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 ---
On Wednesday Jacob had some of his friends over for a birthday playdate. Here are some pictures of Jacob from the celebration: See the cute shirt he was wearing at the playdate? Mimi from Mimi’s Babies Etsy shop made it just for him. To customize the shirt I was able to choose what fabric I … Read more
Two years ago today I gave birth to my first child. Last year he turned one. And today he is two. I love him so much and I’m proud to be his mother! Happy 2nd birthday, Jake!
I am so happy that it is finally June! Here are ten reasons why: 1) My firstborn turns TWO on the 4th! 2) My “baby” turns ONE on the 25th! 3) June brings the official “start” of my favorite season (though it feels like summer has been here in Chicago for a few weeks now). … Read more
Just wanted to post links to my recent posts on the two sites I contribute to weekly. Inexpensively.com is a “national network of frugal bloggers whose goal is to share their knowledge of living inexpensively”. I write about charities. Some of my recent posts include: *Creating Art To Feed The Hungry (The Bread Art Project) … Read more
I have linked this picture to: Wordless Wednesday Home 5 Minutes for Mom ~ Go Graham Go! ~ Jolly Mom ~ Look What Mom Found… ~ Mom of 3 Girls ~ Momspective ~ MomStart ~ Two of a Kind… ~ Frosted Fingers
Below are the 10 places that I frequent most online. I will go into detail about all of these sites in future posts but I just wanted to share them with you in case you have never heard of some of them. 1. Meetup– This site is great to find local groups of people that … Read more
See that number next to the word “inbox”? 17,382. How did I get so behind in my email? The worst part is, this number was almost 26,000 before I spent a few hours deleting emails! I wish I could follow Amy’s advice of “declaring email bankruptcy” but I just can’t do that because I’m afraid … Read more
What is iFellowship? iFellowship was created by the team at Seeds Of Faith. We wanted all the Christian moms out there to have a place to get to know each-other and well, just fellowship! After all, we’re called to fellowship with one another. (1st Corinthians 1:9 “God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus … Read more