One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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Celebrating Memorial Day Weekend

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A Memorial Day Photo circa 2015


As a "mommy blogger", I am always simultaneously living my life and composing blog posts. Seriously, since my life is the fodder for this blog and informs the tips that I post to help other working moms, I live a dual existence of experiencing things and editing them at the same time. I've been doing it so long that it comes naturally to me. And I generally don't question it. That said, there are times when even this experienced blogger can't do it, like the past three days.


In the past three days, my daughter has had two ballet performances at one of the most prestigious downtown theaters. Those performances required hair and makeup, which meant mommy was fully engaged. She wanted to celebrate her feat with a cookout, which meant entertaining. And there were also two other children to tend to. Thank God for my mother who took the two older kids with her for a couple days after the performances.

As luck would have it, as soon as she left, the baby decided to have a full fledged GI event replete with watery stool and vomit, all of which landed on mommy. As any mom knows, when your baby is sick, it is as if time stops. So, since I am still experiencing it, I have no helpful tips except this one. Working moms need to develop a support system. That way, when s--t hits the fan, you're not standing all alone in a pool of combo vomit and poop without anybody else to hold the baby while you shower!

For a link to other Memorial Day posts, click here.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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