Lucky ONE! Party

It’s the luckiest FIRST BIRTHDAY ever! 🍀 Irish or not, you can celebrate that little March birthday in good green style! No matter what age, this is a super cute St. Patty’s Day party invitation for the “lucky one” in your life.

family, fun, kids, mom life, partyMelanie LohanFebruary 25, 2020lucky, St. Patty's Day, St. Patrick's Day, birthday, party, first, gingham, green, pink, blue, grass, ribbon, shamrock, clover, rainbow, guacamole, cauldron, cupcakes, banner Comment

HELP for Christmas Crunch Time PART 3

Finally! Here are my favorite gifts to give and receive this year. Plus, my wrapping recommendations and my go-to resources for all my gift shopping.

family, fun, kids, mom life, holidaysMelanie LohanDecember 7, 2019focused, gift, gifting, crunch time, Christmas, celebrate, giving, thankful, ideas, favorites, Pinterest, shopping, in the zone, present, saving, outside the box, tips, tricks, techniques, budget, kiddos, kiddies, littles, rule of 5, white elephantComment

HELP for Christmas Crunch Time PART 2

Let’s dive in to the HOW-TO of gift-giving. It’s not that hard. You can do this.

family, fun, kids, mom life, holidaysMelanie LohanDecember 5, 2019focused, gift, gifting, crunch time, Christmas, celebrate, giving, thankful, ideas, favorites, Pinterest, shopping, in the zone, present, saving, outside the box, tips, tricks, techniques, budget, kiddos, kiddies, littles, rule of 5, white elephant Comments

HELP for Christmas Crunch Time PART 1

Welcome to my 3-part series dedicated to gift-giving. Part 1 here is all about mindset. Part 2 is the HOW-TO. And Part 3 is all my gifting faves this year. Happy Holidays! :)

family, fun, kids, mom life, holidaysMelanie LohanDecember 4, 2019focused, gift, gifting, crunch time, Christmas, celebrate, giving, Christmassy, love language, thankful, worksheet, ideas, favorites, Pinterest, shopping, in the zone, present Comments

The Mother of all Realizations

Shocking, I know, but each of us is unique, different, special. From pregnancy symptoms to parenting methods, no two of us are alike. That’s what makes the world go ’round. It takes all kinds.

family, kids, mom lifeMelanie LohanDecember 14, 2018babies, pregnancies, symptoms, motherhood, different, unique, grandbaby, love, learn Comment

I Should've Known

He’s got better things to do. Always has. Ryan is now a junior in high school and has just switched to our district’s continuation high school. This in hopes that their model will be better suited to him than the traditional high school model.

Buuuuut, not even a week in and he ditched the whole day Friday. Now, I’m no prude. I know kids ditch, cut, whatever.

family, kidsMelanie LohanNovember 15, 2018school, ditch, kindergarten, high school, all you can do, mom stuff Comments

the latest in mom life, celebrations, sorta sobriety, and lots of other stuff

the latest in mom life, celebrations,
sorta sobriety, and lots of other stuff