For Moms

Bath time is a necessary evil.  From the time I brought my baby boy home over a year ago, I have hated bath time.  The following are my many observations of bath time and why it is the absolute...

"To get your kids to enthusiastically clean, all you have to do is become Messy Monster," I explained to my friend. "What is Messy Monster?" my intrigued mom-friend inquired. "You just proclaim to your kids that you're Messy Monster while using a...

I remember it well... Morgan was five and Ben was two.  It was a cool October morning and my children were just getting up for the day.  The sun was shining and the fall day was going to be...

Everyone loves babies. We all know to fear the terrible two's (which all parents know is actually the terrible three's) and we love the cute smiles in kindergarten pictures. We look forward to the teenage years with mixed emotions...

Truthfully, I had every intention to write about streamers and recipes and throwing the perfect Valentine's party. And maybe another day I will. But for today, life feels all too fleeting. And my heart is stirring with this line...

As I was rolled into the operating room, I started to cry. “What’s wrong?” asked the medical staff. “This is so hard…I am supposed to be taking care of my baby and its just so hard to leave her…”  The terror...

Brookside was more than just a home to me; it was a place my kids and I went to connect with nature. My mom and stepfather bought this beautiful home back in 1998, and sold it this past month. As I...

I pack their lunches with my face half-plastered to my obnoxiously large phone most mornings. More days than not, when they come bounding in the front door with a, “HI MOM,” from school, I’m kissing their dirty little cheeks...

My 5-year old daughter’s widening vocabulary astounds me. She’s inventive and witty with her words. She quickly picks up on catch phrases and idioms to test them out in conversation, often with a high rate of success. And it’s...

Newsflash: Traveling with kids is not easy.  I just returned from a 10 day trip to visit family in NY, CT, MA, and NJ with my husband and 17-month old twins, and I feel like I need a vacation...