]

Yoplit® has launched a new yogurt call Yoplait® Go Big™ perfect for tweens and tweens. Is your teen growing fast? Even more active every day? The larger size is perfect for their needs. Yoplait recently challenged me to participate in their Go Big Challenge and to write a letter to my son. I often describe […]