I have this conflicting feeling lately that I simultaneously have been wearing many hats – employee, researcher, friend, wife, chef, maid, daytime entertainer, milk producer – and only one – mom. I started to suspect that Oliver was feeling left out, so I decided to include him on the fun. handmade by our friend Rachel’s … More many hats
Yesterday, crossing the street, I passed a mother and her two (tween-aged) children. The daughter was saying something that I couldn’t hear, adding grand gestures as she spoke. When we met in the crosswalk I heard the mother respond “Well, I don’t know if it works that way, but if it does command it to … More a million bucks
As a two and a half year old, Eleanor is very interested in practicing – and experimenting with – her emotions, and her vocabulary is also expanding at an unbelievable rate (spoken like a real mom, huh?), which are two of the reasons that I love the Llama Llama series, written and illustrated by Anna … More Books: {Llama Llama Series}
Why is it that when I’m in the thick of it – “it” being parenting: (nearly) full-time at-home parenting – I have nothing to say about it? Why is that when I spend all day being a mom I can’t seem to think about being a mom. When people ask how we’re doing, almost one … More the first four weeks
our regularly scheduled program 