Want to predict the outcome of a big game, tournament, world cup event? Simply ask your pet and test their skills at being a worthy oracle. Over the years, as I’ve become more attuned to my husband’s love and following of the World Cup, I’ve noticed a trend of animals being used to predict the … Read more
February 2nd is Groundhog Day in the United States. The folklore goes that if the groundhog comes out of his hole and sees his shadow then he goes back into his burrow and it will be winter for six more weeks. If he comes out and stays out then winter will soon be ending. I … Read more
We are…..comfortable. Our little family of four…well five if you include the dog. I love sitting on the couch, Papi, son, Mami, daughter, dog. All snuggled up. I love that even though my daughter still wakes up at night, we snuggle and we can all goes right back to sleep without much disturbance. Everyone eats … Read more
With the pregnancy and birth of my first child, unintentionally deprecating comments from strangers or family members directed against me didn’t really bother me. I’m a pretty go-with-the-flow sort of person and when strangers make remarks I usually classify their comments into two categories, #1 They mean well and were trying to be nice and … Read more
To commemorate Australia Day we asked Maggie to guest blog about her experience moving to Australia and meeting new mommy friends. After my husband’s job moved us around the United States for years, we were thrilled to get the opportunity to live overseas. We excitedly began packing and researching our new destination, Australia! Our bucket … Read more
Every Friday we will share some ideas on how to improve your family values or life. The hope is that as you end a busy week and enter the weekend with your family that you can reflect on these ideas and connect as a family through them. If you ever come across something you think … Read more
Who doesn’t love bubbles? What child is not crazy for bubbles? I’m an adult and enjoy them still! Bubbles make everything fun, I don’t want to chew bubble gum unless I can blow bubbles with it. Next week is Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. This got me to thinking about all bubbles in general and how … Read more
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK) and keeping within a theme dear to my heart, reading, I got to thinking about the book MLK wrote. Through a community marriage group that my husband and I used to attend, a friend of ours, Ray, once talked passionately about the book written by Martin … Read more
Our Family Friday posts are back and I am so excited to put some new life into them. When I joined WiseMommies, I had these great plans for this continuing series but never really followed through with it regularly. So this year, I will give some parameter and focus on our Family Friday posts so … Read more
Imagine you give birth to boy/girl twins, and they are in line to the throne of a country. In your opinion, who should be the heir to the throne? Which one should rule the crown? The first born, or the boy no matter what? When I was pregnant with twins, my head was spinning with … Read more