Always evolving, Never Average
When Number 3 was seven and Number 4 was five and just a few months away from her sixth birthday, they both joined the swim team. It was a little rinky-dink town summer team. As a former high school and Division I college swimmer, this was something I had hoped they’d want to do one …Read More
Just in case you were feeling like you didn’t have your shit together, let me take this opportunity to make you feel not so alone. Every year I have a hard time taking the Christmas tree down and putting the decorations away. I just love my house when it’s decorated for the holidays, and I basically …Read More
Sometimes I think when our kids’ behavior is worse than usual or really out of control, for many of us our first instinct is to yell, threaten and ultimately punish. You know, so we can make sure they understand just how horribly they are acting. We do our best to make them feel really, really …Read More
Have you heard the term leveling up? If you’ve ever played a video game, especially back in the seventies and eighties, you understand the significance of moving up to the next level. I don’t know how many hours of my childhood were spent trying to get to the next level of Space Invaders and Donkey …Read More
We live in a time when kids are more overweight than ever, more disconnected than ever, more immobile than ever, and more depressed than ever. This problem isn’t coming from the public schools. It’s not the teachers’ fault, it’s not the school administration’s fault, and it’s not the board of ed’s fault. It’s not the …Read More
Sometimes your kids annoy each other on purpose and do shit over and over and over again and it’s infuriating because you know you have taught them right from wrong and they behave at school and are respectful to other adults and your friends will drive them home from practice or something and tell you …Read More
A couple days ago I tried an experiment, and I went live on Facebook while the kids took care of their “contributions.” That’s what I try to call them rather than calling them chores. Because it sounds a little bit less negative or like a punishment that way. Plus, I am trying to teach …Read More
I think I may have told this story before, but back in high school, I went to an epic New Year’s Eve party. It was at a girl’s house who was a year older than me. I was a junior, and she was a senior. I don’t know where her parents were, but they were …Read More
We had a great Christmas. There were a couple minor meltdowns, but I credit those to the three little ones functioning on very little sleep because they were just SO EXCITED for Christmas. LIKE SO EXCITED. And seeing Number 4 who is twelve years old wanting to sleep later this morning, I know there are …Read More
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Except of course, for Mom, who still had hours to go, Cutting and wrapping and tying bow after bow. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, While Dad stretched out, snoring, in his favorite …Read More
