1 Mother 2 Another

Cora’s on the mend after a rough week with RSV, and she finally began sleeping through the night again on Friday. (Thank you, my Lord.) She’...

Wednesday was our first day back into our complete “normal” routine – Maddie didn’t have school Monday, so Wednesday marked her return to sc...

As part of a massive campaign to get Maddie excited about – heck, just willing to go to – school, I sent her over to her friend Elise’s hous...

Cora’s favorite place to eat out is Panera, a quick-but-not-fast-food-food place with sandwiches and salads. Cora loves the yogurt there, bu...

The discipline system we use at our house is based on choices and consequences – bad choices lead to unpopular consequences. And rather than...

My daughter Maddie is a bit of a pack rat. She can have a hard time letting go of things – well, ANYTHING, really, and will easily attach se...

So Maddie’s been in school for a few weeks now, and I’m starting to see how this school thing works. Truthfully, it seems pretty exhausting....

Yesterday morning as the girls were getting ready for school, Maddie said, “Hey, Cora, after school do you want to go bike riding out in the...

Every year Christmas seems to get here sooner, and my lists seem to get longer: my to-do list, my shopping list, my list of gift recipients,...

When Maddie turned a year old, I began searching in earnest for friends for her. She had built-in friends with my own friends; we’d all begu...