I would love to go to my room
“Hey, cute girl, how was school today?” I asked my 5-year-old, Aurora, as I picked her up from Kindergarten. I glanced at her in the rearview mirror and winced. The glare on her face told…
F-R-O-G Spells Frog
Aurora, age 5 I used a simple wooden board puzzle with numbers zero through nine to teach my oldest son, Matthew, the names of the numbers. He was two. I would hand him a number,…
The Screech Owl
I love Love and Logic parenting. If you haven’t ever read the book or taken a class, try it. It is great. It will always be my fallback parenting style. One of my takeaways from…
There is No Handbook
I was pretty convinced that I would be the perfect mother. I had been taught by amazing parents. I had done some babysitting during my teen years. I had worked in day care. I was…