My name is Kara. I am an INFJ. It’s taken over 2 decades to fully understand myself and I realized that in cracking the code of my personality, I had the key to understanding both my greatest parenting strengths and my utter weaknesses. I learned that knowing those strengths and weaknesses could help me to…
Malcom X and Mother Theresa. That’s how I describe my two wonderfully vivacious daughters. They are both world changers, but one is a spit-fire while the other is a mellow, gentle soul. Neither do I know how to handle appropriately. The introvert in me needs my space and the “feeling” side of me absorbs too…
Each day 5:30pm rolls around and I am typically scrambling to find something quick to make for dinner so I am not making the dreaded “failed wife” phone call admitting that I didn’t plan ahead and pizza is on the menu (and the “oh by the way, can you pick it up?”). Running a home is…
The day my oldest daughter was born, the weight of motherhood set in. I could feel the responsibility of life on my chest, the responsibility to raise her, and the responsibility to nurture her little soul. I suddenly had a future flashing before my eyes where I dreaded the day I would first lose her…
Making mindful decisions as a mother typically means I am trying to kid-proof my home by putting a gate at the top of the stairs or that I have chosen extended rear-facing for my children. And many times I forget about myself. I make excuses based on what I am doing for my children, but…
I spent more time itching and more money trying to find a cure for yeast infections my last pregnancy than I did for my delivery. I was literally praying for the day I would give birth just so that maybe my raging hormones would stop and subsequently the raging yeast infection (and group B strep) would…
While many of us have fallen in love with Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang over the years, it’s a new generation of kids getting introduced to their shenanigans. The Peanuts Movie, released on November 6, is sure to be a family favorite with all the fun characters we have come to know! Introduce your children to…
The smell of melted chocolate is one that fills my memories of the holidays, but not necessarily Halloween. In fact, Halloween has this eerie place between fresh baked goods of Thanksgiving and terrified nights after horror movies. Nonetheless, it’s one to have fun with, especially now as an adult. Here is a fun twist on…
Over and over again I keep telling myself I need to fill my cup first so I have something to pour out into my kids. But daily I run on empty, feel run down, and forget to recharge myself. Part of my problem was no one has a manual on how to treat yourself as…
Potty training hacks are for everyone. In fact, it doesn’t matter if you believe in potty training or potty learning. If you are a follower of the 3 day potty training method, believe in starting them from birth or really young with elimination communication, or just wait and let them learn and choose to do…
I think it’s hard wired for kids to go through a bossy toddler phase. They have grown out of the baby days where everything is new and novel and have moved into the years of understanding their world to a degree of they know what they want and they want it now. Whether it’s how we…
It’s apple season! And don’t we all love a warm apple pie? However, if you’re like me, you don’t want all the crazy ingredients, you want to be able to eat the dough, and you don’t want to have to wait over an hour for the finished product AFTER you have slaved over it for…