I have a 12 year old. He is not quite a “teenager” but for all intents and purposes, he acts like one (which is not all bad by the way – I happen to very much enjoy teenagers). I am deeply aware that I am firmly entrenched in early adolescence with my boy. Yesterday morning,…
Today was the first day of school in our town. For the past three weeks, I have been mentally preparing myself and to a lesser extent, my kids for the transition from summer to school. We purchased schoo…l supplies, went on vacation, shopped for back-to-school clothes, and practiced bike routes for the new school bike-rider/walker…
This week, my best friend from childhood (and her daughter) came to spend a few days with us. Each summer when we get together, I get excited and look forward to our time spent together, and this week was no exce…ption. The first night, my friend was putting her daughter to bed, and I was…
Earlier this summer around bedtime, my daughter began complaining that a bunch of her friends get to stay up later than she does and asked me why she cannot stay up later. Rather than get into a disagreemen…t about bedtime, I simply told her that her friends who stay up later probably do not still…
Last week was a victorious week in our house. You see, my seven year old has been trying to learn how to ride his bike (with no training wheels) off and on for the past four summers since he was just four years old. My older son decided he… was ready to learn how to…
I decided to write my post last night about my struggles right after I brought my kids to swim practice. I took a few quiet minutes in the car (alone time is vital to my well-being) to reflect on the… past two days and write about it. This helped to bring clarity to what had…
The past two days have been frustrating for me as a parent. It’s not anything in particular my three kids have done, but rather my frustration level. Every few months I have a day where my hormones are not in the correct balance, and as a result, every little thing makes me furious. My internal…
This week was my 7-year-old’s first time at Cub Scout Camp. For the most part, he was excited to go and spend the week with his friends. I say “for the most part” because he is usually wary of new or unfamiliar experiences. There was one activity in particular that he did NOT want to…
I do not like clutter, so you can imagine how I felt when I came home from work at 10pm last night to find my hallway in this condition. While I was gone, someone clearly took my carefully folded pile of laundry and threw it all over the pl…ace. I was not about to pick…
Another school year is ending and with it, another season of sports. Or is it? With today’s hard-driving emphasis on youth sports, seasons do not really “end” anymore, do they? For my children, their sports and activities have come to a close as of this weekend; no more “winter” swimming, no more dance performances, no…
