by Jaimi Erickson | Sep 28, 2011 | marriage, motivation
I would be terribly forgetful if I did not mention one phenomenal half of the whole picture on being a stay-at-home mom: the working husband! How in the world could we do what we do without their sacrifice? I sometimes envy my husband leaving for work...
by Jaimi Erickson | Sep 22, 2011 | homemaking, quick tip
I have had people actually ask me the question, “What do you do all day as a stay-at-home mom?” Some days I can’t even answer. I start to work on a task, then the phone rings, someone spits up or needs a diaper change, spills...
by Jaimi Erickson | Sep 18, 2011 | motherhood, motivation
Many SAHMs long for a job outside of the home. It can be difficult to recall what we really do all day when our main task is caring for home and children. Often we cannot complete one task before starting another-and really, we do about 100 things at once! For...
by Jaimi Erickson | Sep 16, 2011 | motherhood, motivation
This post contains affiliate links. Please view my disclosure for more info. It used to bother me, when I was in my teaching program, when teachers and professors talked to us like we knew more about raising children than the parents. I was a 20-something student who...
by Jaimi Erickson | Sep 16, 2011 | activities, quick tip
I used to get bored as stay-at-home mom. Those days made me question whether being a stay-at-home mom was worth it. As a former teacher, and a child who had a stay-at-home mom, I knew that what I was doing was valuable, but I needed to add things into my day to...