Tag: life lessons
Embracing My First Grader Growing Up
I looked at my 6-year-old one day recently, and realized how much I really like the kid. He's becoming a person that I actually enjoy...
Mommy…Where Do Babies Come From?
When you’re expecting your second, third, fourth (or more) child, there is another thing you can expect: LOTS of questions from your older kids....
A New Mom Challenge: Lowering Your Standards
Towards the end of my pregnancy I was put on modified bed rest and had to leave work two weeks earlier than planned. To...
The Quiet Hour: Taking Back Time
My oldest son has always been an early riser. He regularly wakes up between 5 and 6am. Still. Every day. He is 6-years-old. I...
Three-Year-Olds? They’re Tough Cookies
It's not easy parenting three-year-olds. They are "tough cookies." And by tough cookies, I mean that they are tough customers, but at the same...
5 Times When Grandma is Way Better in My House
Around here, Mom is good people, but we LOVE a Grandma. We live in Connecticut, but both Grandmas and a Great Grandma live in...
My Fear of the Unimaginable
My kids and I are a little obsessed with Hamilton this summer. A dear friend put it best; there are two kinds of people - those...
Changing the Pace with ‘Slow Parenting’
There is no doubt about it: we live in a fast-paced world. And, for most of the year, we fill our days with schedules...
Screaming Saves my Sanity
"I AM ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND!"
I can't be the only one who screams at my children. This is what I tell myself at least...
Momlympics!
I LOVE the Olympics. Always have. My grandmother missed out on swimming the butterfly leg of the IM relay in the 1940 games that were...