Funny

Almost every day someone asks me, "How are you?"  I usually respond with, "Good, tired."  Because let's be honest I am tired.  But I don't think I even realize I'm saying what it is that I'm saying. Does that make...

We here at OC Mom Collective are basically perfect at parenting.  We pride ourselves in being the best parents EVER.  Mother's Day is our Superbowl and we WIN every time! Oh puuuuulllleeeaassseee! We are seriously just trying to make it through...

How to Get Your Kids to Go to Bed at Night There are so many ways and theories and strategies and books and blog posts about getting your kids to go to bed at night.  Right?  There are even some...

Being a mom can be pretty scary.  In fact, my own mother told my father she wasn't sure she was ready to do this as they were speeding to the hospital to have me.   It's a fact - Moms...

When my son turned three I decided it was time I started to check out the preschools in my area.  Little did I know that not only would preschool cost more than my first car payment, but I would...

#MomConfessions.  We all have them.  Because being a mom is hard, and sometimes you do what you have to do in order to survive.  Am I right? So, here are a few #MomConfessions from our team! #MomConfessions Before kids, I was a...

I love my little boy.  He's every bit as much me as he is his father.  Sometimes those attributes completely annoy me, and other times they make my heart absolutely melt.  It's like how all day long your child...

Oh the things I've done wrong!  Seriously, I feel like no matter what I do I end up something something wrong.   And so, I have compiled a list of all of the things I've done wrong.  It actually makes...

Of course the first item on my official wishlist this year is world peace. I truly mean that. Not in a Steve Martin kind of way, but in a seriously, our planet is going crazy and we need to...

Have you ever seen the show How I Met Your Mother?  If not, you need to finish reading this post and then Netflix it - because it's amazing.  In one particular episode of the show the gang decides that...

One of my most favorite evening activities these days is pouring a glass of wine and watching HGTV before I pass out from exhaustion. I appreciate this ritual because, unlike my normal TV shows, I don’t need to be...