Let's put mommy guilt in its place.
There are times when being the last one standing is a good thing. The game of Poker. The TV show Survivor. Dodgeball…Cage match wrestling…American Idol. But when do I absolutely hate being last? Daycare pickup. I spend my days watching minutes. If I don’t leave the house by a certain benchmark my dreaded commute [...]
My 3.5 year old is just starting to figure out that some mommies, likely seemingly better mommies in his estimation, stay home. They do not go to work. Their job is to watch their children. The first conversation went something like this: “Mommy. Andy’s mommy does not go to work. She stays home and watches [...]
Best laid plans… You know the rest. Planning for mornings is almost impossible with kids. And I’m not here to offer you tips and tricks. I’ve tried them all, as have you. And I know all about your plans. I know that you stayed up later than you wanted packing lunches, prepping breakfast and laying out clothes. I [...]
The one thing I have been asked numerous times since making the decision to home school my daughter has been “how do you work and home school, too?” so I thought it would be a great subject to post about. (Disclaimer: What works for my family may not work for your family. We all have [...]
I guess I’ve become a poster child for mommy guilt, because Care.com wanted to feature my advice on the subject for their Banishing Mom Guilt interview series. (And by the way, kudos to them for addressing this important issue with their working-parent members.) Here’s a little sample of my Q&A with Care.com’s Melissa Roja Lawlor: [...]
Today is my daughter’s first official day of home schooling. I asked her last night how she was feeling about it and she said she was excited and a little scared. That pretty much summed up what I was feeling too. The decision to home school your child is a big decision to make. I [...]
At my house, one of our guilty pleasures is a Disney Channel sitcom called “Good Luck Charlie.” It’s a surprisingly charming and well-written show about a middle class family of 7. My kids love 4-year-old Charlie Duncan and her siblings, while my husband and I love to hate their mom, Amy. Amy Duncan, as played [...]
Well, it’s been a crazy couple of months. I finally have time to catch up and boy, do I have some things to post about! My youngest daughter has been having some issues with a teacher (or two) at her school. When it first started, I thought it was her overreacting to things. I have [...]
Hi, friends. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! This week there will be no Tasty Tuesday, just me getting back into the swing of work and the kids getting back to school after a two-week break during which they played their butts off and I attempted to get at least a few things [...]
This morning, Hubs and I had our son’s first parent-teacher conference of the year. We were mildly anxious and excited at the same time, wondering how it would go. Last year, when he was 2, I recall them saying things like “James is a joy” and “he likes to sing the songs” and “recess is [...]
