Yes, our Christmas tree is still up. We are going for a new record. We are overachievers. I’ve been avoiding the tree, avoiding even looking at it. Which is quite a feat, considering it is an 8 foot behemoth of a blue spruce, taking up the better part of our living room. Branches drooping low, I figured. Needles dropping all…
Are you an “unnatural” mom? A number of different writers and mothers reassuringly state that no, motherhood does not always “come naturally.” That’s one of the premises behind a book by Hettie Brittz, The UnNatural Mother: Why You Are the Perfect Mom for Your Kids. She identifies four types of mothers in the book. First, there are the boxwood moms.…
If I ever say again during some kind of vacation or holiday, “Gee, it will be nice to get back into the routine,” just hit me over the head with a bulk pack of number six diapers. This week has been ROUGH. My almost 4 year old, who has been day and night potty trained for a long time…
Did you have a perfect Christmas? As moms, we work hard to make the holidays “perfect.” Into our already crazy busy routines, we squeeze in hours of shopping for the right gifts, menu planning, cooking, baking, cleaning, wrapping… Exhausting, isn’t it? And for the Schairer family, taking and then mailing out the perfect Christmas family photo. It was beautiful…