Dear Son, This week, while you have been excited about your future birthday presents, you have also repeatedly let me know that you don’t want to be six. Maybe you are worried that you won’t be my baby anymore. Or maybe you have realized how fast time really is, and you just want to […]
Encouraging Good Behavior: Reward Store
When we started homeschooling this year I wanted to have some type of reward system in place. At first I made a sticker chart where they could earn small rewards each week. Then I came up with something a little more concrete: our Reward Store. I’ve found that having something more concrete […]
The Parenting Phrase I Want to Ban
Upset and angry and unable to handle the emotions flooding through him, my son had just hit his sister before racing to cry in his room. “What’s wrong with you?!” was my husband’s automatic response as our son ran down the hallway. I cringed at his wording. “What’s wrong with you?” Those four words seem […]
Breastfeeding in Public
It’s National Breastfeeding Week! My babies are 5 and 6 now, and it seems like a lifetime ago when breastfeeding was a daily occurrence around here. But this week has me thinking back to that time… I remember sitting on a cold tile floor in a bathroom stall of some store’s bathroom, […]
Moms, Monsters, Media & Margaritas
Do you ever find yourself trying to be SuperMom? In the midst of trying to keep the house tidy, the family fed, helping with homework, doing that craft you saw on Pinterest, rushing the kids whatever extracurricular activity they have that day, and still working out so you look good for the husband, it’s […]
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