Magical Monday: More True Confessions

May 20, 2013 by Kate Street

It’s been awhile since we unleashed some True Confessions and I am feeling the need! So here we go:

* I’ve already confessed that my baby enjoys dog food and dog treats. It turns out he’s non-discriminating, and also enjoys cat food. We keep our cat food in the bathroom and sometimes I’ll hand him a handful so I can dry my hair in peace.

* My dog pooped in my basement recently. I’m waiting for my husband to discover it so he’ll clean it up.

* I get headaches just about every month. I think it’s the only way I can truly fathom getting a break…but that doesn’t even work.

* I fully resent that my husband can go out on his bike for hours at a time, whereas I have to co-ordinate and plan for time away.  Read more...

Michelle’s Weekly Video Blog

May 18, 2013 by Michelle

Check out my weekly video blog to find out what the top 5 blog posts from this past week were!

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Please Don’t Call Me “Smart”

May 17, 2013 by Melanie

I know it’s meant as a compliment, but from time to time, I get thrown off when a family member calls me “smart,” either to my face in response to something I said or did, or on Facebook, in a comment under some post I have about a project I’m working on or something going on in my life.  Occasionally I get this from a friend too.  I could never quite put my finger on what exactly it was that bothered me about this remark, until I had kids.  Then it hit me:

Don’t just call me “smart,” because that judgment fails to acknowledge that I am dedicated to what I set out to do, and that I work very hard to reach my goals.  Read more...

The Anxiety Inside Me

May 17, 2013 by melissamuszynski

For the most part I am a positive, always-look-on-the-bright-side type of person. I can go with the flow, work with what I’ve got and still be happy. However, I do suffer from occasional anxiety and over the past two months it has crept up on me and really put a damper on my daily routine. I used to be able to go months, maybe even a full year without taking any medication, but lately, I can barely go a day; this is when I feel I’ve failed.  Read more...

Parents: An anthropological study

May 17, 2013 by christaallard

I spend a LOT of time at the public library with my daughter, anywhere from one to four times each week. Why? Going in the morning gets this not-a-morning-mama up and out of the house early. It gives my daughter, who is not in daycare, an opportunity to interact with other children of varying ages. It gives ME a chance to interact with adults. It’s a change of scenery, a change of pace, and gives us different toys and puzzles to play with. And, you know, that whole early literacy thing. That, too.

Because I’ve spent so much time there I’ve conducted my own very unscientific, very unofficial anthropological study of the other parents I encounter and the behavior we all share.

May I present to you my findings after observing the library parents in their natural environment:

1. The futile pleas to play pretend  Read more...

Mommy is off this weekend!

May 17, 2013 by Katie S...

Since the day I peed on a stick almost two years ago my life has changed. I am a mother which we all know is a 24 hour a day job. I went from Katie the career fun party woman to Katie the loving tired working mother. This is such a wonderful but exhausting job as we all know but you know what mommas????

I AM GOING TO TURN OFF WORKING MOM THIS WEEKEND AND BE THE OLD ME!

How is this possible you ask?

It is all thanks to my sister who is getting married and my husband who is going to be the responsible parent this weekend. My sister is having her bachelorette party this weekend in BOSTON! So I will show you certain things that will change this weekend for me.

Things I will be trading in this weekend.

Instead of juice boxes I will have martinis!  Read more...

The Graduate

May 17, 2013 by AnnQ

Tomorrow my nice, “C”, will graduate from college. Technically, she is my niece-in-law, my husband’s brother’s daughter (got that?). It seems so surreal to have watched this little girl with the gigantic brown eyes become a woman – how did that happen?

It’s humbling to have watched someone grow from a child of four to a woman of twenty-two. Being an aunt, I think, is sort of like grandma training – you get to experience all the good parts of having little kids around without dealing with temper tantrums, diaper changes, or handing over the car keys. I’ve been there for birthday parties, sleepovers, graduation ceremonies, piano recitals, proms, first boyfriends, and all the other little milestones that families celebrate together. At each stage, I’ve marveled at what a great kid she is – kind, a little shy, dryly witty, innately curious, and super-duper smart.  Read more...