The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
E.B. got to go to a birthday party this weekend for a friend and the party was a farm theme. He was so excited because the kids were able to take a spin on a real tractor and check out other farm equipment. Later that evening, my mom called to see View Post
Monday night I was folding laundry while E.B. was doing his homework. I came back into the kitchen and found this. I’m sure it had nothing to do with getting back on schedule after Christmas break. View Post
Meet “Sprite”. Yes, he’s kind of scary looking in a clownish kind of way. Yes, he is homemade. And YES, this is our family’s “Elf on the Shelf”. Don’t laugh. I said, don’t laugh! OK. Laugh. Because we do. I discovered Sprite View Post
I knew it would happen at some point in parenthood…the day when my child would come up to me and ask, “Why is the sky blue?”. Isn’t that the universal question of kids? We even went through the phase of him asking simply “why?” after every View Post
Every Friday night, my parents, my son, and I have a ritual of going out to eat. We’ve been doing this for a few years now and it’s great to not to have to worry about what’s for supper and having to actually prepare a meal. E.B. is very View Post
Whose kids bounded into the door of the school with exuberance and came home telling me he LOVED being a first grader this past week? Mine! He also pulled out his other front tooth (can you guess what all we want for Christmas is?), found View Post
We couldn’t wait for the day when we would be able to hear E.B. read books to us. As a mom, it was a parenting milestone I looked forward to. As a librarian, I know how important establishing good reading habits early on can make all the View Post
I will be sharing some posts about our family vacation this week, but I thought I’d start out by sharing this: My sweet baby got sick the night before we were to leave for Texas. Picture it: fresh clean sheets on the bed, all bags packed, View Post
You know, I thought being at home all summer long would drive me a little nuts, just because I had been so used to my routine during the school year. I was up early every morning, at work by 7:00 A.M. and stayed busy until View Post
What started as a conversation about why we brush our teeth before bed ended up with my son asking me out for a lunch date the other night, which at seven years old, is just precious to me. Of course, I paid, but I certainly don’t mind. I View Post
It’s never a good thing when, while cleaning your home, you hear your child mumble to himself in his room, “I have really gone too far”. View Post
