I have three kids. I can officially say that I have a first, middle and youngest child. The mothering I do for my 1-year-old today is completely different than the mothering I did when my 8.5-year-old was 1. I'm...
You've probably heard of and/or read many of the top parenting books out there: Happiest Baby on the Block (pro tip: watch the DVD instead, it saves so much time!), Baby 411, 1-2-3 Magic, Parenting with Love and Logic, and...
Confession: I’m not actually a huge fan of baby showers. I've attended, I've had them thrown for me, and I've thrown them. While I am INCREDIBLY grateful that my children have been able to be celebrated and gifted with...
Note: This post is sponsored by, and written in collaboration with, Maize Virtual Prep School.
With the growing emphasis on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, The Arts, and Math) education, parents may be feeling a bit intimidated with the integrated approach...
March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month ...
...and this is one of the many, many faces.
Let me give you the facts: cerebral palsy (CP) is basically a giant umbrella diagnosis. It means, as a rehab doctor explained to me, simply "brain...
At the end of each day, I ask myself three little questions. I take advantage of those rare moments of silence before I fall asleep to reflect on my actions and lessons learned throughout the day. I ask myself these...
There’s a saying in our house: "Parenting is 25% mental toughness and 75% dealing with bodily fluids."
Mere moments after the first sweet smell of perfect newborn head, kids will undeniably test parents' propensity in dealing with truly gross, crime-scene-worthy messes. Becoming a...
Road trips with infants are my worst nightmare. I begin stressing out about them weeks before the actual event ever happens. There is just something about being trapped in a car with a tiny ticking time bomb that makes...
During my first years of teaching, I frequently reassured myself that the classroom management trials I was facing were preparing me for parenthood one day.
When I was caught off-guard by a student's dishonesty and struggled to find the words...
As my oldest approached her 2nd birthday, I started dreading the day that we'd have to take her precious pacifier away. I was due with #2 just a couple of months later, and we worried about the binky swapping...
Before we dive in, there’s something you should know…
Parenting is hard. Regardless of how many children you have or how many you had at once, parenting is HARD. I do not think my life has been infinitely harder just...
It's almost Spring Break! While in my younger years, this may have meant gathering up all my best girlfriends and heading to a beach to lounge for seven days straight, these days, it begs another question: "What am I...
There are a lot of lessons that I have unexpectedly side-swiped or rear-ended in my minivan.
Some of them aren't surprising, like constantly being called "ma'am" in drive-through windows. Lesson learned: I am old. You have to be a "ma'am"...
File this under things I said I'd never do, but then did.
It's a growing list, my friends. In my earlier, kid-free life, I thought these kid leashes were somewhere in-between horrible and hilarious. Maybe both.
I was pretty sure I'd...
Do you know what continues to surprise me—shock me at times, even—about motherhood?
How much of my time is spent just making it. Simply navigating life from one end of the day to another.
I have a baby and a two...
Your Guide To KC
Kansas City Cheer Programs
If you have a child interested in cheer you might be wondering where to start. Tumbling classes? Recreational or competitive programs? Seasonal cheering at...
