We are into full on beach and pool season now. In Texas, if we are outside between June and September, we MUST be in water. There is no way to be comfortably alive outdoors otherwise. So that leaves me packing up my two kids and the 23 bags of stuff we always need multiple times a week. Okay, maybe ...
The ME time vs. FAMILY time dilemma all moms face
For as long as we've been married, my husband has worked six days a week. Just recently, he started getting two Saturdays off per month--which is AMAZING. It has opened up a new world of fun day trips and quality family time. It has also made it possible for me to have a little bit more time to ...
The Tendency Moms Have to Rush and Regret
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Heart Association / American Stroke Association for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. College wasn't so long ago for me that I've forgotten how badly I wanted to just be done with it. I always knew exactly how many weeks of the semester I ...
How to Keep Your Kids in Touch with Long Distance Grandparents
My parents regularly tell me that the best thing I’ve ever given them was a grandson, and the worst thing I’ve ever done was to move him one thousand miles away from them. It’s been three years since we committed the terrible offense of moving to my husband’s hometown in Texas. We've since added ...
What I’m teaching my two-year-old son right now about rape culture
The Stanford rape case is blowing up the conversation about rape culture. As it should. The statistics say that 1 in 5 women has survived sexual assault. That's difficult to measure because so many survivors suffer in silence without seeking justice. Who can blame them when they see what the victim ...
The One Way to Definitely Know You’re an Adult
This post brought to you by Scott Tube-Free. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Nourishing Little Souls. After my brother and sister-in-law got married straight out of college, I asked them what was different about their new married life. What does it feel like to really be an ...
Best Birthday Gifts to Give to a One-Year-Old
Okay so you got invited to a one-year-old's birthday party. And if you're checking out this post it's because you also need to bring a gift to said party. And if you're anything like I've been in the past, you're like, "Is there anything more thankless than giving a gift to someone who can't even ...
Mom’s Savvy Energy-Saving Tips for the Home
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of IGS Energy for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Whether you're from the south and the summer heat has your air conditioning running 24/7, or you're from the north and the winter cold has your heat blasting nonstop--we all have that ...
Will your daughter achieve less because you’re a stay-at-home mom?
Word is out, thanks to a Harvard study cited by the New York Times, that daughters of working moms will statistically achieve higher education, are more likely to work [outside of the home], and will make more money than daughters of stay-at-home moms. Three-quarters of American mothers with ...
Real Thoughts Parents Have at Children’s Museums
Did I really just pay admission for myself, too? Is "museum" the right word here? Like really, how are we defining "museum" these days? Because this just looks like a giant play place chaos fest--letsbehonest. My kid is going straight for the Legos. We have a tote of Legos as tall as him at ...