Some mornings, I wake up and ask myself, Who even am I? I mean, there are so many versions of me floating around: the “social norm” mom, the typical WASP, the basic white girl, the Gen X/Millennial ma…

Over the weekend, we celebrated my son’s fifteenth birthday — and honestly, I’m still trying to wrap my head around how we got here. Fifteen. It feels like just yesterday I was rocking him to sleep, …

There was a time in my teens when I became obsessed with sunflowers. I can't quite remember the exact age, but I just remember loving sunflowers and wanting sunflower everything. I also had an ob…

What you see before you is my kitchen. While it's still in the near-end stages of its renovation, it has loved living through summer. Rather, I have loved living through summer with a nearly comp…

Happy Wednesday! I know that we usually share a photo post on Wednesdays here at Mommy's Block Party, but today is the first day of school for my kiddos for the 2025-2026 school year, and it seem…

Happy Wednesday! July, August, and even September can be tough on plants in the South. My cucumbers are barely hanging on. I have a few little eggplants, zucchini is dwindling, and I have tons of tom…

Happy Wednesday, all! It's already midweek, and I can't wait for the holiday weekend! Our summer break has been flying by, but I am happy to report that we still have a few weeks of fun left …

Here's some encouragement for your Wednesday: This summer, pack a picnic and visit a local park to enjoy some family fun. Better yet, explore surrounding counties and picnic somewhere new.

One of the things I love most about summer is that my husband is usually off on Fridays. Since I'm employed by my church, and my role is to co-lead worship for our contemporary service on Sundays…

We're nearing the end of the '24-'25 school year, which means these last couple of weeks of school have been filled with 'all the things.' It's already a busy time of year. Mo…

Happy Wednesday, friends! Another day, another opportunity to play in the garden! One of the reasons that I get up between five and five thirty in the morning to work is to be 'done' with the…

It's the day that every gardener in Rowan County has been waiting for—it's Spring Plant Sale Day! I have been not-so-patiently waiting for this day to come so I can trudge through (possibly w…

Happy Monday! We're starting off another beautiful week of this glorious spring season, and what a busy week it shall be. It's Holy Week, which kicked off yesterday with Palm Sunday celebrati…

Have you ever heard of Pastina? Chances are, you've at least seen this viral dish floating around on social media. If you're Italian, you may have grown up with this dish. My grandmother was …

It feels so good to be in a new year, doesn't it? Even though January is my birth month, it's one of my least favorite months of the year. It seems to drag on forever, and the gray skies... d…

Happy Tuesday, friends! What in the world? We are officially two weeks away from Christmas Eve! If you're anything like me, you're missing that extra week between Thanksgiving and the start o…

Today is November first, the day after Halloween. This day is also known as All Saints Day (or All Souls Day), a day in which Christians remember and honor the saints who have gone before us- known a…

Thanks to Where the Polka Dots Roam for providing me with product for this post. All thoughts are my own, This post contains affiliate links. One of the things that I love the most about my children g…

October! October is my favorite month of the year. In North Carolina, it's still very warm... unseasonably so. We have days in the 80's mixed with days in the 60's, and that's pretty …

Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope your week is off to an amazing start. Only Tuesday, and it's already been quite an exhausting week for me. I do count Sunday as the start of my week, and Sunday is …