Travel is in my blood. A home base keeps me sane, but regularly leaving that home base and striking out into the unknown makes my heart happy, and keeps my wanderlust in check. I want to see everything there is to see in this world, and while I’d be fine with doing it on my…
Scrolling through my social media feed I see angry people daily. Threats to “unfriend me if you believe in…”, “I will delete you if you…”, or “I just lost 20 friends because of my last post” and bright red emojis that look like they’re going to pop litter comments on every thread. But friends, aren’t…
Switching between 7 different news stations and rotating through trying to make what I could of the numbers, I stayed up until 3am watching the 2016 presidential election unfold in real time in some sort of twilight zone that no side predicted. Personally, I did not feel like I had a horse in this race,…
This post brought to you by LastPass. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Kara Carrero. A young toddler wielding a liquid in the living room by an open laptop. It’s not a modern twist to the game CLUE, rather, it’s the start of the story of the demise of my first MacBook….
Today while walking through a local shopping center, a complete stranger stopped me. “Your girls are beautiful. And you. You look so tired, but you’re doing a great job.” “Oh, I am very tired,” I exhaled as I thought about how two kids in the store while pregnant was about to do me in. For…
Back when my sweet Emma was not quite 2, I found her in the kitchen mopping up pomegranate juice that she had spilled happily exclaiming “Pom Pom!” as she worked. I didn’t ask her to wipe up her mess, but it was important to her to get it fixed and cleaned. She had seen her…
September has just flown by, hasn’t it?! Many of us now have a little bit more “me time” since we have kids back in school and day care. In case you missed the buzz of some of the most popular family news stories this month, I have compiled the top eleven articles that my fans…
Ninety-nine pennies. That’s all it costs per pound to have someone wash, dry, fold, and package my family’s laundry. It comes out to something like $8-10 per normal load, but frees up hours and hours of my time. Time I can now spend on my family and more important things in my life. It’s a…
“Dayntt Ewww” my 21 month old shouted after her sister gave her some food. “Aww, you’re welcome sweet girl,” my oldest replied. While I don’t force manners like please and thank you on my kids and let them learn at their own pace (no matter how excruciatingly slow it may be) it’s still so nice…
Every year I look at my calendar in September, take a deep breath and relish in the news that autumn is finally here. And then suddenly, time speeds up when Halloween hits, I barely get to enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas is a frenzy and then BOOM! It’s a new year already. But as an adult knowing that…
Whether it’s a business trip, deployment, or visiting family, there are times when in parenting when what’s typically a two parent household has to adapt to the needs of solo-parenting. You don’t have to be a military family to know what it’s like to solo-parent and trying to juggle raising kids on your own for…
By 2 years old, we start expecting our children to help with the pets. Yep. You absolutely read that correctly. Only 2. But some of the important conversations that kids need to be a part of in caring for animals typically are not discussed until it becomes a lecture about not neglecting their responsibilities. In…