Casey Purnhagen
Parenting is a long journey to learning that we're neither alone or enough. The more firmly we cling to those truths the sweeter it becomes.
Adventure Awaits! {+ Register for a SNEAK PEEK!}
I've been driving by the new Children's Learning Adventure for nearly a year. I watched from the day they poured the concrete to the day they opened, and my kids have too, often gasping...
Summer Safety: 10 Things You Need to Know
Whether you have a beach vacation coming up or you'll be hanging in your neighborhood, it's a good time for a little brush up on how to keep your summer safe and full of...
A Tale of Two Fishes: A Look Under the Surface at Goldfish Swim School
I have two kids. One can’t wait to get in the water every single week and one hasn’t touched a toe in the water for a lesson in 6 months. And so it goes....
Find It at Jungle Jims! {A Scavenger Hunt with Printable}
If you have lived in Cincinnati for any length of time and you haven't yet been to Jungle Jim's, I absolutely recommend that you go! And if you have been, but don't know the...
7 Reasons to Watch Fixer Upper (with your kids!)
I don’t know about you, but I am pretty much o-ver most of the shows my kids watch. When they do watch television I work, but every once in a while it’s nice to...
Tornadoes: What You Need To Know and How to Prepare
I'm not sure about you, but I was up most of the night. My mama gut was on high alert for tornadoes. Between trying to catch Steve Raleigh through the pixelated "No Satellite Signal"...
How to Adult on the Internet (and in Life)
We have entered a new season in our culture. In fact, it’s not a season, because it’s always. Not a day passes that there aren’t thousands of headlines that are written for the express purpose...
Partnership Under Pressure
Tonight my big kid had a low grade fever and ear pain that was preceded by a couple weeks of cold symptoms and cough. I really thought he had kicked it, but with Christmas...
Sportsmanship and Sore Losers: When You Lose More Than a Game
As many Cincinnati fans, I have spent the last few days pacing, riding the roller-coaster that is fandom in Cincinnati. Peaks of hope followed by valleys of hopelessness and despair - if you are...
A Message to the Mama on WIC, From Me
A Message to the Mama on WIC:
I was big-box-grocery-ing it up with my littles the other day and, as any mother who is brave enough to grocery shop with littles knows: when it comes...