When my daughter was an infant she was the happiest baby on the planet. She went to anyone and eveyone, she was soooo social, she rarely ever cried. She was not only adorable, but exactly what I would have...
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Dear sweet baby boy,
Tomorrow you will be one. ONE! Your first 365 days on earth have been, at the same time, the longest and shortest year of our lives. We all experienced our first pandemic. Fortunately, you won’t be...
Most kids go through phases where they prefer one parent over the other. Some stay in those phases for years, and might always have more affection for one parent than the other. In my case, my husband has always...
I turned 40 last year. And that feels absolutely impossible. Forty seems like such a real number. Such an adult number. I hardly feel like an adult. I’m pretty sure I just graduated from the kids' table at Thanksgiving...
My twin daughters had been asking for months if the Tooth Fairy was real but it never seemed like the right time to share the news. How is anyone prepared to tell the truth about something that brings so...
In just a few days, my youngest child will turn 3.
It's a hard birthday for me to handle. He is my second and last baby, and in my mind, he is still just that - a baby. But in...
“You are such a bomb, honey!” My friend’s mom said to her from the front seat of her minivan.
“Mom, it’s Da Bomb… You Da Bomb,” my friend replied with a roll of her eyes.
The rest of us snickered as...
Toddlers are unique creatures. One moment, they can be very lovable and cuddly and make you the happiest you have ever been. But the next, they might throw a toy car at you and yell at you to “GO...
"Are you okay to go in by yourself?" I nervously ask my 4-year-old as we pull up to the dance studio. It’s only her second class; surely she’s still going to want me to walk her inside, right?
"Yep, Mommy,...
Like most 5-year-olds, my daughter Rose is full of questions. Some of them are pretty easy to answer, while some I don't have a clue how to answer. Some of them I can't answer because I don't understand or...
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Have you ever stopped to wonder how childhood...
A video has recently been making the rounds on various forms of social media contrasting pre-teens in the late ‘90s with pre-teens in 2020. The video shows the hip youth of today doing choreographed dances in trendy (and tiny)...
It’s that time of year where we do our back-to-school clothes shopping. Even if we do not go back to a physical building this year, it was still time to take everyone up a size. As the saying goes...
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Summer Camps
Check out these amazing local offerings to keep your kiddos busy (and happy!) this summer.
