Lauren Tester
Recreations Outlet: The Fun & Easy Birthday Party Experience
My oldest son just turned three, which meant the inevitable - planning another birthday party.
After hosting two birthday parties at our home already, I knew that I needed a break from the work of...
A Holiday Recipe (and Gift!) :: Easy, Moist Pumpkin Bread
To me, Fall means one thing: pumpkin everything. Yes, I am one of those people who go crazy with pumpkin once the weather turns. My pumpkin love includes coffee, beer, pie, patches, decorations and...
Fall Fun: An Easy Craft for Toddlers
As a working mom, I don’t have a ton of free time to do fun, crafty activities with my kids. I recently had a day off and while I was walking around Target waiting...
3 Stages of Traveling Without Kids
My husband and I recently took a trip to California for a long weekend: 5 nights and 4 days without kids. Since we started our family almost three years ago, we’ve taken two solo...
Why I Refuse to Ditch Dinner
My days are pretty busy. From the moment my alarm goes off at 6 AM and my feet hit the floor 30 minutes later, I oftentimes don’t sit down to relax until 9 PM....
A Mom’s Guide to Strollers, Cars, and Wagons, Oh My!
$1,610.
Nope, not our monthly mortgage. Not my lottery winnings this year. And definitely not the cost of plane tickets for our wannabe vacation this summer.
Embarrassingly enough, this is the amount of money that has...
As Long As You’re Healthy
“Oh, we really don’t care, just as long as it’s healthy!"
Whenever I would ask an expectant mom if they were hoping for a boy or a girl, I always thought, please, please don’t respond...
Our Idiot Husbands
This year I turned thirty. We had a huge party with friends and family and laughed as we reminisced on my twenties and looked ahead to what my thirties would bring.
Just kidding. That imaginary...
Spring Cleaning for the Modern Mom
Spring cleaning. Sigh. Am I the only one who has a love/hate relationship with this term?
So what do I love about it? Having a clean, organized house, of course! That’s it. What do I...