I love to shop. Grocery shopping, clothes shopping, shopping for my daughter, Ilse. I love it all. I just don’t have enough time. What parent really does? Online shopping has certainly been a gift, particularly when I can use...
This post is in partnership with Mattress Firm. I'm sure all of us can finish the sentence "You know you're a tired mom if. . ." with something outrageous that's happened due to lack of sleep. The average parent loses...
The other day I was strolling down a park path with my family. It was late August and freezing, and there was a guy just ahead of us, maybe late twenties, walking next to what presumably was his mother. I...
I haven't been this happy for a weekend in a very long time. We survived my daughter's first week of kindergarten (more on how it all went down in the article links below), and my husband and I are...
I didn't mean to turn my five-year-old into a hoarder.    In fact, as a compulsively tidy person who loves nothing more than a good clutter purge, I was more than mildly alarmed to start finding my son's secret stashes. From...
This is a week full of anticipation as my husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary yesterday and my daughter starts kindergarten on Monday! I will be very surprised if I cry when we drop her off. ....
We've partnered with Ted & Kate, a custom stationery business run by San Francisco mom, Sarah Tarantino, to create First Day of School Printables to commemorate the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. Leading up to the first day of...
We know that friendships are powerful sources of life and help us build self-confidence. What a gift both of my children have had in building strong bonds with others. Yet, there have been periods of time where they've struggled...
I started back to school shopping in full force this week.  I love back to school supplies and shopping. Like they say in the movie “You’ve Got Mail,” fall makes you want to buy a bouquet of freshly sharpened...
This post is in partnership with Pacific Plastic Surgery Group. When people ask me about my childbirth experiences, I tell them about how when I gave birth to my first baby it took a long time; it involved tearing, lots...

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