This review and giveaway was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Febreze. I was compensated for my participation in this campaign, but all opinions are 100% mine. Have you gone noseblind? Noseblind [nohz-blihnd] is the gradual acclimation to the smells of one’s home, car, or belongings, in which the

This post on kids wall decor is written by me on behalf of Minted in exchange for credit. I’m currently in the process of changing the office/homeschool room into my 1 year old son’s room.  He previously had a nursery nook but now that he is running around and has

This post on #KleenexStyle and personalizing your home with Kleenex facial tissue is sponsored by Kleenex. When I have family or friends over, I do this mad dash beforehand, shoveling toys into corner closets, folding down the play yard, high chair, walker and chucking any kid-relevant item into the closest

The month of February, I like to keep my house feeling a little extra lovey.  I break my vows of never buying or receiving red roses, I place a heart here and there, and I light a lot of red candles.  When I want to set the mood, I look

I have been using the wrong highchair for a year.  I didn’t realize it until my son started eating “human food” as my 7 year old calls it.  Once his daily intake of bananas, berries and other squishy, wet foods hit three times a day, I realized my fabric, crevice-filled

Christmas and New Year’s Day may have passed but winter certainly hasn’t!  I’m looking forward to a nice season of skiing, snowman building and sledding, and my house reflects it.  I just took down my Christmas decorations but left some wintery touches to keep us all in the mood. Keeping

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and WE’VE Built but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #GiftaStory  http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO Back in 2009 when Erin and I started this blog, so much of our main goal was to find unique toys with

This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Soma, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #givesoma  http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO. Filtering water has never looked so modern, so sleek — so beautiful.  Here in the desert, the water is pretty awful.  It is

I love video monitors.In fact, I am so crazy about them that I still use one on my 6 year old. Yep, that’s right, I have a monitor on my 6 year old. The monitors I was using for my kids are super old. So old in fact, that my

When my second child was born, I was terrified, more terrified than with my first.  With my daughter I had ignorance to help me sleep through the night.  Six years later when my son was born, I stayed up all night sick with terror thinking about SIDS.  The first few