Amanda Stewart
Amanda moved to the Dallas area as a child, moved away for college, but then returned “home” with her husband and new daughter. Now five years later, she and her family are putting down roots in Collin County. Her educational background is an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and a graduate degree in Early Childhood Studies. Most days you can find her doing her best to put her knowledge to work with 3 of the sweetest students around- born in 2010, 2014 and 2015. Once bedtime hits, you can find her doing some instructional design work, blogging, or finding the next great series on Netflix, usually with a cookie in hand. You can read more about her collection of thoughts on everything from motherhood and parenting to DIY and fitness, and whatever else is on her mind at her new blog <a href "http://www.thiscollectivelife.com/" This Collective Life .
No More Mom Guilt!
I love the first couple of weeks of a new year. I love a clean slate, a fresh outlook on life, and the chance to set goals and make plans for the year ahead....
Making Holiday Birthdays Stand Out
Starting with Halloween, it seems that there is a never-ending stream of parties, crafts, celebrations, and traditions all the way to the end of the year. It’s a fun and busy time that I...
Simple Holiday Décor—From My House To Yours
The time of year is upon us where things get busy. Fun and exciting, but busy. So many activities, food to prepare, gifts to buy and….a home to decorate. I love to decorate my...
10 Great Games For Toddlers & Preschoolers
One of the simplest ways to spend time with your children and family is to play games! My husband comes from a family that owned and played dozens of games growing up. Even now,...
Connecting With Kids in the Busyness of Life
We all have those times where it seems like it’s one thing after the other coming at us. For my family recently, it was being rear-ended, an unexpected injury, a dead car battery among...
Back-To-School Traditions: A Special Dinner
In just a few weeks, the kids will be heading back to school and “summer will be over forever,” as my daughter put it just today as we drove home from a summer adventure...
6 Ideas For Purposeful Mornings (when your kids wake up really early)
It’s summertime! A time of slower days, calmer schedules, simpler meals and mornings spent sleeping in…or not if you have kids. I’ve started to realize now that it really doesn’t matter how late my...
All the Things I Learned in Kindergarten
Like many of you, we are wrapping up the school year around our home. For us, this was our first year with a child in school, all day every day. At my daughter’s last...