Mothering Archives - TRINA HOLDEN

5 Essentials for Flying with a Lap Baby+Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

August 5, 2015

I have traveled with a lap baby twice in the last two years, and I love it! The whole time…

January 29, 2015

I’ve collected a wide variety of things over the years. My early collections were begun for the sake of collecting,…

November 26, 2014

My favorite part of Christmas is not the gifts, the food, and not even the excuse to fill my house…

November 15, 2014

November in Alabama…you’re blowing my mind. We had a taste of you two years ago, when we camped in the…

November 13, 2014

It’s that time of year–when we begin to be hyper aware of attacks on our kids’ immune systems, and wish…

October 23, 2014

I wrote this post over a year ago, then somehow forgot it in drafts. I needed to read it today,…

October 11, 2014

She turned one this week. One whole year of the incredible joy her tiny self has brought into our home….

September 11, 2014

I’ve been in survival mode lately. Those who know me in person have seen the dark circles under my eyes…

May 5, 2014

Does ‘podcasts for moms’ sound incongruous to you? It always did to me. I thought podcasts were for techy nerds,…

March 25, 2014

The other day Jesse came up to me with a solemn expression and made this confession: “Mom, sometimes when I’m…

September 5, 2013

I have so few words this week. Mostly pictures. We are working like crazy to be good stewards of the…

July 23, 2013

I teared up the other night when I said to Jeremy, “I love being pregnant!” You could chalk it up…

July 15, 2013

My friend, Everly, posted this fb status the other day… “Dear Children’s Literature: you can have parents and adventures at…

July 8, 2013

I have a confession to make: I don’t cloth diaper. (The above photo of Seth in a cloth diaper was…

June 17, 2013

Oh, people. I”m about to reveal something to you that has taken me months to work up the nerve to…

June 3, 2013

As a wannabe runner with a few {slow} 5k’s under my belt, I often have questions about my new hobby….