When you are pregnant for the first time, there is a good chance you do your homework. You read a lot of books. You find out what the experts say. And you follow their directions. For like eleven minutes. Then you learn better. And you do what really works, especially with respect to the […]
Life at My House
Just call me Mrs. Zoolander.
I’ve been trying really hard to teach the kids that the most important thing about a person is his or her character. That kindness and respect and compassion and responsibility and perseverance and hard work are much more important than your physical appearance. You know, that what really matters isn’t what’s on the outside, but […]
I never thought I’d be thankful for this. But I am.
Fifteen years ago when I was single and teaching 4th grade and living on my own, I blew pretty much all of my salary on clothing. I had a seriously kick-ass wardrobe. Every outfit I owned came from J Crew and Gap and Banana Republic. I can safely say that I was the best dressed teacher […]
Mom, What Are THESE For???
You know my kids have a thing for feminine hygiene products. They’re pretty creative with them. They use them for wine glass cozies and sportswear, and blindfolds, and diapers. Every once in a while they will ask what they are actually for. This is a tricky one for me. Not because I’m uncomfortable discussing these […]
Less squandering. More participating.
I had one of those mornings. The kind where you get up too late, and then you are scrambling and you just can’t catch up. Where you are trying to fill out the permission slip you should taken care of the night before and then making the lunch for the kindergartener you should have made the […]
A little too close for comfort.
Do you ever have one of those parenting near misses? The kind where you caught your kid doing something really bad? Something that could have been beyond disastrous? But Thank God, you caught the kid just in the nick of time? But then all you can do is conjure up every single God-awful scenario that could […]