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6 Road Trip Car Games to Play with Your Kids – Contributor Post for Portland Moms Blog

August 7, 2017

This is a contributor post I wrote for the Portland Moms Blog. Read the entire article here. Our family takes a lot of road trips throughout the year. Central Oregon, Oak Harbor Washington, and Salinas California are our big, annual ones, and since we most often put the miles on our minivan, the rear entertainment system […]

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A Hawaiian Family Holiday – Contributor Post for Portland Moms Blog

July 17, 2017

This is a contributor post I wrote for the Portland Moms Blog. Read the entire article here. With lots of family and friends out of state, most of our big, summer family trips are driving to see them. Once in a while we take off for a few days at the beach, or maybe Sunriver. […]

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8 Parenting Hacks From Large Families That ALL Parents Can Use – Contributor Post for Portland Moms Blog

October 24, 2016

This is a contributor post I wrote for the Portland Moms Blog. Read the entire article here. I wouldn’t consider myself a ‘mom of many,’ but just a few years ago my three kids were all home and I had to keep them busy and alive from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. I can scarcely […]

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Mad Mama: Taming Adult Temper Tantrums

February 15, 2016

This is a contributor post I wrote for the Portland Moms Blog. Read the entire article here. They say it’s those whom we love the most that are also the ones we hurt. I have found this to be excruciatingly true as a mother who struggles with sometimes uncontrollable anger. And sometimes a lot of […]

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Let Them Eat (pan)CAKE: 10 Simple Ways to Bring Joy to Your Kids (and You!)

October 26, 2015

This is a contributor post I wrote for the Portland Moms Blog. Read the entire article here. You know those parents who just gush over their kid’s every moment of every day? They have infinite patience, unending smiles, and all the time (and desire) in the world to play with their little ones. Let’s be […]

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When You’ve Got Too Much on Your Plate – Contributor Post for Portland Moms Blog

September 11, 2015

This is a contributor post I wrote for the Portland Moms Blog. Read the entire article here. School started this week. I have a second grader and a full-day kindergartener in two different schools with one homeschooled preschooler still at home. I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for nearly eight years, and I’m now adjusting to […]

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Moving with Three Kids…Successfully, Part Four: Settling into Our New Home, a Giant Sigh of Relief and a Summary

June 28, 2015

This is part of the M2M Series, The Big Move from One House to Another with Three Kids…Successfully: A 4 Part Series. To read the other parts, please click here. I feel like I’ve been living this selling/buying/moving chaos for so long, I had to chronicle it for the sake of others…whether it is for sheer comical […]

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Living in the Shadow of Being a Birth Mother – Guest Post for Portland Moms Blog

May 17, 2015

In honor of birth mother’s day on 5/9 and Mother’s Day on 5/10, I wrote a guest post for the Portland Moms Blog, for whom I hope to be regularly contributing in the future. I am a wife of ten years, and stay-at-home mother to three little ones under eight. From an outsider’s perspective, I […]

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Hi! I'm Wynter. Wife to Jonathan and mama to Chloe, Adaya and Liam. I am a writer, artist, MarCom professional, freelance editor, and an avid gardener, TV lover and chocolate-covered cherries addict. Come back here each week for new, powerful stories of motherhood from real moms across the mother spectrum. Read More…

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