A National Parks Road Trip: From Seattle to Wichita
August is “Family Fun Month,” so what elicits more summer family fun than a good old-fashioned road trip? Last summer my family and I took a once in a lifetime, 3,156-mile road trip from Seattle to Wichita. I was super hesitant about this trip due to our daughter being only two months at the time […]
Dandelions Are Flowers and Other Lessons I Learned from My Three-Year-Old
This year in the spring my lawn was the brightest and cheeriest on the block. Turn the corner and you would be greeted in a warm yellow embrace. Yes, you see, we had a slight dandelion invasion. It was a visual reminder of my failure to do the necessary lawn care and maintenance stemming all […]
Things You Should Keep In Mind When You Have “The Talk”
While watching Wonder Woman as a family the other day, we came to the part when Diana and Steve Trevor go up to her room after dancing. I heard my ten-year old son say under his breath, “Well, they’re making babies!”. I chose to take a mental note and bring it up to my husband […]
5 Skin Care Treatments for Summertime
Thank you to Plastic Surgery Center for sponsoring this post and providing excellence in skin care to Wichita families!Our patients often ask us to recommend cosmetic treatments that are good to do in the summer. With time off from school and work, summer can be the ideal time for those skin care procedures you’ve always wanted […]
3 Reasons to Take A Girls Trip
If you would have asked me about girls trips 5 years ago I would have said to you, “Yeah right, I don’t have the time/money/energy to take a girls trip.” I had 2 kids ages 6 and 1 and didn’t think there would be a good time that would work for me to get away. […]
Wichita Non-Profit Hightlight :: Ronald McDonald House Charities
Did you know that Wichita area hospitals care for hundreds of children each year for a wide variety of reasons: NICU, PICU, surgery, oncology, radiology, endocrinology, neurology, cardiology, pulmonology, urology, orthopedics, and child development. As if having to experience any of these services with your child isn’t enough stress already, can you imagine having to worry […]
Wichita Is the Worst
I’m going to go ahead and say what everyone (apparently) is thinking: Wichita is a terrible place. It’s ugly. The weather sucks. No ocean. No mountains. It’s boring. There’s nothing to do here. Earlier this year Wichita received negative attention leading up to the NCAA tournament. What followed was a grassroots deluge of reactionary, defensive […]
Strong as a Mother: Anywhere Exercise for Summer
We often hear about the importance of “self-care” lately. That means different things to different people, but being in the barre fitness industry, I feel that exercise is a key component of self-care! As moms, it truly is important for us to stay healthy, which will help us maintain the physical and mental health we […]
What to Pack in Your Hospital Bag
With my first pregnancy, I was caught off guard when my daughter came two weeks early, which meant—I didn’t have a hospital bag packed. Nothing. Nada. My mom was throwing stuff in the washing machine as we flew out the door. Not this time around! Thanks to my initial blunder and listening to other bloggers’ […]
How to Work (Professionally) with Your Spouse & Survive
Marriage is hard. Working with your spouse in a professional capacity does not make this any easier – it simply makes it hard more often. Next January, my husband and I will celebrate 20 years of marriage and we have enjoyed being small business owners for the last two years. Going into business together was […]
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Taboo of Mental Health
I’ve always been confident and ambitious, often described by those around me as one of the happiest people they know. My career as a hairstylist and salon owner gives me the direct opportunity every day to encourage and motivate multiple clients in various aspects of their lives. I have always prided myself on my mental […]
Febrile Seizures: No Longer an Unknown
It was a Memorial Day like any other. We had plans with friends, barbecues to attend, and a significant amount of pool time on the schedule. Sunday we had agreed to watch our niece and nephews for most of the day. Our oldest had been planning it all week we would have water balloon fights […]
Road Trip Tips
Ah, the family road trip. Kids in the back, arguing over who gets to choose the movie, mom in the front seat, climbing over the console to retrieve a lost toy, and dad driving, oblivious to it all. In reality, road trips are a great way to travel. In most case it’s cheaper to drive […]
A Magna Doodle Helped Me Become A More Purposeful Parent
July is designated as Purposeful Parenting Month. What exactly is purposeful parenting in the first place? The definition is fairly broad and adaptable, but often in purposeful parenting, expectations are clearly stated, established boundaries for behavior are put into place yet the child is given the opportunity to make decisions within reason with potential consequences […]