The Chirping Moms

Visiting Scottsdale, Arizona With Kids

Visiting Scottsdale, Arizona With Kids

Earlier this month, we traveled with Maggie & Alex to Scottsdale, Arizona & stayed at the Four Seasons Scottsdale at Troon North. My husband & I have traveled a lot with the girls, since Maggie was just a few months old, but we have always had family & friends along with us. For the first time ever, we were planning… Read More

This Week’s Giveaway: Goat-Milk Kidware

This Week’s Giveaway: Goat-Milk Kidware

When Maggie was born, I was so excited to have a little girl. From the day she was born people started to send adorable “girly” outfits. I also had fun shopping for her myself. My biggest mistake when I shopped for Maggie: I really skimped on the basics. I got pajamas & onesies that were inexpensive. I always thought: who sees… Read More

Tips for New Dads: A Guest Post

Tips for New Dads: A Guest Post

We’re so happy to have our friends from It Takes A Village Baby Consultants back on the blog today. Just in time for Father’s Day, they are sharing some quick tips for new dads. For more information on It Takes A Village, visit their website & read last month’s post all about how they got started.     5 Quick Tips… Read More

Friday Favorites: Mini Skinnies

Friday Favorites: Mini Skinnies

One of our favorite Etsy shops, carlymegan, now has the most adorable harem shorts for sale! These “mini skinnies” are made with organic cotton & come in many awesome prints. The fit is fun, comfortable for play & unisex. Carlymegan is offering our readers 15% off with code Chirp15.  I was not compensated for this post. I did receive items… Read More

5 Ideas for Integrating Learning into Everyday Play

5 Ideas for Integrating Learning into Everyday Play

We are so happy to have Penny Lane of Sister Raising Sisters guest posting on the blog today. I’ve had a number of conversations with other moms recently about integrating learning into play. With school out for the summer, this is a great time to try out some of Penny’s ideas! I’ll let the secret out of the bag right… Read More

Where to Wednesday: The Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash

Where to Wednesday: The Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash

Last week my family & I headed to Central Park for the Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash. This is the 2nd year we have attended & once again, we all had a blast! The Bedtime Bash is a fundraiser for the wonderful Baby Buggy Foundation. Founded in 2001 by Jessica Seinfeld, Baby Buggy provides clothing, baby gear & baby essentials to… Read More

Not Quite What I Expected

Not Quite What I Expected

Recently I have been pulling out some of the books I bought while pregnant with Maggie. I have a few friends who are pregnant for the first time & I wanted to pass the books along. I thought back on how I would read each month, getting excited for the next milestone. It helped to me know what to expect… Read More

3 Ideas for Your Next BBQ & This Week’s Giveaway

3 Ideas for Your Next BBQ & This Week’s Giveaway

My favorite type of party to host is a BBQ. We have far more room outside in our yard then we do inside our house, so hosting parties outside is a lot easier. I also love all of the recipes that go along with cooking outdoors. I’ve started to find fun ways to cook burgers & pasta salad recipes are… Read More

Friday Favorites: 10 Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Friday Favorites: 10 Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Father’s Day is next week & we are trying to come up with a good gift for our hard working Dad. Below is a list of a few things we made this year, our favorite gift from last year & some other gift ideas we might be getting. We can’t share what we picked just yet: sometimes Dad reads the… Read More