I’m the mom that takes my kids to fun places, but I’m not the fun mom. I’m not an elf on a shelf mom. I hear other moms talk about hiding their elf around the house and how much fun their kids have searching for him every morning. I just can’t get on board. I’m […]
Parents, serve the peanuts
Let’s relate this to the last 9 months of the Pandemic. So much change has hit our kids and they are looking at you to confirm that the plane isn’t going down. 2020 has tested all of our limits, but we will get through this together. Life will look different and none of this is […]
Quit cleaning up after your kids
If you do it once, they will expect it every time. What annoys you: toys all over the floor, stepping on Legos, puzzles and game pieces thrown around. What you do about it: complain about it to anyone who will listen, clean up after them every night before you go to bed. What your kids […]
Is losing weight the goal?
Everyone everywhere is on some form of diet with the goal of losing weight. Most of these diets are promoted by men and women with 6 pack abs promising a bikini body in 8 weeks. The American Dream, all the results with none of the work. I think everyone likes the idea of losing weight, […]
Teaching my kids to celebrate
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don’t want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing […]
Stay calm in chaos
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.” ~ Seneca 2020 has handed us a lot of decisions over the last 9 months and none of them have been easy. Every aspect of our “normal” has been shaken up and we are left to all deal with it in […]
