Whether it’s Christmas break and you’re suddenly having a huge appreciation for your children’s teachers or it’s your gig all year round, staying at home with your kids can be rough. It’s an especially difficult transition for moms used to a fast paced workplace where you leave at the end of the day feeling… Continue reading Staying Home: A Survival Guide
Teacher: a person who educates, protects, and cares for children. Mother: a person who educates, protects, and cares for children. My mother is a special education teacher. My aunt was an administrator. Several of my cousins are teachers. A ton of my friends are teachers. I am a teacher. We are also all parents.… Continue reading I Am Enough
Dear beloved friends and family, My life is a mess. The dishes aren’t done. The laundry is never-ending. Literally. I haven’t vacuumed in weeks. I’m ashamed of the state of my bathroom. And there are toys… everywhere. So, please, pretty please, as you are thinking of how much you love us and how much… Continue reading Time Not Toys
It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned this, mainly because it’s too hard to write about. It hurts. And it sucks. Infertility SUCKS. It sucks the life out of you, depletes you of your energy, your time, your joy, your femininity or masculinity, your confidence, your self-love, and most of all your hope. It drains… Continue reading Negative
As most “crunchy” moms know, cloth diapers tend to be the gateway drug to green living. We cloth diaper our babies, happy to be saving the earth, and then BAM. We’re sucked in. And it all boils down to these questions: How can I save more money? For stay at home moms (like me), saving… Continue reading Green Living Giveaway with Marley’s Monsters
Ah, toddlers…the tiny little dictators that run your life and your schedule. If you don’t revolve around their nap schedule, you’re doomed to a life filled with tantrums and emotions bigger than the poop they had last week that they smeared all over the bathroom before you could hang up your five minute phone call.… Continue reading Learning Through Play: Toddlers
It was December around Christmastime, and I was the only one home, waiting for my 6 year old sister to get back from dance class. I was 14 years old, busy cleaning the kitchen from making cookies and dancing around to the Practical Magic soundtrack, and I didn’t hear the soft knocking on our front… Continue reading FARE Treats For All: The Teal Pumpkin Project
Why do people run marathons? Climb mountains? Swim great distances? So they can say they did? No. They do it to prove to themselves that they can. They do it to push their bodies to their fullest potential. They do it to explore the limitations of their minds. They do it because they feel it… Continue reading Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
# I remember the first time I used Twitter. I was so confused. I’d never felt so old. I asked my students to explain to me “the point” of it all. Why use hashtags? Are they like secret jokes? Is this a filing system? Who is clicking on these and why? How is Twitter different… Continue reading 5 Things Everyone Wants
The most commonly seen and marketed style of baby carrier is a soft structured carrier (SSC). Patterned after backpacks, the shoulder and waist straps are usually padded, and they have buckles. Each brand of carrier varies greatly in many aspects like back lengths, seat widths, back widths, fabric, belt strap styles, padding, and colors/prints. Quality… Continue reading Daddy’s Favorite Carrier: Soft Structured Carriers
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