Last Easter I shared my experience with The Santa Boot Company and their darling Easter Boots in this post. Well Jesi, the adorable owner of The Santa Boot Company is pulling out all the stops this Holiday season to share the Christmas line, the original Santa Boots and a special sneak-peak with our Mommy Convos readers. The Original Santa Boot Let… View Post
I’ve been spending a fair amount of time with groups of minimalists lately— on Facebook! (Yes- I think it’s kinda lame too… but stay with me..!) So- if you’ve ever been in an active Facebook group before, you’ll see that people are very open to chatting about all that’s on their mind about the topic. I recently learned a few… View Post
As a Child I remember the excitement of trick or treating on Halloween night like it was yesterday. I also the remember the excitement of October 31st deflating like a balloon the first time an adult gave me a nasty look and asked, “aren’t you a little old for trick or treating?” At first I didn’t register her question and… View Post
Have you read the book Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis yet? Every woman I knew was ranting and raving about this book last Spring. At first, I worried the hype of this book would leave me disappointed in the end. What I discovered was quite the opposite. I found myself marking pages, taking screen shots of powerful paragraphs and… View Post
I recently wrote about the 7 Reasons Why I Love Our “No-Buy November.” As the busy summer season closes, I find myself craving the simplicity of our No-Buy November. A quick recap of what our “No-Buy November” is: We don’t purchase anything from November 1st until the day (or so) before Thanksgiving. So yes, it’s not a technically a whole… View Post
Halloween is just around the corner. You already know what that means, SUGAR WASTED! This is not only true for my kids, but also for me. I have a hard time resisting the chocolatey goodness of a Kit-Kat. I am not against some candy, but I definitely try to limit it. Halloween was a Holiday I loved as a child… View Post
“I’m so sorry for the mix up. Is there anything else I can get you all?” The waitress flushed pink and brushed her bangs back from her eyes. She was having a rough night. Mixed up orders, missing french fries and an incorrect final bill. Our group of eight, my sisters’ family and my own, had given her quite the… View Post
Many moons ago I was in deep survival mode. I needed friendship outside of motherhood. A life-line outside of my home full of “real-life” community filled with opinions and advice for a struggling mother. I needed friendship, a tribe, a book club. A friend introduced me to her book club. I knew one person the first night I met these… View Post
This is a repost of an article originally posted in 2016. It’s something we still enjoy and hope you can enjoy too! This will be my family’s seventh year of doing our own “made up” version of No-Buy November. What? You didn’t know No-Buy November was a “thing”?! Well, neither did I until I started writing this article. But in… View Post
