Tag: life
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The Baby of the Family Turns 3
A Big Birthday for Our Littlest One There’s something uniquely emotional about the baby of the family turning 3. It’s an age that feels like a bridge — one foot still toddling through babyhood, soft and chubby and wonderfully dependent, and the other foot boldly stepping into the world of “I do it myself,” independence,…
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Thirty-Nine and Thriving (Mostly):
Reflections on My Birthday Today’s my birthday. The big 3-9. The last year of my thirties — which feels both impossible and completely believable at the same time. As I sit here, coffee in hand, trying to soak in a quiet moment before the chaos of mom life and teacher life collides again, I can’t…
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Moving Your Last Baby from a Crib to a Toddler Bed
A Milestone Full of Emotions There are so many milestones in parenting that sneak up on us. The first tooth, the first steps, the first day of preschool. But few tug at the heartstrings quite like the day you realize it’s time to move your last baby out of the crib and into a toddler…
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Life on the Sidelines: A Mom’s Playbook for Surviving Sports Season
There’s a special kind of chaos that comes with being a sports mom. It’s not just the cheering on the sidelines, the orange slices, or the team group texts that never end—it’s the full-blown juggling act of keeping multiple kids in multiple sports, all on different days, with practices and games that somehow overlap more…
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In the Middle of the Mess:
Soaking Up the Moments Some days, motherhood feels like a marathon you didn’t train for. The kind where the water stations are filled with cold coffee, the spectators are screaming for snacks instead of cheering you on, and no one’s handing out medals at the end. You wake up tired because someone had a bad…
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When Lightning Strikes and So Does the Chaos: Mom Life in a Nighttime Thunderstorm
The house is dark. The clock reads 12:13 a.m. Somewhere in the distance, thunder rumbles low like the opening notes of a horror movie soundtrack. I know exactly what’s about to happen. Did I wake up to this rumbling of what I knew was about to be an all-nighter of reassuring my children that the…
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Back to School Already?
Inside a Middle Schooler’s Mind During Supply Season Cue the dramatic sighs and the sudden need to look away: the moment a middle schooler sees a back-to-school display in July, the panic sets in. One second they’re living their best life in swim trunks and popsicle mode—and the next, a neon yellow sign is screaming…
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🧠 The Twilight Zone: A Peek Inside a Mom’s Brain After Dinner, Before Bed
Dinner is done. Sort of. Plates are still scattered, someone has mysteriously disappeared mid-bite, and there’s a noodle stuck to the wall—but technically, the meal has concluded. And now begins the strangest stretch of the day: after dinner, before bedtime. This is the hour where moms do their best Olympic-level multitasking… fueled only by crusty…
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🎒Backpacks, Lesson Plans, and a Quiet Car Seat
A Teacher Mom’s Back-to-School Story Back-to-school season has always been a whirlwind. But this year? It feels like a new chapter—and a big one. I’m heading back to my classroom, but this time, I’m bringing two of my kids with me. My daughter is going into 2nd grade—confident, chatty, and fully embracing the role of…
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The Good Ole’ Days, Today
What Is, What Will Be, What We’ll Miss There’s a certain kind of day we’re living in right now. The kind filled with sticky fingers and missing shoes, morning cartoon negotiations and bedtime bribery. The kind where your coffee is cold and your patience runs hot, and you think to yourself, Is it bedtime yet?…
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Coffee ☕️ Crayons 🖍️ and Curriculum 📝 