Motherhood

  "Mommy, you yelled at me. You said, 'Get back in your bed!' and you put me in my bed and walked away. And it made me sad. And I wanted to walk away from you. And I...

I have 4 kids at home. One is in school, one is 3, one is 11 months, and one is 2 years old. I've lived through 2 year olds twice before. My first was pretty tame...she had tantrums and...

Now that the little ones are back in school and we've all (mostly) come down from our holiday sugar-induced highs, it's time to get back in our routine. After eating festive meals for the company party, serving special appetizers...

Technology is a wonderful thing. It allows us to communicate with people all over the world with the touch of a button. It allows us to wish Grandma a Happy Birthday or Uncle Frank a Merry Christmas no matter...

Our team is taking a break this holiday season to spend time with our families!! We'll be back January 4th with all new posts and some exciting event announcements!! To make sure you don't miss out on a thing, be sure...

You probably didn’t know this, but today is an important day in this country. It’s National Bake Cookies Day! How could I have made it 36 years without knowing that there was a national day for this?! So, today, I...

As I write this, Christmas is exactly three weeks and three days away. That’s only twenty-four more days to get everything bought, baked, and planned for Christmas. I may know exactly how many days there are until Christmas, but...

Dear Self, You spent months planning the perfect Christmas full of gifts that were handmade, local, or encouraged creativity. Your daughters went to bed Christmas Eve and you carefully arranged their new easel with a handwritten note from Santa himself, children’s museum...

This might be my last “magical” Christmas. What I mean is, my daughter is 8. She believes in the magic. The glorious, maddening, exhausting magic of Santa and reindeers and that annoying little “Elf on the Shelf.” She has the...

It usually hits me at about 4 o'clock. It doesn’t matter if it’s been a good day or a bad day. In the late afternoon my anxiety begins to rise. I start feeling overwhelmed, jittery, and scared for no reason....