In this episode, we rant (and rave a little) about the best and worst kids menus we have seen out there. While some restaurants phone it in with fryer friendly chicken nuggets and microwave pizzas, others are leaning in to family time with more inventive, healthy and/or experience friendly meals to start our kids on a journey toward more adventurou…

With summer vacations on the horizon, this week we are chatting about air travel with kids. Sarah is taking her first flight with the kiddos this summer, while Claire is a seasoned long-haul traveler, since her kids were toddlers. Claire gives Sarah some of her best pointers on screen time, snacks, and keeping little ones occupied on a long flight …

Our friend Paul is the Director of the amazing Rock Band program at Riverfield - producing up to 15 rock bands each school year with kids from 4th-12th grades. This week we chatted with him about ways to introduce your kids to music, tips for starting music lessons, handling recitals, and learned more about the process it takes to put together actu…

When medical marijuana was legalized in Oklahoma last year, dispensaries, billboards and headlines started popping up everywhere we looked and became one of those "tough" conversations in many households. When our friend Abby Mashunkashey started researching the subject for an article she was writing, we invited her on the podcast to talk with us a…

ince severe weather and school cancellations kept us from recording a new episode this week, we thought it would be appropriate to re-release one of our early episodes on storm prep, our kids storm anxiety and how we handle severe weather. For complete show notes, check out Episode 05!द्वारा The Middle of Everything

This week we celebrated Mother's Day by sharing some traditions and fun facts from around the world, with Sarah sharing her counterpoint as a Mother's Day (and most holidays, really) Grinch. After Claire brought it back around with her Mother's Day Eve tradition, we shared some of our plans for the weekend. Maybe it's just this time of year? Is Mot…

Remember that Jeopardy category called Potpourri? That's a little of what this week's episode is. We had some audio issues while recording remotely, so heads up, there are some odd cut-ins. We are both suffering from overwhelm from the end of the school year - between the concerts, field trips, school projects due, assemblies and parties, our calen…

In this week's episode, Sarah grills Claire about sleepover how-to...when to have your first one, what to do with that pesky sibling, and how to manage parents and kids expectations (including some rookie mistakes!). We give some of our best tips including best night of the week, how much of a plan to have, and how to have awkward conversations wit…

We decided to re-release one of our favorite early episodes with Abbie Peraza, to celebrate the opening of her newest business venture, PopLife Coaching and Consulting! We couldn't be prouder to call Abbie a friend and encourage anyone that needs a push in the right direction to give her a call. From the PopLife site: When you're living the POP//Li…

This week Sarah chats with Lauren Ranalli, author of The Great Latke Cookoff about the importance of diversity in children's books. Lauren shares how she started writing her book after she found the selection of children's Chanukah books lacking for her son. Lauren also shares some of her favorite resources for finding diverse children's books, a f…

t's that time of year again, folks! Camping Season (at least for those of us who refuse to go when it's hot out) is upon us! Our families both enjoy camping when we get the chance (and together when schedules and weather allow) so we thought we would share our best tips on camping with kids, from toddlers to pre-teens (or whatever 9 year olds are c…

It's been a year since we started recording the podcast! To celebrate (and adjust to our Spring Break schedules) we found some of our favorite bloopers from over the last year! We are pulling back the curtain on some of our early recordings, how we got here with the title of the podcast, awkward intro trials, and some of our favorite tangents. We d…

This week we got an update from Sarah about her school auction fundraiser, talked about volunteering, PTA and ways you can help out, no matter what your skill set...BEFORE a seamless segway into family photos! A recent trip down memory lane has us wondering again - what was happening in the 80s, plus thinking about how today's family photo trends w…

This week's episode was so fun! We brought in our friend, author Annie Mitchell to chat about our favorite movies to watch with our kids, had a friendly debate over the best LEGO franchise movie, and lamented the movies we inwardly GROAN when requested. We got nostalgic over our favorite childhood movies, and how we all learned that 80's PG and pre…

We were joined this week by guest Morgan Phillips of Tulsa Talks Podcast to talk about the loss of her 11 year old daschund, Daisy. Both Sarah and Claire have experienced a pet loss (or two, or three) in the last few years, so we wanted to talk with Morgan about how she's handling things herself and with her two young daughters. We each shared our …

We took a few minutes this week to share some of our favorite tidbits of advice...from small things like epidurals, butter and comforters to life lessons about work-life balance (spoiler alert, it doesn't exist), taking care of yourself, divorces and other hard shit. What's your favorite piece of advice? We would love to hear from you! In this epis…

You guys, this one got weird real fast. We started off the conversation with friend of the podcast Rhonda Hinrichs talking about what happens when your kids leave for college (flying the coop - haha, see what we did there?) - how to prepare them and yourself, plus advice for raising teens and young adults to be confident, ready to take on the world…

We could have talked for hours with our guest this week, she had so many amazing stories and tips! Briana Hefley-Shepard first shares with us the story about her daughters special relationship with the train conductor that drives past the office daily, and how that story went viral after Briana posted an emotional Facebook story about what happened…

We hit both ends of the spectrum this week - starting off with a discussion of 50 Dangerous Things to Do with Your Kids - a book gifted to Claire recently. We chat about things we have let our kids do, things that are getting phased out of many kids lives due to modern life, and look at how our younger kids tend to be bigger risk-takers than our ol…

We decided to kick the year off with a recap of our Winter Breaks...Claire's trip to the UK, and Sarah's extreme case of cabin fever. We talk about the new show Tidying Up and Claire's challenges with minimalism, and Sarah decides she needs to watch more TV. Next we share a few of our new favorite things, starting with an eyelash enhancer debate, f…

In this week's episode, Sarah and Claire share our resolutions for 2019 - broken down into Personal, Parenting and Podcast. From minimalism to health goals to picky eaters and productivity, we are asking you to hold us accountable! Kick off the year with us and share your goals as well! EPISODE 34 - LISTEN HERE ! In this episode we talk about: "Tas…

This week we are talking holiday food - including some of our own family traditions - with freelance food writer Natalie Mikles. She shares some of her favorite non-turkey dinner ideas, her love of trying new cookies each year, and gives us some great ideas for making the holidays sweet for our kids, without stressing ourselves out too much! EPISOD…

This week's episode is so much fun! We teamed up with Thom Crowe of Tis The Podcast, a year-round Christmas movie review podcast, to debate....um, DISCUSS our favorite Christmas movies! To kick off the episode, we each listed our Top 5 Holiday movies to start the discussion. While we had some crossover between lists, we also hit on a few controvers…

Paragraph It's time for Gifts! We got tips from our resident Toy Correspondent - Jana Doyle, owner of Kiddlestix Toys - on the hottest trends in toys for 2018 for a variety of age groups. We weigh in on her picks, and talk about how holiday gifting looks for us this year. We talk about non-toy gifts (pets, event tickets, etc.) and how our various e…

We dive into the Christmas season in this episode, starting with a controversial Eggnog conversation…then talk about both our households “no Christmas til after Thanksgiving” stance, and BlackSmallCyber Weekend shopping. Next we chat about our favorite holiday decorations, traditions and drop a few hot tips about decorating practices, live tree pro…

Sarah and Claire have both been traveling for work for years - especially this fall, so we decided to weigh in on some of our experiences, starting when our kids were small. We share adventures in pumping - from the car to the hotel kitchenette - and talk about how our experiences have changed (for the better!) now that our kids are a little older.…

You guys. We are so excited for this weeks guest! We have been big fans of the Crunchy Cocktail Hourpodcast for the last several months, and we are thrilled to have Larisa, their Crunchy Co-Host, to share with us some tips for making changes in our lives toward a cleaner, greener, healthier lifestyle. Larisa shares a little of her not-so-crunchy ba…

Things get personal when we answer some of your listener questions! We got some great ones in, from parenting advice to more about us, to random...so here we go! First we talk about how and when we each decided to have our kids (shocker - Claire had a plan!), then tackle a listener question about toddler screen time. Next we share more about how we…

It's all things Halloween this week as we talk through our favorite traditions and practices...starting with prep in early October! Sarah and Claire share our favorite ideas for pumpkin patches, carving kits, roasting seeds and spooky movies (for kids and grownups) to get us in the mood for the big day. Then, we get to the good stuff - costumes (fo…

In this week's episode, we jump into the world of ethical fashion with Kara Moseby of the Cultivated Conversations podcast and Cultivated.Fashion blog. We love the tagline behind their business: "As Cultivated.Fashion we want to come alongside women, especially moms, on their journey to living minimally and ethically with friendship, education, sty…

We are talking Allowances, Chores, Charts and all the details on this episode...But first, Sarah shares a shame spiral about bad parenting on a first grade field trip. Then we dig into all things allowance - when to start, whether to tie it to chores, and what dollar amount is age appropriate. Whether your kids are paid for chores or expected to co…

Spoiler Alert: This image is neither of our closets. This episode we dive into Hand Me Downs...organizing those coming in, transferring between kids and then passing on to another family. We talk how to pare it down, what to keep and what our boundaries are on familial underpants. Somewhere in there we drop a couple of handy hints on labeling, what…

Claire and Sarah catch up after a whirlwind week, talk about Tulsa's new park, A Gathering Place for Tulsa and most importantly, talk Games, Games and more Games with XPO Game Festival planner, Richard Mitchell. For gaming novices like us, we need ALL the information from him. We talk basics like gaming systems, which ones are best for kids, and he…

This week we chat with Alayna Benefield, the ultimate multi-tasker, about the process of designing and building her family's home. A designer, photographer and now sales rep by trade, Alayna's family bought land outside town and started from scratch, ultimately taking over 3 years from start to finish. We talk with Alayna about her design prioritie…

Oh, this is a weird one guys...Sarah hits up Claire for a free therapy session as we chat about Fall as a good time to reset everything from checking off to-dos that have been postponed over the summer to rearranging the house. We decide moms should have back to school makeovers (our kids get them, why not us?), and go off into a crazy tangent abou…

We are back from vacation! And School Started! So many things with Exclamation Points! We give a rundown of our first week back to school (spoiler alert, Sarah has had 2 meltdowns already) and talk about our upcoming juggling of Extracurricular Activities, schedules and other after school fun. And in a new segment (?) we just share some things we a…

Claire checks in on her Enneagram type, and we both have a bit of a personality crisis...Then we talk BACK TO SCHOOL! We give our thoughts (and a few tips) on backpacks and lunchboxes, uniforms and new shoes, supplies, after school activities, and welcome gifts for teachers (IS THIS A THING?). Enjoy! In this episode we talk about: The Road Back To …

We hit up Ashley Daly (the Ashley on the LEFT) for some design advice in the Great Playroom Debate, talking about ways to work with (or around) all our kids STUFF! Ashley gives us genius tips for displaying collections (aka rocks and sticks) and passing the buck to family members - as well as some ideas for purging, rotating and generally reducing …

We get silly this week with our friend Brooke Knight, as she uses her fancy teacher words to talk with us about her experience with moving homes with two kids in tow (Pro Tip: touring 8 houses is too many). We also chat with her about her unique work situation - she and her husband both teach at the same school, that both kids attend as well...talk…

We've got another episode with a more serious focus this week - we chat with Leah Harper, founder of Preemie Mom Camp- what Leah calls "a gathering place for preemie moms to discover tips, research and personal stories so they can find comfort and community while their child is in the NICU and beyond." Leah shares her stories with us about her 3 pr…

We are back in the studio this week with Natasha Ball of House Sparrow Fine Nesting, who is opening up to us about her Postpartum Anxiety, "the salad incident" and how she was diagnosed, the treatments that worked for her, and the importance of therapy as maintenance for ourselves. We also chat with her about how her career path(s) shaped her famil…

Sarah and Claire both threw kid birthday parties this week, so there's no better time to talk birthday party locations, from full service to house party, celebrating at school, what we think about goodie bags (Sarah loves practical swag), gift guidelines and more! Where do you fall on the birthday party spectrum - are you a Pinterest mom or do you …

Claire is back, and here’s what happens when our guest has a last minute schedule / technical issue...we improvise! We spent a little while in the studio this week talking work travel, checking in on camp progress (Sarah gives an updated loss tally), gardening and fostering puppies. Then we give a rundown of our Father’s Day plans (is your family p…

Claire is traveling for work, so I brought in another bestie to chat with me about life...namely, what it's like to have your kids in your 20's vs. having them in your late 30's. Lisa Wakefield , owner of Jenkins and Co. Tulsa , an amazing home and lifestyle store in Tulsa - talks about pros/cons, the differences in parenting now vs. 10 years ago (…

Claire is back for this episode, we are revving up for summer and camp season! We talk about our favorite - and least favorite - things about summer, our favorite products and camp hacks, and spew semi-correct information about ticks and tick repellants. Then we talk summer cocktails, debate whether a swim counts as a bath, and find out that Claire…

Claire is taking a couple weeks off after starting a new job, so Sarah has recruited her friend Darla to chat about road trips, just in time for summer! Last summer, Darla’s family made an epic road trip from Kansas City to Alaska, where they now live. We chat a little about her life there - then dive into our best road trip tips, including drive t…

Claire’s family has decided to host a French exchange intern next fall, so we thought it would be a perfect time to talk with Abbie Peraza, owner of Studio Pop Tulsa - since she has hosted several of her own! In addition to exchange students, Abbie has years of experience working with Au Pairs (it’s cheaper/easier than you think!), living internati…

Claire introduces us to the concept of Mother’s Day Eve, and we chat with Colleen McCarty about her crazy life. With two small children, Colleen has written two novels, worked full time, and most recently, started law school! We talk about expectation management, juggling a non-traditional schedule with the help of family and friends, and what it’s…

Sarah and Claire share our tips for Tornado/Storm/Disaster preparedness, make some wildly inaccurate meteorological claims, and chat about storm anxiety in our kids. We also talk about sleep struggles as Sarah shares her woes about kids climbing into her bed every night, brainstorm ways to stop the madness and preserve that all important self care …

Sarah and Claire give a quick update on the outcome of the Oklahoma Teacher Walkout, and what comes next, then Sarah rants a bit about potty training. More importantly, we talk with Ashley Palmer, co-owner of Retro Den, a vintage home store (and so much more) in Tulsa. She shares pros/cons of having your baby at work with you, and gives some great …