Lizz Welter

Lizz Welter is mother to two beautiful daughters and one handsome son. She has lived in Ohio, Arkansas, and Kansas... but she adores Kansas City and can't imagine raising her family anyplace else. Lizz enjoys exercise, reading, cooking, blogging, and she's a leader in her local MOPS group.

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• Please Don't Clean for Me

  published: 6/24/2009 12:00:00 AM

  Not long ago, I took lunch to a friend who'd just had her fourth baby. I was excited to meet her newest little one. However, after walking in the house, the first thing I noticed wasn't a sweet little baby, it was a vacuum. My friend's family room was spotless and I was baffled. I remember saying something about how tidy her house was, especially for a sleep-deprived mama with a baby under two weeks ...

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• A True Vacation

  published: 6/17/2009 12:00:00 AM

   

  We started off our vacation to Dallas by getting lost. Well, I suppose we weren't exactly lost. However, we were hungry. Therefore, it felt like we were lost when we spent more than an hour looking for some place to eat near our hotel.

   

   

  Yet, aside from the being hungry part, the beginning of our vacation was wonderful.

   

  I suppose I might have forgotten to mention that the kids didn't go ...

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• A Rainy Afternoon

  published: 6/10/2009 12:00:00 AM

   

  Yesterday, as you probably noticed, it rained. Aside from the three months I spent in Costa Rica during the rainy season, I'm not sure I've ever seen it pour for so long.

   

   

  As I watched the sky get darker, I thought about some different indoor places the kids and I could spend the afternoon. There was Wonderscope, the library, and the gym. Of course, I knew I could check out ...

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• Never Say Never

  published: 6/3/2009 12:00:00 AM

   

  This afternoon, I offered my little man a binky.

   

   

  He took it.

   

   

  He is three years old. He hasn't had a binky for well over a year.

   

   

  I had half-jokingly offered him the silly thing. I really didn't expect him to take it and proceed to chew on it during the entire car ride to the gym.

   

   

  Before I had kids, I'm fairly certain I would ...

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