I didn't even like bathing suit shopping when I was skinny, mostly because I didn't realize I was skinny. My self-flaw finding abili...

I tried to clean out my drafts folder. I was moderately successful, but there were a few half-written things I just couldn't delete. I c...

Heathers came out soon before I graduated from high school. It was so dark, especially when compared with my other beloved high school movie...

These lessons have worked so far, but my oldest is only 13 so I can't guarantee they work after that. I'll let you know.  Iron...

Welcome back to those of you who probably didn't enthusiastically didn't vote for Trump. Also, I started this post a while back, but...

*With apologies to Salt-n-Pepa .  Ever since I miserably failed at not letting my tiny people watch TV (Ironflower was 7 months old and te...

Ironflower and Lovebug's preschool teacher used to say that to me, as I dragged a screaming toddler (or two or three) off the playground...

Dear Ironflower, Today you are 10 years old. Double digits, as you keep reminding me. I started blogging before you turned 3 . I had to...

This was the second year we were lucky enough to go to the KidzVuz  Holiday Party. I can only hope we're lucky enough to go again n...

Thanks to an email from Sandbox Strategies , Game Mill Entertainment and Disney Interactive , the kids and I got to go to a screening of Bi...

I think the hardest thing about parenting - aside from the whole sending what is essentially your heart out into the world completely unprot...

Even though my kids still have almost a month of school left, I spend part of every day prepping for their summer vacation. Some of it is ju...

"We don't have time for Harry Potter, do we?" Ironflower asked resignedly the other night. She had just completed her home...

Ironflower and Lovebug appeared in their Theater Week play Friday night. They were, of course, wonderful and it was adorable and I am so pro...

I don't care if this makes me sound like I'm kinda full of myself.  I recently discovered this post I wrote during my first year of ...

For a lot of reasons, I did not send out holiday cards this year. Even though I so love getting them. Especially if they have pictures. So, ...

Yesterday - or was it forever ago? - it seemed like I spent my days comforting kids. Toddlers falling, babies needing to be held, preschoole...

Okay, technically it's called "Lego Kids Fest" , but really it's a Lego convention. I don't know where I heard about i...

Dear Ironflower,      Every time I find it hard to believe that you are 9 - like when I see a picture like this: Or like this: ...

Just writing this post probably makes me an asshole. Ironflower's repulsed face. Sure, in this photo it's about pumpkin guts. B...