Tag: children
A Guide to the Parks: Boston National Historical Park
If you're planning a trip to Boston, look no further than our Guide to the Parks: Boston National Historical Park! My family loves National...
Making Mornings Manageable Again
The winter blues. Somehow they always catch me off guard. And nowhere is this more evident than in my family’s weekday morning routine. Every...
Create an After-School Connection Ritual
When my five-year-old started kindergarten this August, I realized that I needed to create an after-school connection ritual with my children in elementary school....
4 Things to Do with Your Kids to Prep for Deployment
Whether you (or I) like it, if your spouse (or you!) is in the military, separation is a big piece of this life. No...
Vocabulary Lessons in Body Autonomy
Vocabulary is not just a worksheet that comes home from school. It comes in all areas of life and is so important in teaching...
Love Them Differently: Loving My Kids Equally but Not the Same
I have 3 kids, two of which were born pretty close together. I called their infancies and toddlerdom my “baby years.” My baby years...
Celebrate Your Military Child this April!
April is the Month of the Military Child! The Department of Defense brings attention to the sacrifice of military service on our children, celebrating their...
Being the default parent…don’t ask me!
Do you know what I mean when I say I’m the default parent? I mean I’m ALWAYS the one my kids go to first,...
Curious Kids
“Where do babies come from?” can be categorized as one of the most dreaded questions parents face. And as much as many would love...
An Army Kid Interview to Melt Your Heart
I have 3 Army kids. 2 are walking and talking and school age. The 3rd is a roly-poly baby with no opinions except that...
Let Them be Little: Especially at the Holidays
My eleven-year-old still sleeps with his teddy bear. When I tuck him and his teddy bear in at night, these are moments that I live...
Minute to Win It – Let’s Clean It!
Four children. Some dogs. The cat. A hamster. And neighborhood kids running in and out of my house. It take all of a hot...