Melissa
Melissa is a Central Ohio native who’s been living in Columbus for the past decade. After graduating from Miami University and living in Boston for a few years, she’s happy to call the capital city of Columbus her home. Melissa’s currently a stay at home mom to Emily and Thomas who are four and one year old. When Melissa’s not chasing around her kids and changing diapers, she loves to cook, decorate her home, try out local restaurants, read a good book and those first sips of her morning coffee! She's recently hopped on the decluttering bandwagon and is sharing her journey on her insta-blog at @everyday.simple.mom.
An Ice Cream Play Date with Hudsonville
Summer may be coming to an end, but that's no reason to stop enjoying your favorite warm weather treat - ice cream!
In order to savor those last warm days of the season, I decided...
How to Add Veggies to Every Meal
Getting kids to eat their vegetables isn't always easy!
I'm pretty lucky that my daughter will usually eat them, but it's always nice to try to change up the way I serve them or find new...
Mommy Must Reads
I know free time, especially time to read, is probably in short supply for you these days. If and when there is time to spare, it always feels like there are a million and...
How to Make Nice Cream
What's your favorite summer treat? Mine happens to be ice cream!
While I'd love to indulge in a great big scoop daily, it's not exactly the healthiest thing for me to have on a...
My Favorite Food Bloggers and Recipes
A few months ago I wrote about Once a Month Meal Planning. One of our readers (Hi Lauren!) asked for links to some of my favorite recipes I use when meal planning and thus...
5 Steps to Declutter Toys
How to Know it's Time to Declutter Toys
Last year after having my second child I became completely overwhelmed with the amount of "stuff" in our house. Can you relate?
With the new baby, visitors were...
Easy Ways to Reduce Sugar in Your Diet
I want to preface this post by stating I'm not a nutritionist or expert in the health field. I'm just a mom trying to find a good balance of healthy eating for myself and...
5 Places to Declutter Today
This past year I've been on a spree to declutter.
It all started on an ordinary day last year when my son was a few months old. I was sitting on my living room couch...
Entertaining Made Easy
With the holidays approaching, there's a good chance you might be hosting some sort of get-together at your home. Before having children, my husband and I loved having people over. We would spend lots...
Once a Month Meal Planning
What is your least favorite chore as a parent? Meal planning and the weekly grocery trip used to be one of mine. However, since I started doing once a month meal planning, it's definitely...