Family

Weekends around our home are pretty laid back. I usually head to a coffee shop in the morning, while my husband and A.J. find something fun to do like visit a festival or park. Not only do they share a name, but my guys are alike in more ways than …

You may have noticed on the Mommy Talk Show Facebook page that I post late afternoon photos of A.J. participating in martial arts classes. He’s already up to his second belt and working on his third. Not bad for a boy who just turned 5! To celebrate we partnered with …

In the last few weeks we’ve had some pretty interesting conversations in our house about money. A.J. now has chores (which you can see him explain in the YouTube video below) and he has established a savings goal. From what I’ve seen, four is the perfect age to start chores, …

As the parents of a near-sighted child with a drooping eyelid who’s been seeing eye specialists since he was a newborn, I thought we were darn there everything about eyeglasses for kids. That is…until I found out how much we can save at JCPenney Optical. Every school year there’s a …

The perfect Mother’s Day meal is one that I don’t have to shop for, cook and clean up after! For me, it’s just that simple. I remember my first Mother’s Day in 2010 I just wanted a reason to  get out of the house while I was fully dressed and …