Getting First Day Ready for Back to School
August 9, 2019
If you could use some help getting started on the right foot this school year Understood.org is also offering a free First Day Ready Guide to help.
The Real-est
Potty Training: When It Feels Like it Will Never End
August 4, 2019
When we started our potty training journey with my son, I thought that starting early, well before kindergarten was a good idea…
Forget the Spa, Adventure is my Self Care
July 25, 2019
For me to really fill my cup, I have to seek out an adventure that pushes me to my physical limits and makes me weak in the knees.
Confession: I Don’t Want to be Mommy
July 21, 2019
Right now, today: I don’t want to be Mommy. I want this season to pass. I want to wake up on the other side of their childhood.
In Defense of Unusual Baby Names
July 19, 2019
The first day of school would inevitably include the correction of my name in the vast majority of rolls called. It’s not “Rhianna” or “Rhiawwna.” I don’t know why people seem to assume the “n” is silent.
I Just Made the Last Preschool Payment…I Should Be Happy
July 11, 2019
There are so many reasons I should be celebrating. Making that last preschool payment should make me want to jump for joy…but I’m not.
Parenting is Not an Innate Ability
July 9, 2019
Parenting is not an innate ability. It does not live in all of us and then magically present itself the day our children are born.
A Summer Bucket List for Mom
July 2, 2019
Every summer I vow to make a summer bucket list with my family. I decided to draw up a bucket list that only a mom could truly appreciate.
I Am Not My Son’s Favorite Parent
June 23, 2019
I suspect Sprout sees me as a lost cause. He views me as Little Bird’s parent and Daddy as “his” parent.
11 Cheap (or Free) Summer Activities for Kids
June 20, 2019
After a few summers at home with the kids, I know it doesn’t take too long before you run out of things to do the kids and they’re screaming “We’re BORED.”
Getting First Day Ready for Back to School
August 9, 2019
If you could use some help getting started on the right foot this school year Understood.org is also offering a free First Day Ready Guide to help.
Potty Training: When It Feels Like it Will Never End
August 4, 2019
When we started our potty training journey with my son, I thought that starting early, well before kindergarten was a good idea…
Forget the Spa, Adventure is my Self Care
July 25, 2019
For me to really fill my cup, I have to seek out an adventure that pushes me to my physical limits and makes me weak in the knees.
Confession: I Don’t Want to be Mommy
July 21, 2019
Right now, today: I don’t want to be Mommy. I want this season to pass. I want to wake up on the other side of their childhood.
In Defense of Unusual Baby Names
July 19, 2019
The first day of school would inevitably include the correction of my name in the vast majority of rolls called. It’s not “Rhianna” or “Rhiawwna.” I don’t know why people seem to assume the “n” is silent.
I Just Made the Last Preschool Payment…I Should Be Happy
July 11, 2019
There are so many reasons I should be celebrating. Making that last preschool payment should make me want to jump for joy…but I’m not.
Parenting is Not an Innate Ability
July 9, 2019
Parenting is not an innate ability. It does not live in all of us and then magically present itself the day our children are born.
A Summer Bucket List for Mom
July 2, 2019
Every summer I vow to make a summer bucket list with my family. I decided to draw up a bucket list that only a mom could truly appreciate.
I Am Not My Son’s Favorite Parent
June 23, 2019
I suspect Sprout sees me as a lost cause. He views me as Little Bird’s parent and Daddy as “his” parent.
11 Cheap (or Free) Summer Activities for Kids
June 20, 2019
After a few summers at home with the kids, I know it doesn’t take too long before you run out of things to do the kids and they’re screaming “We’re BORED.”
