Books

My review of Bob Iger’s book, The Ride of a Lifetime, why I loved it and why it should be required reading for every entrepreneur and teenager. 

Here are the books on my 2019 reading list from fiction to memoirs and a plan for how I hope to meet my most ambitious reading goal ever.

With my first baby, I read everything under the sun. With my second, I narrowed the list to my top 5 books to read during pregnancy to prep for birth and those early months of parenting a newborn.

Sci-Fi, self-help, non-fiction and short stories. Seems like a pretty good start to my 2018 reading list but I’m on the hunt for more great books this year!

As the parents of boys in kindergarten and 2nd grade, it seems like we are hitting the sweet spot for reading. They have reached the point where they can enjoy books on their own or read aloud with the grown-ups. Over the past few months, we’ve amassed a few favorite books for k-2nd grade so …

Some days I get junk mail. Other days, I get beautiful books to review that make me want to jump up and down. This week, I got both and let me tell you, book day is way more fun! We have some amazing Moana books to enjoy and I can’t wait to show you! If you …

If you have or know a child in elementary school, chances are you have heard of Stampy Cat or his tell-tale “Hellllooooooooo!! This is STAMPY!” intro used in almost all of his videos. It’s a fun voiceover to colorful and very popular videos on YouTube and I am giving away a copy of the first …

The real problem of life is never a lack of time. The real problem of life -in my life- is lack of thanksgiving. – Ann Voskamp I’ve heard of Ann Voskamp over the years. Really, I just knew the name. I’d even read her blog not making the connection.  I knew it as a name …

Remember a few weeks back when I mentioned that I would be co-authoring an ebook with The Motherhood and the National Wildlife Federation? Well, it’s finally finished and the results are amazing! I am so honored to have been included in this project, which encourages parents and kids to enjoy the last few weeks of summer …

I’m gonna level with you about something; I am not a great housekeeper. I try to keep clutter to a minimum and “straighten as I go” but the actual CLEANING thing? I don’t know but I think it must have skipped a generation. I remember watching my mom vacuum the floors and wash the dishes …