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 ---

Top 10 Parenting Books On My Reading List

These are the parenting books on my bookshelf that I can’t wait to read: 1) “The Power of A Praying Parent” by Stormie Omartian 2) “Raising a Reader” by Jennie Nash 3) “What Every Mom Needs” by Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall 4) “Relationship-Empowerment Parenting” by Judy & Jack Balswick and Boni & Don Piper … Read more

Small Talk Six: Rise and Shine

I decided to join in on this meme called Small Talk Six over at Mom Dot. It’s pretty simple- they give a topic and all one needs to do is respond to each topic with a list of 6 words, 6 phrases, 6 sentences, 6 paragraphs, or 6 photos. Today’s topic is: Rise and Shine… … Read more

New On Inexpensively…..

ME!!! I am excited to announce that I have recently joined the Inexpensively team as a weekly contributor. I will be sharing about charities and how others can give “inexpensively”. Feel free to stop by and say “hi” to the other site contributors: A Proverbs Wife Broke as a Spoke Christian Clippers Grocery Shop for … Read more

“Meant To Be” by Ryan Scott

A beautiful song by Ryan Scott to his biological mom who was raped but chose life for her son. I normally don’t post a single video as a blog post but this song really touched me and I love the message.

Wordless Wed.- Too Cool

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

Cute Earrings For A Great Cause!

So my lovely blogging friend, Sarah Mae, from Like A Warm Cup Of Coffee is doing something fabulous to help a friend’s business and a charity at the same time. Watch the video above to find out all about it and then visit Sarah Mae’s blog post that explains it more. Oh and did I … Read more

My Blog Is Now Green

In honor of Earth Day being this week, I have decided to make my blog “carbon neutral”. You are probably wondering what in the world that means… I know I was when I first saw it! What is a “green” blog and how can my blog become green? According to the website I found- “My … Read more

Mommy and Me Monday

Hosted by Krystyn Do you notice that both my boys aren’t looking at the camera? Typical… :)