Getting Down with My Kids
I should track my steps each day. It has to be close to 100,000. I’d say 30,000 steps come from getting everyone three meals and three snacks a day. About...
Amber Harder
…And Then We Had a Family Bedroom
When I take the time to step back and examine in my life, I am often surprised by the mom I am versus the mom I thought I would be....
How Food Games Helped My Picky Eaters
When I first became a mom, I had high hopes of my child eating every type of food on the planet. Then I got tired. And had more kids. And...
Legos on a Whole New Level at the Science Museum of Minnesota
I think one of the neatest things we as moms get to experience is that look of awe and wonder on our children’s faces. I witnessed this recently when my...
Tell Me What It’s Like
Moms of big kids, Tell me what it’s like. Tell me what it’s like to sit down uninterrupted with a cup of coffee in the morning and not have to...
Dialing Ethiopia: The Day I Called My Daughter’s Birth Mother
I suppose the journey to be in contact with our child’s birth mother started even before we were matched with our daughter. It was in the early days when whispers...
Me In the Margins
I’ve come across so many great articles recently about how important it is to take “me” time as a mom. Can I be honest? I don’t know how people do...
What Are My Words Doing?
Words have power. What we say can help or hurt, sometimes for far longer than we intend. Even though it was years ago now, I vividly remember the day that...
Hey, Wait Up!
How long does it take you to leave the house? For some reason lately, it’s taking my three kids and me longer and longer and longer to leave the house....
Motherhood: A Thankless Job… Until Now
Do you ever long for someone in your household to recognize something you’ve done – anything – and say thank you for it? It doesn’t feel too promising that this...
The Day I Met My Daughter
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. January 24, 2012. An ordinary day for most, but for my husband and I, it was monumental. It was the day we met our daughter. The 30-month wait...
How I Became a Mom: International Adoption
With Mother’s Day coming up, we’re taking this week to share stories from our own Twin Cities Familys Blog Contributors on how they became mothers. We all have unique stories, and some of...
How to Help a Struggling Reader
I had the privilege of sitting down with our local Children’s Librarian, Miss Margaret, to learn how libraries can help kids and families. I thought I was pretty library-savvy before,...
Chiropractic Care in Pregnancy
{Disclosure: We have partnered with Seasons Family Chiropractic to talk to you about both the benefits of seeing a prenatal chiropractor during pregnancy and the benefits for infants and children seeing a...
