Motherhood: Brie Yourself
When I was growing up, my mom was the Big Cheese. A lot of years she was a single mom and even when she wasn’t, my step-dad worked out of town a lot. We were in her capable hands and she was queen of...
View ArticleEaster In Vancouver
I don’t know about your kids, but mine is super stoked about Easter. He’s “all about the bunny, bout the bunny, no peeps please.” That’s what he would be singing if he were considering his ideal Easter...
View ArticlePriorities! Learning to Focus On What Matters
I was so inspired by a blog I read on the Healthy Moms website where Julie Perofsky discussed the challenges of choosing your priorities as a mom. I definitely encourage you to read it, because it’s...
View ArticleBliss In The Every Day
Once upon a time, an email came in advising me of an upcoming concert. I happened to know my boyfriend LOVES the singer in question so I booked the tickets, pre-paid for parking and dinner and scored...
View ArticleHow Parenting Is A Lot Like Halloween
I can’t believe it’s already October. It’s the time of year where we start getting ready for Halloween. Ok, that’s not terribly honest. It’s the time of year I SHOULD be getting ready for Halloween but...
View ArticleYou Can’t Hurry Love: 4 Good Reasons Why We’re Always Late
As a family, we are chronically late. We do not do mornings. We are not morning people. We will likely never be morning people and we are really OK with that. It’s just who we are. There are a few key...
View ArticleAll The Ways Parenting Is Like Coaching Organized Sports
Take me out to the ballgame! Or literally anywhere, really. I just need to get out of the house. I’ve actually been super involved with NCAA football lately for a project I’m working on and it occurred...
View ArticleMy Kid’s Sleep Regression Is Turning Me Into A Mombie
Sleep regression is a thing and it’s terrible. Where did my child who sleeps so well go? I rather desperately need to be reunited with him. If things don’t change soon I will be going out on Hallowe’en...
View Article‘The Cheekiness Of Ducks’: Inside The Bizarre Mind Of My Son
Life has been so so so busy lately I have been a bit worried my son has felt left out. We went away for his birthday to a local resort to celebrate him turning nine and also my recent venture into...
View ArticleMy Kid Thinks He’s Too Grown-Up For The Kid’s Menu
We don’t eat out often but it felt like a day to celebrate. My hard work was paying off and I decided to let my family pick where we would go for dinner. Of course, the boys chose the local steak...
View ArticleHow Parenting is Like an Episode of The Good Place
We recently found The Good Place on Netflix and binged through it like nobody’s business. I realized after watching for a while how many parallels there were between the show and parenting. You can’t...
View ArticleHow Parenting Is Like An Episode Of Scandal
I’ve been Netflix bingeing and that can only mean one thing—parenting pop culture. My latest indulgence is Scandal, which seems on the surface to be unrelated to parenting. However, I have realized...
View ArticleWatch Out, It Spits: Co-Parenting and Camels
They say a camel is a horse designed by committee. This analogy also applies to coparenting. You have an idea of what you want to accomplish and the raw materials to make it happen. You have a concept...
View ArticleMaking the Grade: Parenting After Separation
“It’s not fair, but that doesn’t make it not real.” “Just because it doesn’t make sense, doesn’t mean it’s not happening.” These mantras apply to a lot of life situations, but they also apply to...
View ArticleAn Ode To The Mom Nod
You know when you’re in traffic and it’s really busy and you need to move over a lane and you aren’t sure how you are going to get into the lane? And then some kind soul waves you over and you slide in...
View ArticleTaking Those First Steps – Together
I remember a lot about the day I walked down the aisle. I remember less about the day I walked out the door. I remember wrapping those tiny little bottles of bubble in tulle for folks to blow on our...
View ArticleAll The Ways Parenting Is Like Seinfeld
Do you remember Seinfeld? I used to love it. It was a show about nothing, but really, it was a show about everything. It occurs to me that a lot of the things that happened in Seinfeld were metaphors...
View ArticleHow To Keep Kids Safe From The Flu At School
As parents, we want to send our kids to school and not worry. Sure we might worry if they remembered their lunch bag or if they studied enough for their tests but we don’t want to worry about them...
View ArticleKeep Your Family Safe at Home This Flu Season
This is the second installment of a three-part series highlighting the theme of community immunity this flu season. Because preventing the spread of flu starts at home — and extends to the community at...
View ArticleSummer Camp Memories
I took one last look at my little man, balancing his pack and his gear in his arms as he ambled up the path towards the other campers. This was the first full weekend he would be away from both parents...
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