When I was in about second grade, something happened on a Christmas morning that I will never forget.
I went downstairs, looking for signs that Santa had been to my house. I peeked into our living room and confirmed that indeed, the White-Bearded Jollyman had come. I ran upstairs to tell my parents and drag them [...]

My Thanksgiving recap will be up later, when at least one child is asleep. Before that I wanted to remind everyone/point out to everyone some great giveaways going on.
First, be sure to enter my giveaway for a signed and personalized copy of “The Stay At Home Survival Guide.” It would be a great gift for [...]

****** Edited to add: Sorry, the giveaway ended on November 28th.********
Some of you may remember me mentioning a book I truly loved and reviewed on Mama Speaks last month. Melissa Stanton’s “The Stay At Home Survival Guide” has been pivotal for me in the way I view my role as a stay-at-home mom in my [...]

Today was the second day since October that school drop off was without a major meltdown. Sam has been horribly upset every school day since I last wrote about this. I was always assured by his teachers that he was fine as soon as I left, often before I was even out of the building, [...]

I got to go out to lunch yesterday with some local mom bloggers. The ladies behind the wonderful sites Elebelly, Occupation: Mommy, Project: Motherhood, and Raising Itty Bitty Bookworms had nice long chats about . . . what the heck did we talk about? All I know is we made it last as long as [...]

I’m so excited to share the following entries from our first Total Mom Theme exercise. I love the various ways each person interpreted the topic, “Exploration.” I was equally excited when I found similarities between posts as I was when they were completely different. (And I learned that I need to not read anyone else’s [...]

The First, at 14 months old - He looks at it quizzically. He studies its features: sides, top, even the bottom. He watches as the other children climb to the top and fly down. When coaxed, he eventually approaches. Apprehensive, he backs away and returns several times. Finally, with mommy’s help, he sits at the [...]