Author Archives: Stephanie O'Farrell

My eight year old daughter had a friend coming over after school the other day and wanted to have a fun project planned for us to do. I wasn't really in the mood for baking or anything that would leav...

I love everything pumpkin spice. Things that taste like it, things that smell like it, you name it and I bet you I have tried and loved it. I am even up to the challenge of trying out the weird combin...

When I was growing up, my brother who is four years older than me, would often try to fill my head with ridiculous fears like telling me that sharks can make their way into swimming pools through the ...

The transition from summer to being back in school isn't only hard on the kids. The first week of school can be chaos for us moms too as we re-adjust schedules and remember what it's like to be on a m...

My mom friends and I were talking the other day. Let's be clear - "talking" means that we maybe get four words out in between one of our kids feeling an urgent need for something at that very second. ...

I was on a work call and a couple of my co-workers in the mid-west were talking about their kids first day of school and how it went. I quickly chimed in, "First day of school?! My kids don't go back ...

Thoughts from a mom who has done both. I loved being super pregnant in the summer. Having central air conditioning and living in an area that never gets too raging hot were definitely factors that hel...

Just as fast as summer seemed to all of a sudden arrive, we will soon find ourselves approaching a new school year. For most of us, there were three school years of uneasiness. Schools shutting down t...

As moms, there is never a season that comes with actual slowness or relaxation. Summer might be the closest to fit that category but it's still full of stress and business with the kids out of school....

We are looking forward to lots of barbeques and time with family and friends this summer. The Fourth of July is always a holiday we look forward to. My daughter's birthday is a few days later so it so...