Motherhood, especially the “little years,” very very very very often feels like a complex and exhausting game of give-and-take. For one thing to succeed, another thing must be forsaken…(or so it seems.) …The need for your family to have clean clothes trumps the desire to sit down and read a good book. …The time spent running errands replaces the time previously […] Read more…
Play dates are the best. I love them because my children get to practice sharing and putting others first. It’s also funny to see the deep appreciation that develops for their own dusty toys now that someone else is playing with them. I also love play dates because, although a little work on the front […] Read more…
Relaxing stresses me out. Seriously! I don’t know how to do it – relax, that is – and when I try…well, I confuse my family around me. Case in point: A couple of weeks ago, my 5-year-old approached me with a big, award-winning, I-did-something-worthy-of-a-sugary-treat kind of smile. He proudly told me that since he knows […] Read more…
If you’ve never seen the movie “Stranger than Fiction”, then you might not appreciate this picture… In this scene, Will Ferrell’s character is giving Maggie Gyllenhaal, a woman he’s auditing (and falling in love with), a bouquet of flours. She owns a bakery, so it makes sense, and it’s adorable. And it made me […] Read more…
We will never know much about each other. We probably won’t even learn each other’s names…if we still even have a name other than ______’s Mommy. But in those 5 or 10 minutes that we are thrown together at the Chick-Fil-A playground, or in the pediatrician’s waiting room, or watching through the mesh as our children jump around […] Read more…
I pushed the “upload” button before I could talk myself out of it… …and now – ready or not – here it is! Katie and I, along with a few hilarious and awesome friends, put together a little something for you…a mommy parody video of “Let It Go.” Why did we put ourselves out there in […] Read more…
So, you’re pregnant. Congratulations! If you’re anything like me, then you have this wonderful sense of excitement about your new bundle of joy, followed by nervousness and fear of how much it will cost to have a baby. “Wait, don’t you have insurance?” Is the question I usually get. Yes. Yes, I do have […] Read more…
May is almost here, and you know what that means!? Mother’s Day! I love mothers day. And not just because I’m a mother… Okay, almost entirely because I’m a mother. Now is the only time in my life that I will receive an endless parade of adorable hand printed cards, yarn crafts, and pancakes in bed. And I love it. […] Read more…
I was unexpectedly inspired the other day by an old photograph. In the picture, 3-year-old me is guiltily looking at the camera while standing in the middle of the worst Cheerios mess ever…complete cereal chaos. Cute? 27 years later…yes. And that is precisely what inspired me. A few decades ago, my mother had the foresight to […] Read more…
A while back, I shared with you my “Top 10 List Of Chapter Books To Read To Little Boys.” I also made a little promise that I would take you through each one of those books, providing you with fun and interactive questions and games, similar to 토토사이트, to supplement each chapter. I’d say it’s high time […] Read more…