Tag Archives: parenting

It all started with a scarecrow. My kindergartner came home from school in early fall as excited as I’ve seen him. “Mommy, we get to make our own scarecrows!” He proceeded to pull out multiple pieces of cardstock paper with scarecrow parts on them. His job, due by the end …

I will be the first to admit. My husband is really good man. He is a great husband and an amazing father. He is super involved with our kids. He plays with them, takes them to fun places, feeds them, changes diapers, bathes them and does basically everything a parent …

Summer has come and almost left us, which means school is back in session for my little one; so long to weekly field trips to the Splash Park and hello to school work- well sort of. This year my girl is 1 (almost (1 ½  ) and this year at …

Are we too sensitive? Or not sensitive enough?  You’d think that these questions would never occur in the same space – but it’s something that is on my mind often. It seems someone is offended by every type of lifestyle, comment, and interaction. And there’s a reason that “you can’t …

I’ve been afraid my whole life. I don’t mean afraid of life experience, or trying new things. No, I’m talking about things like Zombies, ghosts, scary stories, dark alleys. You name it, play the scary orchestra, and I immediately covered my eyes, plugged my ears, and hummed along to a …

Friday started like any other day. I packed it with regular amounts of work, dropping kids off, errands, trip to my Pilates studio, picking kids up, and cooking. I didn’t finish all my chores (let’s be honest, I never do) since I was trying to accomplish my New Year’s resolution …

The girl, no older than 10, finished an impressive physical feat on the uneven bars. Her body, straight as a ruler, has just completed a 720° turn, and at the zenith she let go, letting her body fly through the air before she tucked herself into a tiny ball, spun …

Parenting. It comes in all shapes and sizes. For the most part, before I had kids, I thought parenting would come easy and naturally. I would enforce rules and my kids would just listen. Parenting would be easy. I didn’t think it would be something I would have to work …

There are so many different parenting styles out there today. To be honest, it isn’t important for me to feel associated to a particular method or style, but rather feel right with how I am parenting.  Today, I’m talking about a controversial method of discipline. Spanking. I simply do not believe in …

Ah, the public park.  Before having children, I never understood the deep politics that go along with an afternoon play date to the park (and, to be frank, I didn’t care).  But now with two rambunctious boys and a work-at-home career, afternoon play dates are very much a part of …