I guess because my girls are now in high school and college, other moms come to me, almost out of breath, pleading with me, "Tell me it gets easier." If we are face to face (rare these days, but...
I remember thinking when our babies were born that college seemed far off. People told us we should start saving right away, especially after we had five babies in about six years. But there was always something else--paying for...
“I will NEVER do this to my kids!” I thought heatedly, with deep conviction, for the thousandth time. I was a little kid with big emotions, one of them being frustration rooted in the feeling that my parents just...
Initially, we didn't want to co-sleep
I was very opposed to co-sleeping with my baby. Our bed was ours. We got a crib and a bassinet and it was very important for us to have our own separate spaces. Turns...
Confessions of a bilingual mom without a bilingual child.
I have been speaking Spanish my whole life. My parents, being from Mexico, spoke Spanish. I learned to pray in Spanish, and my lullabies, cartoons, stories….all in Spanish. My older siblings...
"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love"
This is one of my favorite quotes. It's one I say to myself constantly.
Or try to.
And more importantly, try to live.
We do many grubby,...
Good intentions are never a replacement for respecting a parenting decisions. Remember, the five minutes you see are not a complete picture of what parents are teaching.
Last Sunday, Crispin, Claire and I went for a hike. It was a...
Where have all the children gone....? The babies. The toddlers. The kids under 10. Those kids. My kids. Moms, if your babies are growing up, and aren't little anymore, as in they won't fit in your lap all snug,...
Earlier in the year, a friend good-heartedly mentioned how baffling it was that my daughter, then three and a half, could tell complex, abstract stories but could not consistently say her ABCs. At first, I had a stroke of...
Not long ago, my daughter said to me, “Mama, I have a lot of aunties and uncles.”
While that is true (I have 33 cousins alone), she’s also referring to our close friends that we have taught her to address...
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If you are one of the people who scored a coveted spot for your kiddo at a pre-school, I applaud you, however if you are like the masses and stuck on a miles long waiting list then you have...
To my husband,
Not only am I so thankful for you, I really understand what an important influence you have on our family.
Dads approach parenting completely different than moms do. I think that children receive a completely different set of lenses...
Screen Time and Toddlers
For the first few years of my childhood there were no screens in our apartment. Literally not a single screen. The telephone didn't even have caller ID, and I'm a young mom, this wasn't that long...
In + Around Flagstaff
Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
I do not like roses. There, I said it. I also don't love boxes of chocolate. Or stuffed teddy bears. So here's a list...
