My mother, GiGi, is terrified of looking her age, but I believe she’s even more terrified of feeling her age. She’s had a lot of health issues in her lifetime, dating all the way back to her early 20s, and so she’s always been very conscious about taking care of her body and her mind. [...]

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to eat better. And although I think I’m already a pretty good eater, I think I eat too much meat. And not just red meat, but also poultry. And as crazy as this might sound, I think it might be an underlying cause of my near-constant illnesses in [...]

Isn’t she sweet? That pretty little thing with the blond curls and the clear blue eyes? Do not be fooled. She is a combustible bundle of energy, that one. And it’s all I can do to keep up with her. Today, she mastered the childproof gate that leads up the stairs to the master bedroom [...]

Time out from hell. This afternoon. My den. Two minutes that lasted about twenty. It involved a slap on the head, a sweater and a door hinge. What? What is she talking about? Pea wouldn’t stay in her corner for the timeout that she was getting for smacking her little sis on the head. That [...]

I’m glad Christmas is behind us. I don’t understand why the holidays are so stressful for me, but they are. Are they like that for everyone? Or anyone? Christmas Eve was sweet. Pea and her daddy went out front and left some rolled oats and glitter for the reindeer so that they could find our [...]

I don’t ever enter “give-aways.” And it’s not because I’m one of those people who says “I never win anything,” because actually, I do win things. A lot. Like a jar of jelly beans as a kid for guessing within 50 just how many beans were in the jar. Or the $100 gift certificate to [...]

So my husband waited on the check-out line for a half-hour (can you believe he was the next in line when the power went out? he guesses if he hadn’t had to call me to ask about the whole scallions vs. green onions thing he’d have been out the door with a trunk full of [...]

Every year, we host a Christmas brunch at our home for my husband’s entire family. It’s a big bunch. And we decided on a brunch because they all have kids themselves, and so I am sure they feel the same way that we do… that being that they’d like their children to open their presents [...]

Remember earlier this week, when my husband and I took Coco on a little vacation up to the mountains? And we left Pea with her grandparents? Who would be my in-laws? Well, supposedly my daughter refused to wear her Ugg boots (her favorite shoes in the world) and so my mother-in-law took her to Target [...]

Ugh. What a week. It started off with a bang, but now here we are, Saturday evening, and yet again, both girls have a rattle in their chest, Pea couples her rattle with a runny nose, and I had some weird stomach virus that I gave to my husband, who promptly gave it back to [...]

I wear a uniform. Don’t most mothers? I think so. Mine consists, generally, of well-cut jeans (an all-important investment, in my opinion), a tank with a hoodie over it and cool sneakers. I then “chic” it up with accessories. A great watch. Cool earrings. An incredible bag. And this works. I’m running around, on my [...]

I’m really on a “Dora the Explorer” kick right now. Pea is learning Spanish at warp speed watching this show. Today alone, she learned “up” and “down.” And I’m not talking the simple regurgitation of the words, I mean she took the concept of up and down as she understands it in English, and then [...]

Sunday afternoon, my husband and I dropped Pea off at her grandparent’s house and headed to the airport with Coco. The three of us were taking a very short trip up to the mountains to take care of some quick business. We got all settled in on our flight and taxied out to the runway [...]

My husband gives children educational gifts. That is his thing. I’m not so sure how much our nieces and nephews like this habit of his, but it’s just how he does it. It presents a bit of a challenge to find something cool for a little boy who isn’t into anything but the characters from [...]

If you’re anything like me, you’re a busy mom with young children who is trying to figure out how to balance it all. You know, being a wife, a mother, a daughter, a friend, perhaps even an employee. How is it possible to do it all and still leave time for us? This is one [...]