Mercifully, my older son's Little League Baseball season is winding down. With four {or more} touches a week, our family has had to juggle and coordinate schedules for the last several months to make sure everyone can be where...
March is National Nutrition Month, and as mothers, we can all relate to the ongoing mission {or saga} of trying to insert healthy food into the mouths of our kids. This can be particularly challenging in our current society,...
By now you've gotten all of the school supplies from the list. If you haven't, make it easy on yourself and check out the School List Assist! It's the best tool ever that finds your school, the supplies they've...
I remember exactly how many pages my mother got through before pausing to lick the very tip of her right index finger. An almost formidable act, followed immediately by a quick turn of the page and continuation of the...
Giftedness in a child isn't always obvious, and sometimes can only be discovered through surviving many storms.
I have my own little tornado.
He sweeps through hallways, devours the world. He calls me Mom.
Packed with energy, and completely oblivious to the...
One of the hardest things for me is the ever-growing question What do I send my child for lunch? Sometimes I have questioned why this is so hard, as I have regularly fed my child for 8 years. But...
The new school year is here, and that means backpacks will be headed home filled with forms, flyers, classwork, and art. It will be your job to determine what to keep, organize and store, and what to recycle.
I will...
Mi amor, my sweet boy. I’m not sure where the last four years went. I don’t know when you got too big for my arms, but here we are. Just a few days away from the first day of...
I really didn't want to. This was not part of my plan. But, I chose to take this route for the time being. The best choice for my kids; a rough choice for me as their homeschool teacher.
Not only...
Let’s face it: the absence of routines and predictability is the epitome of scary for kids {and if we’re really being honest, all of us}. Since our last Book Club book was all about parenting secure kids, I've had these...
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Family-Friendly Things to do in Houston this Weekend (April 26-28)
April brings forth sunny weather, outdoor activities, and unfortunately for some, bouts of illness and injury. In addition to allergies and sinus infections, respiratory...
