I Failed at Breastfeeding my Fourth Child, and he’s Healthy Anyway
“You shouldn’t say that,” Nate admonishes me. “You didn’t fail at breastfeeding so much as you moved to a different feeding approach.”
12 Summer Stains – and How to Treat them
In our family, summer is the season of rolling in the grass and plowing through the sand. Hence why we deal with a lot of summer stains.
Try this Easy Cat Toy Hack for a Clutter-Free Home
Our cat Ulysses is going on 12 years old. He’s precisely as old as our relationship! He was an indoor cat, and then an indoor-outdoor … Read more
How we Save Money by Acting like Children
Friends and family often ask us how we can afford to travel so much. I usually give them the simple explanation that, in most regards, I’m cheap! I scrimp on many things in order to have money for adventures.
There’s more to it than that, though.
36 Hours in Fort Myers with Kids
Now that I’ve shared the wonderful world of shelling with you all, I’m eager to dive into the vast list of other things that there are to do if you find yourself with a quick weekend to spend in Fort Myers, Florida.
Dive in. See what I did there?
Satellite TV Here, There, Middle of Nowhere
Since we live in the boondocks (Nate hates it when I say that) and travel a bunch, readers often ask about our TV situation. Do we have cable? Subscriptions? How on earth do we keep up with shows? These are the important, nitty-gritty day-to-day details that everyone wants to know.
Sea Shelling 101 (By the Sea Shore!)
When I was a kid growing up along the coast of Washington, I’d walk down to the coastline to go shelling at the beach and repeat to myself over and over again, “She sells sea shells by the sea shore.” I learned this little diddy from my stepmom and I thought it was SO clever. Not even kidding, I had visions of myself collecting all the shells and opening up shop, making some sort of jewelry out of it all and eventually saving enough money to escape our tiny island.
How I Do It All
Of all the questions that readers email in, this is the one that gets me rambling every single time. “How do you do it all?” … Read more
What’s in our Camping Diaper Bag
It’s that time again. Our youngest baby is now six months old, and we’re slowly getting back into adventure mode. This time we’re doing it with 4 boys ages 6 and under. People constantly ask how we manage it, what’s in our diaper bag, aren’t I tired, and so on and so forth.
The Perfect Spring Shoes for Every Age
I’ve admitted to you all in the past that I’m a bit of a perfectionist. That tendency spills over into a LOT of aspects of my life and I actually make a conscious effort to limit my expectations around the cadence of day-to-day life with four small children. When it comes to shopping and products, though, I maintain my dang-near-impossible-to-please attitude. I have certain standards and I’m always on the hunt for the best.