I’ve been pretty vocal about my feelings regarding the direction public education has taken. And how I felt about Number 5 starting kindergarten was no secret either. I did not have faith that first day she climbed on the bus. Sometimes we moms overreact a little bit. But other times, we just know. Our gut tells us […]
Archives for November 2014
The deterioration of Halloween costumes, kid by kid.
First Kid: Before this one is even born, you have purchased the World’s Cutest Halloween Costume. The First Kid is going to be a pumpkin or a pea in a pod or something equally and nauseatingly adorable. On Halloween night, you pack your kid in the car and drive to the house of every single […]
Namaste, Bitch.
I fell in love with yoga last January. I wrote about that true love moment here (read that one if you missed it — it’s one of my favorites). And then, as we headed into summer, I completely fell off the yoga wagon. It was just too hard for me to get to a class with the […]
My favorite moment of Halloween
We went trick-or-treating on Friday with friends who have two daughters who are the same ages as Number 3 (9 years old) and Number 4 (8 years old). They live in a great neighborhood for Halloween with lots of cul de sacs and lots of houses. So there were seven kids altogether, ranging in ages from 3 […]
I’m quieter than ever, and I’ve never been more loud and clear.
I just had my three month anniversary. Three months of not yelling at my kids. (If you want to see how I made it through the first two and a half months, read this.) It’s still not totally automatic. In addition to Serenity Now, I have added the following mantra to my repertoire: There are days where […]