Sometimes it feels like a burden, this insistence I have on following the rules. Sometimes it feels like maybe my kids are missing out. Like I’m interfering with their natural inclinations to play without restraint. Up the ladder, down the slide. Let’s keep the sand in the sandbox. Let’s sit on the bouncer, just to …
You know that feeling you get when the kids have been bickering for what feels like hours but probably only amounts to 15 minutes? The racing heartbeat, the clenched fists, and the headache slowly forming? It’s temporary. You know that mama bear instinct that kicks in when you witness a child being unfriendly to yours …
Every once in a while, I just have one of those days. It has nothing to do with the kids. No, this is not a whine fest about what I wish they would or wouldn’t do. The kids are busy being kids, and for that I will never fault them. I’m talking about those days …
After a stomach flu that lasted five days (whatever happened to the 24 hour flu?), we are on a media diet around here. Big time. TV viewing has never been much of an issue around here. Screen time is scheduled and time limited. It always has been. As a result, they very rarely ask for …
My 5 year old daughter hit a major milestone last weekend. After a couple of weeks of practicing and trying and thinking and talking about it, she got on her two-wheeler and rode away. She rode so fast that I was gasping for air as I sprinted to catch up to her. With the wind …