If you’re like me, you are always looking for book recommendations for elementary kids. I try to share what my son is reading at least onece or twice a year! I can’t believe we are about to start 4th grade. It seems so….big. But alas, here we are. Over the last few months, my son… [Read More]
Not every day is going to be a good day
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you knew you just needed to buckle down and survive? It’s been that way for me a lot lately. August apparently has it out for me. I get up each day and think “let’s just get through today”. Nothing particularly horrible is happening, but everything around… [Read More]
Raising children in the age of social media is terrifying
*I originally wrote a version of this post on the BabyCenter Blog FIVE years ago. Guess what? All of it – 100% – still worries me. Raising children in the age of social media worries me more so now that we’re so close to actually using smart phones and other social sites.* I’m not a… [Read More]
The love for my children is sometimes overwhelming
*This post was originally posted on the BabyCenter Blog. As I reread it I was reminded of the fact that yes, the days are long but the years are short. The love for my children can be overwhelming. They are older now, but every bit of this is still true. My children. I know there… [Read More]
Sometimes it’s okay to quit
When it comes to extra-curricular activities, it’s pretty normal to hear the words “it’s boring” or “I don’t want to do it anymore” from your kids. In the early years, you’re testing out all sorts of activities to see what your kids like. Soccer? Check. Gymnastics? Check Dance? Baseball? Art classes? At some point, your… [Read More]
7 old school games to teach your kids
I spent a lot of time outside as a kid. A LOT. Sure, times have changed and parents just aren’t as comfortable sending the kids outside until dinner time, but there is still plenty of fun to be had in supervised time frames. Sidewalk chalk? Check. Jumping in the rain puddles? Check. Some of my… [Read More]
I turned 40 and my metabolism went on sabbatical
There’s some irony here as I type out this post and enjoy a bowl of chocolate ice cream at the same time. Believe me, it’s not lost on me. But hear me out. Metabolism changes after 40 are REAL. I mean, do you even have a metabolism once you hit this point? My metabolism has… [Read More]
How moms can take better care of their mental health
Being a mom often comes with this false expectation that we should be able to do everything and be able to BE everything for our family. The sad reality though is that those kinds of expectations only help to reinforce poor mental health care in mothers. According to the CDC, 1 in 10 US women… [Read More]
The importance of play as adults
As adults, I think we have a serious problem. We don’t play enough. We get so caught up in what we should be doing, in worrying what other people think, in “adulting”, that months (and even years) go by and we haven’t really had a whole lot of fun. I was recently reminded by Brene Brown just… [Read More]
We went screen-free during the week
I pulled the plug, y’all. We are officially screen-free. I took away tablets and TV after school. (We were already a “no screens” in the a.m. household.) It’s not that my kids were even watching that much. It’s that the attitude I was met with when it was time to turn them off essentially made… [Read More]
