This morning, my natural inclination to be a control freak overruled my desire for my daughter to learn to make her own decisions. Here’s how it went down: 6yo: (carrying… Read more »
I am not a crafty mom. It’s not because I can’t be crafty, it’s because I just don’t like doing crafts. Yeah right, you’re probably thinking, she’s probably lousy at… Read more »
I love Daylight savings time when it’s in the fall. It used to fall on the weekend of my birthday, which was extra awesome. Now, it falls a week later… Read more »
What actually happened: While sitting on the passenger side of my mothers-in-law’s car, waiting for my daughter’s school bus to arrive at the usual stop, a little boy who looked… Read more »
My mother-in-law and I took the kids shopping for Easter outfits this evening. It was a very successful outing, with both kids coming home with very nice, age-appropriate outfits… Read more »
This exchange between my 6-year-old daughter and me happened a while ago, but it’s still totally worth posting: So we’re standing in the make-up aisle of the local drug store… 6yo: (points… Read more »
Our kids have state-of-the art toys – Toys that speak, drive, run, and glow. We’ve given them our old smart phones to use for gaming. We have video-game consoles, laptops,… Read more »
Welcome to my blog! My name is Holly. I am a wife and mother of two children (a 6-year-old girl and a 1-year-old boy). I teach music full-time in… Read more »