(This lovely guest post comes from Kristen over at Kristen in Clogland.) My parents had four children by the time they had reached 25 and I was the oldest. I look back at how they raised us girls and I can only admire them. They raised us to be honest, well-mannered girls with good morals and we […]
When You Don’t Have the Words
If you’re not a writer like me, trying to find the words to tell your kids all the things you want them to know can be hard. And since you’re a mom, trying to find the time to put down whatever words you do have is even harder. There are a million and one things […]
Raise Your Glass – the Mom Anthem
The Summer Anthem. I can remember getting so excited when summer anthem season would come around. Pounding beats, catchy lyrics. I’d turn the radio up so loud and then cruise around town with the cd track on repeat. But now I’m a mom and summer is the last thing that deserves an anthem. Endless days […]
Dutched Up!
If you need an idea, I’m your girl. If you need an idea and you want someone to actually see it all the way through to the end, I *might* be your girl, depending on how many good ideas I’ve had in the same timeframe. The perfect example of this is my new anthology book. […]
How to Make an Awesome Video of Your Kids
Like every other iParent, I love making videos of my kids. Unfortunately, my kids are often less enthusiastic. As soon as I pull out the iPhone, they either start acting like complete monkeys OR they go running in the opposite direction. Either way, I end up with a video that not even a mom could […]
Pasta-va-zoul
(When I was in my 20’s, my “go to” cursewords were all in Italian. I got away with murder because no one understood what I said. Then I married an Italian and had kids and my cursewords became their cursewords and my mother-in-law was NOT amused. So when Anne Bardsley, hilarious writer extraordinaire, sent me this piece, […]
Power Me Up (giveaway)
Last week I went to Brighton for a day. I’d never been to Brighton before and I was immediately entranced by the myriad of narrow pathways that masqueraded as streets. The old brick buildings with openings between just wide enough to allow a horse to pass through had my daydreaming of handsome pirates and escaping […]
A Table for Four in the Sun
When the sun shines down on the Oxfordshire countryside, one must simply rush out of the house to take advantage of it. For our family, these sunny days are usually celebrated by a picnic. We picnic amongst the playground equipment of our favorite local parks or we stretch out on the lawn of the Vaults […]