Thanks for visiting! I'm Alicia, the author of this blog, and I love sharing bits of our life here and on social media. Back in 2008, when my oldest was only a month old, I started Making Time For Mommy as a way to make time for myself and meet other moms. I hope this blog encourages you to make time for yourself, gives you ideas for family fun, and provides easy tips you can incorporate into your busy life! ---read more about me here ---
Today, people from all over the world are celebrating World Water Day, an observance begun by the United Nations in 1993 to advocate for the sustainable management of our most precious natural resource – fresh water sources. On this very special day, I hope you can help spread awareness of the importance of conserving water … Read more
We’ve been enjoying weather in the 70’s and 80’s here in Chicago for the past couple weeks so we’ve been spending a lot of time outside. Here are some of my favorite shots taken one evening before the sun set: *** *** ***
Welcome to the Green Spring Clean Giveaway Hop, hosted by Happy Mothering and SAPsMaMa! With Spring quickly approaching I am excited to offer my readers the opportunity to win some great green cleaning prize packages. In addition to my giveaway, there are 20+ other blogs featuring Green Spring Clean prize packages. After you’re done entering … Read more
I was excited when I was send a couple products by WaterPik to review. The first product, SinuSense Water Pulsator, massages, cleanses and moistens sinus passages. It is great for allergy sufferers like myself but I let my mom review it because she has many issues with her nasal passages and I knew she’d benefit … Read more
Welcome to the Spring into Books Hop hosted by eReading on the Cheap and Beck Valley Books. The hop lasts from March 20 – March 31st. Each blog participating has at least a $10 book related Prize. My prize for this giveaway is a $10 Amazon.com e-gift card that you can buy the book you’ve … Read more
I Am A Reader, Not A Writer is hosting the “Spring Cleaning Book Giveaway Hop” where over 150 bloggers are spring cleaning their book shelves to offer you all some great books. For my giveaway I am offering a book for parents and grandparents called “365 Games Babies Play”. The book looks like it’s brand … Read more
I’m still not feeling well so this week is full of easy meals. *** Monday: Sandwiches {w/ Lebanon Bologna from PA} *** Tuesday: Chili in the crockpot *** Wednesday: Breakfast for dinner *** Thursday: Bacon Ranch Chicken {Crockpot Recipe} *** Friday: Pizza *** Saturday: Tacos *** Sunday: Beef, Bacon, and Blues Wraps
Hope everyone is having a fun weekend celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. We’ve been sick here but we tried to get in some fun so we didn’t totally miss the holiday. Lucas had a photo shoot for Stories Of Autism in the morning and right at the corner was a St. Patrick’s Day parade so we … Read more