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Back to school blues.

Today, as I sat at my teacher in-service day workshop, I got to thinking. I looked around the large conference table, and stared at the faces of the women around me; my beloved colleagues. I could not love my job or coworkers more. And so, as I sat there, between bites of pizza and rounds of ice-breaker games, I ...

Back to School Blues

Originally Published on Babyssentials There are so many reasons that I am so thankful that I became a teacher before becoming a mom. I now know that ear infections sometimes make a child’s ear smell. I know how to pack a mean lunch. I know how annoying it is when parents don’t label ...

Is it still considered back-2-school shopping when it’s for an infant?

We all know that craziness is part of the parental territory. I've always loved back to school shopping. So, I couldn't resist. Take a little peek... So, the above is just a small glimpse of the back2schlgear I'm currently washing/drying/folding/arranging in a certain lil lady's nursery. Call me crazy. Call my daughter "Fashionista-in-training" And do you also remember the specific breed of craziness, ...

Free to Be (And to Wear Backwards Jeans)

Originally published on Babyssentials For most parents, the choice to send a child to school is made for many reasons; you want your child to learn, you want your child to socialize, you want your child to expand his or her horizons, and, perhaps most importantly of all, you want your child to ...

The temperature also rises.

After 12 wonderful days of holiday break, my daughter finally got to go back to school on Monday. She was so excited; she had missed her friends and teachers a lot. We are two days in to the new year and, wouldn't you know it, she is home sick again. She woke up late last night, crying for ...

in a blink

It's amazing. This week is my daughter's 20 week birthday. 20 weeks. In thinking of the significance of this week, I can't help but to think of another 20 week milestone. It was at 20 weeks pregnant that I found out that we were having a baby girl. That was a whole 40 weeks, the length of a whole, entire pregnancy, ago. How ...

Just thinkin’ about tomorrow

"I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony" Can you tell that I'm really trying to psyche myself up for going back to school tomorrow? 'Cause I am.

from the mouths of babes…

...and baby sisters. As I may have mentioned before, my sister is a summer intern at the White House. What I may not have mentioned is that she has been dating someone, a chap from somewhere overseas, and he will be returning home this week. So, just this afternoon, I got the following text from the baby sis: It read, "What if ...

Human again.

It's a funny thing; It has been so long since I have written on here about having named my daughter after a Disney Princess. If you click on that big magnifying glass in the upper right hand corner of this page and type in the words "Disney Princess" you will be shocked at how many ...

A handful of things

1. I had my MRI/MRA yesterday. It was less scary than I had expected (though I don't yet know the results because in order to view the disk with my images I would need a PC and also probably a medical degree). However... As we headed back for my test, my heart racing, my stomach turning, ...