This post contains affiliate links. My seven-year-old recently discovered the Food Network show, Chopped. He loves to choose his favorite contestant and watches each round of competition with growing anticipation. Who will be chopped and who will be crowned the victor? Will his favorite contestant win or be forced to leave after creating a sub-par […]
4 Life Lessons You Won’t Learn from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
We were minutes away from the beach when the fog began to roll in. “Uh-oh!” I said to the kids, “It might not be the best day to play in the ocean. I hope the fog doesn’t stick around long.” My three year old piped up from the back seat. “I know what to do! Mickey called […]
4 things that are completely different from when I was a kid
Sometimes I look at my kids sitting in the living room, playing Minecraft on the iPad, and I think back on how much has changed since I was a child. Wouldn’t it be fun to take our kids back to those days, just so they could see, first hand, how different things were? I don’t […]
Week 23: The cable guy
If this is your first time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, click here to learn what it’s all about. I should have known it wouldn’t be easy. I imagined calling the cable company, telling them we were cancelling our television subscription, and that would be that. Since the approximately 19 bazillion phone […]
Week 21: Kindergarten cop
First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to learn what it’s all about. I did it. I survived Eli’s first year of school. I survived him being gone five days a week from 7:30 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon. I wasn’t sure I would survive it when […]