Mindy Hayward-Hauck
Parents’ Day Out Programs
Let's paint a picture.
You, a stay-at-home-parent, occasionally find yourself daydreaming about sitting by yourself, drinking a hot (what's that?) beverage, scrolling through your social media feed without a tiny human's hands grabbing at your phone. Your kid...
Traveling with Toddlers: A Cautionary Tale
This is a cautionary tale. I, in no way, shape, or form, pretend to know everything (or, really, anything) about traveling with toddlers. I'm just a mom, sharing my experience.
Once upon a time…
I’m going...
Parents’ Day Out: Kid-free time for stay-at-home parents
Let's paint a picture.
You, a stay-at-home-parent, occasionally find yourself daydreaming about sitting by yourself, drinking a hot (what's that?) beverage, scrolling through your social media feed without a tiny human's hands grabbing at your phone. Your kid...
Mama Said I’m Burned Out
Baby Mama Burnout. That’s what I call it. “BMB.” When a stay at home mom (or any mom, really) hasn’t had time away from her kids for months, years even, and her heart and...
Remembering Santaland
If you were a pre-90’s kid in the central Ohio area, you probably made at least one visit to the downtown Lazarus to visit Santa Claus in Santaland. From the time that I was...
Christmas in Columbus: Performances for the whole family
Now that Halloween is over, many of us have turned to planning family activities for the holiday season. Those 8 weeks between Halloween and the New Year will undoubtedly fill up quickly with things...
‘Tricky’ things you can do with Halloween ‘treats’
Ah, October. That wonderful time of year when the weather starts to get a little chilly, everything under the sun is now available in pumpkin spice varieties, and the kiddos come home with a...
Keep that jogging stroller out – It’s STILL race season!
Yes, it's hot. And for many of us, the last thing we want to think about doing in the good ol' Ohio heat and humidity is exert ourselves. Well, I'm here to tell you,...
Saying Good-Bye to the Dream
I’ll be the first to admit; I was probably the world’s most naïve first- time mommy. In my defense, I didn’t have a lot of firsthand experience with newborns, or babies in general, as...
“I Have Always Depended on the Kindness of Strangers.”
My original plan for this post was to write about my first experience taking a true family vacation with my two young children. I knew it was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience with...