The Chirping Moms

Tomato and Olive Farro Salad

Tomato and Olive Farro Salad

By: Kristen Mider, Cooking for Friends  When Courtney and I were brainstorming ideas for summer recipes, I also happen to receive a ton of requests from friends for salad recipes. Salads that were more than just greens and tomatoes but not necessarily pasta or potato salads. Salads that are healthy! But also, salads with some bite to them! Salads that… Read More

Mindful Parenting and Using The Headspace App

Mindful Parenting and Using The Headspace App

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post on behalf of Headspace and Momtrends. As always, all opinions are my own. I honestly use this app with my family. All photos in post courtesy of Momtrends.  About a month ago, the Momtrends team sent me an invitation to lunch to learn more about Headspace, meditating and mindful parenting. To be 100% honest,… Read More

Organize Your Weekly Shopping with These FREE Printables

Organize Your Weekly Shopping with These FREE Printables

I do not like grocery shopping. I also do not like to feel unorganized and like I am spending too much money where I could be saving. When it comes to weekly shopping, I was finding I visit the same stores weekly but with no plan of action. I knew there were certain things I needed from certain stores, but… Read More

DIY Insect Repellant with Essential Oils

DIY Insect Repellant with Essential Oils

I’ve been on the hunt for a great DIY insect repellant using essential oils. A friend who is extremely knowledgable about oils (more about her soon!) shared this recipe. It’s also the oils my aunt, another super knowledgable oil lover uses. It’s been great so far and my kids are usually covered in bite. I’ve tried a few “natural” bug… Read More

Surviving Colic

Surviving Colic

By: Kristin Orr  Surviving Colic: The undiagnosable, incurable, hard to believe that you’ll ever get through it baby disorder I became a mother on January 23, 2018. Being a mother was always what I wanted to be. I had an idea of what I thought it would all be like: pregnancy was what I expected, labor was everything I’d heard it… Read More

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day

By: Kristin Orr To the superheroes that don’t wear capes, Yes, moms… I’m talking to you! If you are a mother and didn’t immediately think this letter was written for you, then you must be incredibly modest. You know you’re a superhero, but sometimes [most times] moms need a reminder of how your superpowers are real and the children you’re… Read More

3 Summer Salad Recipes

3 Summer Salad Recipes

3 Summer Salad recipes to enjoy this spring and summer! Recipes and post by Kristen Mider Before Courtney moved across town from me, my favorite warm weather tradition was meeting her at my back fence to catch up (perhaps over a glass of wine) while the kids hopped the fence, happy to be with their backyard buddies. Often, we wound… Read More

Mother’s Day Gift Guide

Mother’s Day Gift Guide

By: Sarah Tucker It’s May 1st which means Mother’s Day is less than 2 weeks away. So it’s time for a Mother’s Day Gift Guide! What a fun day to be celebrated and also to celebrate our mothers. Here’s a bunch of ideas to shower them! huge clam shell: this is on my list (: it makes a great statement… Read More