This week, I got the email I’ve been dreading since E’s first day of daycare/preschool 2 1/2 years ago … Dear Parents, We have had a couple of children at the school with lice. We have already checked all of the children who are at school today. However, you should check your child daily for…
Random Rant
Thankful
Even though I’m stressed to the max running around the house trying to get us all ready to go, in a couple hours, we’ll point our car north to head here: (IMAGE SOURCE) We’re heading to the mountains around Asheville, North Carolina, to celebrate my father-in-law’s 80th birthday with my husband’s family! Fall weather, here…
What Would Yoda Say?
Lately, I’ve been thinking I should start picking up those parenting books that I tossed aside long ago. To be honest, I haven’t even thought of browsing through one in about two years. But lately, I’m stumped and I’m struggling to know the right thing to do. At issue? E’s relationships with her classmates and…
My Run-In With the Country’s Most (In)Famous Grandparents
I have a confession: I’m pretty pop culture obsessed. Although I’ve drastically cut back on my TMZ and US Weekly consumption, I pretty much always know what’s going on in the celebrity world. Whenever I go visit my friends in Manhattan, I’m ALWAYS on the look-out for celebrities. I’m not saying this with pride, but…
Sexism by the Slice
I’ve posted about my struggles with raising a daughter in a girly girl world before. The book that really opened my eyes about many, many things, including the influx of unhealthy messages girls receive on a daily basis, was “Cinderella Ate My Daughter” by Peggy Orenstein. Last week, my book club finally met to discuss…