Advice from an Adult Stepkid Whether you are joining a family with young stepchildren or adult stepchildren, there will be challenges. Both situations are extremely unique, on one hand, if your stepchild is young they may be more open to accepting you since they may not fully understand and have the same emotions as an older stepchild. On the…
New Year’s Resolutions I Wish My Stepmom Had At the end of one year and into the beginning of the next, so many of us make New Year’s resolutions. These goals are normally self-improvement based, like eating healthy, exercising and getting organized. We have a proposal, how about this year we make our resolutions just a little bit more meaningful in…
How to be a Good Stepmom…Despite Being Surrounded by Chaos Being a stepmother is generally painted as the stuff fairy tales are made of – either you get your happily ever after, or are placed in the evil stepmother category. But real life is not a fairy tale, and what you get depends a lot on what you put…
How to Motivate Your Kids to Read over the Holidays Ahh, the holiday reading list! To some, it can be such a joy to be off school or off work and be able to spend hours curled up reading your favourite book. To others, it can be a nightmare and close to impossible. I’m sure a lot of us moms…
Happy Holidays, Happy Socks, Happy Feet Christmas can become an extremely stressful time of the year but for kids, Christmas still has MAGIC! Christmas for our little ones is full of surprises, fun, and excitement. So this year at Christmas why not take some time and make sure your kids and stepkids have the happiest Christmas they can! It…
How to Handle House Hopping at Christmas Everyone knows that Christmas is on December 25th right? Well in my family Christmas is on the 15th, the 21st, the 24th, and the 25th. Sometimes jumping isn’t always fun, especially when your kids have to jump from house to house to celebrate Christmas. It took a lot of time, but I…
Staying home with a blended family can be daunting. Travelling with several family members can be seriously bloodcurling! The packing and car rides, planes, and all that luggage. UGH! How do we do it Stepmoms? Well this is how our family does it: 1. I try to match all of our umpteen suitcases (yes we have several). Our last trip…
DELICIOUS GREEN LENTILS🌱 With the holidays and festive party’s underway, I thought I would share one of my absolute favorite side dishes, which is ALWAYS a huge hit and receives an abundance of compliments! *WARNING* Everyone will be asking you for the recipe!!! (Tip: Save it on your computer so that you can easily print or email it). I often…