Mondays Are Forever

On Monday, I took the kids on our final summer adventure before school started. Here's the short version. Train Parking: $3 Train ...

I really, really, really wanted our family motto to be "Don't be a Dick." It really just encompasses everything I want from my...

You may have noticed that I have been rather absent around here lately. Last spring I was offered a small contract job working for my ...

It is hard to get my kids out of the house for school each morning. It's even harder to do it without yelling. And the morning yelli...

Cold season is upon us and with two kids in school and a new baby, we are in the thick of it. Someone has been fighting a cold in our househ...

My three year old, Knox cannot put his shoes on the right feet if his life depended on it. In fact, I'd say that 80% of the time he puts...

When my son was first born, I was desperate to do everything just right . I spent a lot of time reading the “expert” answers on sleeping, e...

Last week I officially hit the five years of parenting milestone. In that time, I have been to a lot of playgroups, parks, beaches, school...

Like many parents, I prefer to use the TV as an independent activity for my kids. In other words, I plop them down in front of it and wal...

Last week, Dash's new teacher asked me a question I hear all the time: How do you do it? I never quite know how to answer because, ...

I have always been a pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps kind of girl. When things get tough, I do my best to rise to the challenge. But bein...

Dear Self Checkout, I have so many things I want to say to you. Let's start with, it's not me, it's you. You, with your eve...

Did you see  this gem  last week from HuffPost Parents on white lies we tell our kids? Guilty as charged. Primarily we say them with goo...

Love Dr. Suess? Read on to get the printable! Shortly before Knox was born, Dash went on a food strike. I wish I was joking when I sa...

Dear New Mama, There are a million advice columns out there that will tell you all the things you need to know about caring for that sw...

I cannot tell you how often I am left without words to describe the chaos that occurs in my house. Sometimes it feels like the world is m...

Parenting is a tricky beast. I've only been at this gig for five years, but every time I think I have a handle on it, something unexpec...

Over the last few years of raising my boys I've learned that Murphy’s Law rings particularly true for parents. In fact, parenting has t...

9 the number of times we listened to Life's a Happy Song . 1 the number of bad dreams that woke us up last night. 2 the numb...

We are big fans of the classic Alexander books by Judith Viorst so whenever we have a have bad day, we frequently threaten to mo...