No big fanfare. No running from here to there finding THE perfect costume. No fancy trick or treat bag. Just cheap face paint, orange sweat pants, a $1 sequin mask, and a recyclable bag from the grocery store. Girl is thrilled with her “Sassy Pumpkin” costume. And I’m thrilled that she’s content AND happy with [...]
My husband’s birthday is this week, and to celebrate my daughter wrote him a few poems. The poems are personal, so I won’t be sharing them here, but I do want to share one part. In one of them poem’s she mentioned growing up. And, as you can imagine, as a mother reading it overwhelmed [...]
When my kids were younger here are some things I did on a DAILY basis: – scrapbook – menu plan, spent HOURS searching through my favorite food magazines and recipe books – cooking new recipes – writing letters to friends & family – reading a great book – reading to my kids – make a [...]
Found this video and wanted to share as a part of my Dear Teen Daughter series. I watched it with my daughter…. watch it with yours! (I recommend watching it with daughters 7 and older, some of the images of women may be confusing to little girls). The message is important. Although I don’t agree [...]
This is an on-going journal to my daughter for her to read later… and also for anyone else that may find it helpful. Here’s to raising daughters! There were several people in your life when you were younger that you really looked up to. On several occasions I’d hear you make reference to them and [...]
When I was in 7th grade I did an awful thing to a friend. I’m going to share this with you so that hopefully you’ll avoid the same mistake. What I did to this friend changed her opinion of me for a long time– it ended our great friendship. My friend and I were at [...]
I watch you quietly as you play with your Littlest Pet Shop animals. I love that at eight years old you still play with them, your imagination running free. I lost count of the exact number, but by the looks of them I’m guessing you’ve accumulated over thirty of the little big eyed figures. Each [...]
