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we welcome you to the transtroller

Happy Hour Mom has the distinct honor or previewing one of the next big hits in the baby world! The TranStroller is the new revolution for parents with multiple children. We love, love, love double strollers to death. The tandems make for an easy fit through doors but make maneuverability tough for steering. Sport buggies [...]

paula adbul loves butch & harold and so should you

We love love love our Butch & Harold Stickr products! We’ve taken them abroad, used them for perfect birthday party decor or just to spruce up a new area. You know when you move into a new place and the walls are perfectly smooth and untouched, and it almost breaks your heart to pound into [...]

shocking confessions | happy hour mom

“I don’t spank. One day when DD was being naughty I asked “Do you want a spanking?”(not intending to follow through with the threat). She said “yes!” thinking it was a treat or something of that nature. I am glad she doesn’t know what a real spanking is.”
“I hate milk. I worry that my daughter [...]

working mommies here i come…

And so it begins. Up to this point (since the birth of our second child) I have been a stay-at-home mom. Apparently this implies that I am unemployed. However, I look at it as more of an unpaid position. Kind of like volunteer work for your local charity in the sense that it is highly [...]

oprah’s challenge | no phone zone

Do you find yourself on the phone while driving-whether chatting or texting? Any idea how dangerous it is? While traveling overseas, we’ve lived in places that have mafia affiliated governments, many cities who leave speed tracking completely up to a camera, and some that don’t stress about drinking and driving. Although many of these laws [...]

hhm: shocking confessions

“Thank God a hidden camera didn’t catch me… changing my tampon in my car.”
” I prayed to have kids because it took so long to get pregnant, but even now, when they’re eight and ten, I’m sad to admit that being a stay at hom mom doesn’t complete me.”
-Dirty Little Secret from Otherwise Perfect Moms

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fancy nancy soiree

With a cake like this (yes, that is the cake!) you can only image what the party was like. I added Fancy Nancy to our list of must-have books, and as you can see, it is also a must-have party theme for any girly girl, at any age.  One of my bestest friends, Michelle, threw a Fancy Nancy-themed party [...]

gipsy girl

I am in L-O-V-E! Back in the day I was obsessed with changing my bedroom. The paint eventually made its way to every shade of pink and purple. I hung curtains on my canopy bed in order to emulate my favorite soap opera, “The Marlena (from Days of Our Lives) Bed.”  And my room was [...]

shocking confessions | happy hour mom

“Holding my baby with one arm and getting the cork out of the wine bottle with my teeth… Makes me realize what a class act I really am!”
“I’m only 7 weeks pregnant and already I’m tired of this sickness!! 24/7 of feeling like I have to puke is not fun, never mind trying to take [...]

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Happy Hour Mom and OpenSky are ready to offer you a perfect plan for kids on Saint Patrick’s Day! This Irish holiday is about celebrating Saint Patrick (circa AD 385–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on 17 March. Every nation celebrates a little differently! While Canadians [...]

shocking confessions | happy hour mom

“We have two adults, one baby, and two cats living in a 500 square foot apartment. We live on an income of $24K a year, and our newest car is 13 years old. I couldn’t be happier with my life. Life is what you make of it.”
“Sometimes I really wish I had been adopted to [...]

toddlers love playboy too?

So my single, bachelor, 27 year-old brother lives with us. While we are overseas he makes sure that our house doesn’t burn down, as well as, the Minnesota fridged winter temperatures don’t bust our pipes. With an extra housemate (especially a younger, male, family member) comes ironing requests, special meals, extra mess and a stack [...]