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 ---
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
