I’ve noticed recently, as my daughter gets older and more reflective, not only do I feel like I’m more and more under a microscope as a mother, a person, and a parent, but I feel like I am learning more about myself because of the comments she makes or questions she asks. My children are…
Category: Parenting
I’m your parent not your friend.
Boston Brunchers: Farm Brunch in the City
The Boston Brunchers have been on my radar for a while now. As a freelance writer, who writes primarily about food, I follow a lot of local bloggers and am a member of various blogging groups and receive regular updates from freelance writing groups as well. I am also, by nature, a person who likes…
Doll/Fashion Design Kit – 8 Year Old Gift
Each year my children go to dozens of birthday parties and as a mom of two children who play very differently and live in a house with more clutter than I’d like, buying a child’s birthday gift is no simple task. To simplify choosing the right gift I have a little three step process of…
Where the heck am I? Dating, Parenthood and the Runway
It is not unusual, but you know you’ve hit rock bottom in the dating scene (the parental dating scene that is) when you’ve hired a sitter, put on some 1/2 way decent clothes and you’re stomping down the long runway…I mean aisles…together in the grocery store. Perhaps even worse (under guise of saving time so…
On Ramping, Off Ramping: Just give me ramps
As a parent of school-aged children and a stay at home parent (occasional work at home parent), I have seen this little word that buzzes by me periodically “on-ramping”. I love to write and I have a close relationship with my OED and Roget‘s but I am not a huge fan of made up words…
Treat with Benefits: Nutella
My first introduction to Nutella was when I was in elementary school in Canada. We had friends who were from Paraguay and one of their kids was in my brothers class. I don’t know how it came up, but my brother said that chocolate was a good lunch. My mom made us the home-made whole…
Pretty Pretty Unsure Princess
If you mention the Disney princesses I get a little knot in my stomach for several reasons. I’m just not a huge Disney fan, my kids are way too scared of the most “babyish” television shows to even consider watching a Disney movie, and I am not a fan of the mass princess marketing on…
Classes We’re Taking
Parents are always asking one another about dance classes, music classes, and other activities. There are tons of resources out there, but sometimes they just become a little too overwhelming. Here is what we’re taking and I’ll include what we took when the kids were younger so that everyone can find something! Hope this helps….
Conversations: On Love and Nipples
Part I: Love: If you’re going to dis me dis me like this. This evening there was plenty of excitement when daddy was home early to come with us to pick Henry up from daycare. Then off he went to do some spring skiing with colleagues from work and off we went to have an…
First Full Week of Spring
Play Spring is in the air and so is music. Inspire your little virtuoso with an outing to the Symphony Hall for a family concert with the talented Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. There’s nothing like children to inspire children. Children are free and adult tickets are $20. (Saturday March 27th at 11:00) Majestic Yoga, a cute…
Redefining the Glitterati
I know, I know, the time change is only one hour, but there’s something about it that throws us all off. We try to start dinner early but stay up a bit later and do some extra active night time activities to get the kids asleep on time, but somehow one is passed out early…
Valentine’s Day in Boston With or Without Your Little Cherubs
By Friday will you be in love? No matter. You know you’re in love with your children because of everything you put up with. You know they love you too because otherwise they wouldn’t put you through what they do. Now that that’s been determined let’s see what you can do this week and weekend…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 