Something happens in our house every day after lunch. It is like all the kids lose their minds simultaneously. Suddenly, everyone is running around, wrestling, and screaming. It makes me insane! Last week, the kids were doing their post-lunch craziness and instead of yelling at them to stop, I declared a book break. I told …
A good friend of mine recently went through a hard time, both emotionally and physically. I wanted to take her a few things to let her know I was thinking of her. She lives 50 minutes away and my husband was at work. I could have waited until my husband came home to go shopping and drop stuff off …
It is like a broken record around here — my 2-year-old’s crying and whining is making us all crazy. I’m talking about the type of crying that happens after I tell him he can’t eat ice cream for breakfast or he can’t take his brother’s toy while it’s still being used. We have a lot of conversations …
Just two days ago I wrote a post about how the first week of school ended last week with my 6-year-old son sick on the couch. This week, my 7-year-old daughter is sick and lying on the couch with a fever and all-around just feeling terrible. Everyone who is a parent has had to deal with …
At the beginning of summer, my daughter swam across the pool for the first time on her own. Although we swim pretty often during the summer, she’s been nervous about it for a while. Every time we went to the pool, my husband and I would individually work with the kids on their swimming. After lots of …
All week we had planned on going to see a magician at our local library. At some point, shortly before we needed to leave for the library, my darling son decided he no longer wanted to go. So he put on his shoes in between crying and stomping, I physically moved him out the door and …
Kids love art projects and making crafts. It is good for their creativity, imagination and I’m sure a million other things. But sometimes having to clean up one more mess is just too much for me! I really do love giving my kids the freedom to engage and be creative in the projects they are interested …
I often say I feel like such a boy’s mom. While my oldest is a girl, the 3 boys that follow her regularly throw our house into chaos. Boys are definitely a whole different ball game. Recently, Carlos started reading my book on raising boys and as he read me quotes for the past few …
Let’s talk injury. Now that we have made it to summer, my kids are often ripping the skin off their knees and falling off playground equipment. Just today, my youngest son cut his leg on a staple that was sticking out of the back of our couch. Surely my kids aren’t the only kids who have some kind of …
Sleep issues with your child are the worst. I can’t even count the number of times I have said that to a friend. No one deals well with very little sleep. And it’s hard to get a handle on. I have had a very difficult time finding information on sleep issues with older kids. There …