What Katie Learned From The Vegetarian {A Very Special Birthday Post)

Sweet Katie . . . Five years ago today I traded my vision of a glamorous birth for a smurf hallucination and 35 hours of labor. You were worth every moment. Today, on your fifth birthday, I celebrate the way you defend baby chickens from bullies, provide moral support any time I use the neti …

Read More

Decking Our Halls

Hey Y’all! Though I’d planned a post for you this morning I’m helping with some download issues for my new book, DIY Organic Beauty Recipes. As my public service announcement for the day, iPad does not play well with PDF’s unless you download one of these free apps to help them get along. It’s easy …

Read More

If Bruce Willis Wore Lip Gloss . . .

And Braveheart Traded His Kilt For a Tutu . . . You guys would really need to start a club. Seriously boy, you are the most enthralling blend of testosterone driven thrill-seeking and hilarious adventurer of Katie’s dress up closet I could have imagined. Today, on your second birthday, here are ten things I love …

Read More

Can You Guess What This Means??

Yep, We Found A House! It’s got a fairy-sized bubbling brook, light-drenched rooms and an office for Daddypotamus that is faaaaaaar away from command central (aka the kitchen). Things are a bit hectic with moving right now, but as soon as we get settled I’ll give you a mini-tour, okay? So excited to put all …

Read More

From Katie With Love

So, the good thing . . . About being obsessed with documenting stuff is that when the grandparents call to say they received an empty envelope instead of a promised letter, you just **might** have made a photocopy before sending it. Here you go Mimi, Poppy & Kiki! (And everyone else, because it’s just too …

Read More

How To Botch An Interstate Road Trip

If You’re Going To Pack Your Whole Life Into 26 Feet . . And move to a new state you might as well have a juicy story about the journey, right? Right! Well then, I have got some advice for you: First – and if you’re not going to listen to me on this you …

Read More

The “Un-Going Away Party” {DFW Mamas Invited!}

Ultimately, I Think . . . The greatest compliment you can pay the planners of a surprise party is to have absolutely no clue. And of course, the best way to prove that you have no clue is to show up with no makeup in a sweaty sports bra with a caribiner strapped to your …

Read More

Advice Please! How Do You Make Your House A Home???

The Limousine Kicked Up A Cloud of Good Ole Texas Dirt As we whooped our way down my favorite country road. In those days “going to the ranch” meant hanging out of the sunroof and waving to Calico (the old shetland mare) like a movie star with my seven and eight year-old cousins. Their world …

Read More
Page 1 of 512345»

Click here to enter the May giveaway!

My eBooks

DIY Organic Beauty Recipes will show you how to make your own shampoo, lotion, tooth whitener, bronzer, body spray, baby products and more.

Click here to download a free preview.

Nourished Baby is a practical guide to real food for babies that features traditional wisdom and delicious recipes the whole family will love.

Click here to download a free preview.

Loading

Get free email updates

*Each time new blog posts are published.


Popular Posts

About Me

I'm Heather, aka The Mommypotamus. As a wife, mom, writer, researcher, and real food lover, I write about the topics that concern me most. What is a Mommypotamus?

Subscribe to my blog via RSS reader