Parenting

The beginning of the school year is the most exciting time of the year – for parents. Three months of kids being home all day, every day is about all it takes to make us feel as if we are going to lose our minds. Sure, we miss them throughout the school year, and we […] More

Being a superhero is hard work, but I’ve been doing it for 7 years now. I don’t see myself as a superhero, of course, but my husband certainly does. I cannot tell you how often I’ll get a text from him in the middle of the day telling me that he is in awe of […] More

Do you know what the difference is between an introvert and an extrovert? You might think that you do but like me, you might be mistaken. See, I always thought that extroverts were outgoing and introverts were not. There, done, end of discussion, thanks and have a nice day. Yeah, I was wrong. It turns […] More

There’s something about becoming a mother that makes everyone – everyone – you encounter feel that nothing is off limits. From the strange woman at the supermarket excitedly talking about how big your breasts will grow once you start breastfeeding (um, awkward) to the woman at the doctor’s office telling you how many stitches she […] More

The gross desire to be politically correct at all times has overtaken our nation, and it’s hurting us. Additionally, the belief that our kids are perfect and ‘would never’ is killing us. I’ve already told everyone closest to me that the day I become one of those, “My child would never…” parents, to please punch […] More

It will happen at some point; your child will hit you. He or she will raise a hand and smack you right across the face, the leg, the arm, the stomach – whatever body part is within reach. It happens to all of us, even those of us convinced our kids are not little jerks. […] More

This video is going out to all the dads out there, including myself.   Have you ever had one of those moments where you save one of your kids and it looks like you weren’t even trying?  Like one of those moments that can be deadly for your child but you calmly step into the ring […] More

I love sports. I live in the south (okay, Florida, but same thing) and sports are a part of life down here. I grew up participating in cheerleading, gymnastics, softball, volleyball and several other sports, and I love all sports in general. My husband played baseball and he loves football, so our kids will be […] More

Toddlers; they’re kind of evil, really cute and very hard to be mad at in comparison to tweens. For example, when my then 3-year-old overheard the contractors working on our bathrooms using language that began with an “F” and ended with a “You” and promptly repeated it to us, we were torn as to whether […] More

My husband and I were celebrating my birthday in Hawaii back in 2007 when he looked at me in a champagne-haze and uttered the phrase, “I’m so happy with you, but if you woke up tomorrow and said you wanted to have a baby with me, I’d be so happy.” What a waste of a […] More

School started for my kids last week and it was the best week of my life. Okay, not the best week of my life, but pretty darn close. It was, however, the best week of my 1-year-old twin’s lives. They are blissfully free of the over-abundance of sometimes painful and questionable “love” given to them […] More

My little girl, my second little love, began VPK this year. She’s four-and-a-half, and she’s spunky. She’s exceptionally stubborn, she likes things done very precisely and she is not a fan of change. No, that’s not truthful of me. She hates change. If she catches me with her bedroom furniture moved so that I can […] More