That viral video of a baby waiting for her big sister at the bus stop, and the two sisters running to each other after school? That’s not where this love story begins my friends. Nor does it start at the beginning of the school year when Lee Lee started waiting for her siblings to get…
People often ask me how I help my children celebrate who they are. One of the main ways we do this is a family starts with one of the words in the name of our blog. Cherish. We teach our children to cherish who they are, their unique characteristics, personalities and our own personal family…
*Updated October 2019 I’ve had several people ask me which I like more: a Disney Cruise Vacation or a Walt Disney World Vacation. I’ve already broken down my family’s favorites and why. We adore both. Your first thought about a cruise may be that there isn’t as much to do. But trust me, it’s not…
When we got married 14 and a half years ago, I had less than $100 in my bank account. The car I drove was falling apart, but it had dang good gas mileage. We worked early morning custodial jobs at our university before class. We were love struck poor college kids with big dreams. 14…
“Mom why are they all black?” My oldest daughter said with a confused and concerned tone. “Not brown like us but just all black, and no faces?” The 1941 version of Dumbo in its day was an animation masterpiece. A feature length film with talking animals. Today we can see it for all its flaws….
“Why would you want to take your baby to Walt Disney World? She won’t remember it.” But does that make the trip any less magical? No. It doesn’t. I’ve met many parents who think they should wait until their kids are older to make a trip to Walt Disney World. But I’m here to tell…
Every year I take thousands of pictures. That’s no exaggeration. One of my traditions at the start of a new year is to clean out some of the images I don’t need and free up some space on my computer. Inevitably it turns into a wonderful stroll down memory lane and it never fails I…
I absently flipped through a photo album before placing it in a moving box. Inside were a series of selfies my husband and I took throughout our first year of marriage. “We were so young,” I said. My husband was standing near me and he glanced at the pictures in my hand. “Yea, we were,”…
“Mommy, are unicorns real?” My oldest daughter asked me one afternoon after school. “I’ve never seen one, but who knows. What do you think baby?” “Well, I know they aren’t real, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still wear clothes with unicorns on them,” she responded. “Of course you can. Why would anyone think you…
So we’re moving next month. I can say that now. Yes, let’s take a moment to freak out about that. We still don’t have a closing date set in stone. The builder seems to think it’ll be mid-December. Mid to me means December 15th, but I haven’t gotten word that we’re 45 days out just…
To this day some people still remember me as that mom who had rollers in her hair when she went to the hospital to give birth eight years ago. My oh my how things have changed. As a first-time mom I was so extra. My daughter always wore boutique clothing and tutus with lots of…
There were no groans this year when I proclaimed what our family costume theme would be. I think that was partly because we love this movie so much, and partly because I’ve been planning this since last Halloween. Last year we didn’t do a family costume theme. I was actually out of town for work…