Every day during the school year I excitedly pick up my son from school and cannot wait to hear about his day. “How was your day?” or “What did you learn at school today?” are common questions I innocently,...
I became a "working mom" when my firstborn was 9-months-old because we needed the extra income. I continued working through my second pregnancy and for another three years. In May 2018, we were 3 months away from our oldest...
I have recently entered the nesting phase of pregnancy, which means I have been cleaning the house, organizing, discarding, selling, and donating (more than usual). When Amelia first started daycare, I got an empty tub and every week when...
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For any mom, one of the hardest things about our role is admitting that our child needs help and then actually seeking it out....
We are finally at the toddler stage where our toddler enjoys playing games and thus receives them as gifts. One of the games she got this year was Pie Face. Little did I know that this game is more...
I recently learned (after almost 12 years) that Clue is my husband's favorite board game. (I had to have known this already...but years of motherhood had erased that knowledge)
So one weekend, when we had one kid grounded from technology,...
This revelation might not be very new, but I stumbled across it recently, and it has totally changed our board game storage and accessibility, so I felt compelled to share it with those who were living in the dark...
As someone who taught middle school, I can tell you…middle schoolers are strange creatures. They look like mini adults, but act like cats: cute and cuddly while also madly emotional and vindictive.
Every middle school child is like a species...
Earlier this spring I applied for a Pre-K 3 program for Wesley and was unsure he was going to get in solely due to space availability. Two weeks ago I got the call that he was accepted and just...
Currently, I am sitting in a quiet house; there is no toddler or infant attached to my hip. I am not throwing snacks at an angry monster or trying to cart around kids in this terrible heat just to...
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