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January 01, 2021 |
I didn’t mean to make my kids creative. I never shoved them in a corner with nothing to play with....more» |
December 01, 2020 |
To the Makers of Things: Can you please stop making things? While I do appreciate the abundance of Stuff you have blessed our little family with, our house is already full of Things....more» |
November 01, 2020 |
Creating New TraditionsWe decided to go camping. In the middle of the pandemic.
It was my kids’ idea....more» |
October 01, 2020 |
It's Always a DinosaurI am used to being awakened in the night. My kids are 10 and 7. They’ve been waking me up for ten and seven years, respectively. ...more» |
September 01, 2020 |
Why Can't We Just Go to Sleep Around Here?Why is it that my children don’t seem to need a snack or a drink of water or to use the bathroom until they are actually in bed with the lights off? It’s not like we don’t have structure around here....more» |
August 01, 2020 |
Memories of My First Year of HomeschoolingIf I were the parent of a child going back to school this fall, this is what I would be doing right now: FREAKING OUT. ...more» |
July 01, 2020 |
Mealtimes: Those special occasions when your children make an extra effort to make you question every parenting decision you’ve ever made. ...more» |
May 01, 2020 |
"Dad, can you make Special Breakfast today?" I overheard my daughter ask my husband on about Day 6 of Sheltering in Place....more» |
April 01, 2020 |
Laws of inertia. A body at rest tends to stay at rest. A girl with a book wants to keep reading. ...more» |
March 01, 2020 |
Thank You Super Moms for Making Me Look AwfulI want a T-shirt that says, “I didn’t used to go out in public in sweat pants and messy buns, and I didn’t used to have gray hair and wrinkles, and I wasn’t fat, and I didn’t have stains on my clothes, but you do realize that I have children, right?” And another one for work that would say, “I used to be able to count to six and make a power point presentation with zero typos, but please bear with me as I spend the next eighteen years adjusting to parenthood. ...more» |
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