The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
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
On Friday, E.B.’s class went on a field trip to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson. Our son has been so excited about this field trip, and not because he was going somewhere cool. He was much more thrilled that there was NO SCHOOL View Post
The great thing about having a seven year old son is that he is old enough to enjoy dining and shopping now. Woot! We’ve had a great time this past week going out to eat and checking out some shops downtown that we don’t get to stop in very View Post
