By Kelly So I’m finally hitting the 12 week mark with this pregnancy, and the first trimester fog is starting to lift, thanks in part to the miracle combo of Unisom-B6. And I’m already showing. Hello baby bump, hello awkward glances from strangers who wonder if I’m truly expecting another baby or just dipping into…
Catechesis
By Veronica Our five-year-old daughter is learning violin by the Suzuki method. Suzuki depends upon family involvement. I attend her lessons with her. I practice each day with her. We listen to an assigned cd of music together each day, or at least we are supposed to. This requires a lot of commitment. We need…
When Pigs Fly
By DeeDee Today I had a play date with Emme, Cailey, and their 7 year old friend who lives down the street. Just us gals. The three younger ones tore down the street on their bikes, while I ran staggered tried to keep up. Thankfully, when we arrived at the cul de sac, I could…
A Dose of Humor – NightmAir
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. Ayalla is a…
Footsteps
By Beck I’ve been writing about Halloween every day recently – or more accurately, I’ve been attempting to write tongue-in-check horror posts about children’s books. And so of course as soon as I decided to do that, I started being told tons of interesting stories that just cry out to be written. Like this one…
Pregnancy Journal – To Sleep, Perchance To Dream
By Kelly I woke up this morning and saw Corey standing in the middle of the bedroom getting dressed for work. The kids were bouncing on some cushions on the floor, which they undoubtedly stripped off my white reading chairs in the corner. I struggled to get out of bed and join the party, but…
How To Win The War Against Terror
By Melodee Today’s task: Sort through last year’s school books, box up the non-consumables, discard the workbooks in the recycling bin, open up new boxes of materials, inventory and shelf them. After I unpacked the new materials from K12.com, I realized that I was missing an entire box of materials. I’d noticed an uneven number…
Your Inner Child
By Mary Yesterday while reading the blogs of friends, I came across this lovely post by Journey Mama, Something I Know Is True. If you haven’t read it yet, do, OK? Often in the midst of my busy list-filled day, I forget the playful side of myself, the little girl. The one who wants to…
Our Doubts are Traitors and Make us Lose the Good We Oft Might Win. . .
by Rachel . . .Yes, I actually just quoted Shakespeare. It’s okay, you don’t have to clap. My child is two years and two months old. She still sleeps with a paci. She ONLY gets it for sleep – and has since 9 months old. However, I’ve been feeling guilty about her still having it…
Trick Or Treat
By Beck “I want to be a jellyfish for Halloween,” The Baby announced, which only gave me a moment’s pause. Okay! I said. Be a jellyfish. That would be awesome. A few minutes later, I was flipping through the family magazine she’d been reading and found the jellyfish costume that had inspired her, and was…