This post is sponsored by Target Subscriptions - everyday essentials delivered on the schedule you set. Monday, January 5th at 7:28 AM, and we're about 18 minutes into our first day back to the regular elementary, preschool and work routines. The kids are eating the last three bananas with the last three...
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I call Beau my Game Changer. Countless times and in all ways, he has sent me back to the parenting books and challenged us to learn how to approach him. He lives and loves with all of his heart and it is wonderful and amazing,...
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I never thought I'd get used to living without a car. About six months after we moved to New York City, I was trudging through the wind, ice, and rain with two kids and three bags of groceries crammed into our double stroller and I...
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Heading back to school this year was bittersweet, and not just for me. I think that if Jack and Zoe could have chosen for themselves, in fact, they wouldn't have graduated out of their grades or transitioned out of their classes at all. They both...
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My weeks with Beau in the morning are coming to a close. Pretty soon, he'll be starting at a school of his very own, a play-based preschool just up the road from us. His days will be somewhat short, but he's so incredibly excited to...
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I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with my cell phone. I love that it basically helps or assists me in some way throughout every single day of my life, but I sort of hate the fact that there's a bit of dependency for...
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The following post was sponsored by Petco. To learn more about their summer photo contest on Instagram, please go here. It's finally starting to get warm enough to slather on the sunscreen and hit the beach, pool, backyard, sprinklers-anything with a water feature outdoors. I...
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The following post was sponsored by Petco. To learn more about their summer photo contest on Instagram, please go here. Memorial Day Weekend should be spent respectfully honoring and peacefully remembering those who have served our country and sacrificed ultimately. It also means explaining to...
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Both of my children are shy and more observant when they are introduced to new people, places, and situations. It generally takes them a little while to engage and get involved with the activity, be it school, birthday parties, or interactive museums. When the kids walked...
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Every time we do something new and fun here in New York, I become more and more convinced that I am utterly in love with this city. Last year, we had lived here for about six weeks when fall came around and I decided to...
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This past Memorial Day weekend was one of the very best that I can remember in a long while. Dr. J finished his first year of dental school with flying colors. The peace and joy that has been reverberating off of all four of us...
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