The book The Secrets of Happy Families has gotten me all fired up about being intentional with our family this year. I'm sure you've heard about the benefits before, but author Bruce Feiler talks about family dinner as "the single biggest predictor of better academic achievement and fewer behavior …
Why It Means Everything When You Notice My Baby
If you stoop down and catch her eyes, she will smile at you all the way to her toes. And my three-year-old? He'll show you his superman sunglasses and launch into a monologue that you may not understand, while my five-year-old blurts out that he's in kindergarten (because he's just that …
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The App that Turns Pictures into Watercolors
Have you heard of Waterlogue? It's an addicting app that lets you make art in about ten seconds. :) You choose the photo, a watercolor style, and a couple of other easy features. Then you watch it process your photo. It costs $2.99, but if you wanted to add a watercolor print to your gallery wall …
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Marital Progress
We were making a right turn onto a one-lane highway in Half Moon Bay when he said it. We had three kids (whom we sometimes can't believe are ours) filling the row behind us, and I had my arms folded (tellingly) in the passenger seat. Ryan: "I finally learn what not to say, and you learn to read my …
Acknowledging my inner critic and the moms I know who are going through really hard things
I once ziplined over a gorge in Africa. I made a running start and flew headfirst, arms outstretched, with nothing but a hundred feet of air below me. (Aside: This is the same girl who was nervous to talk to sales clerks in high school.) Now I write here, a few times a week, from the comfort of …
8 Ways to Foster Siblings Who PLAY Together
Alternate title: How to Encourage Sibling Bonding :) I mean it when I say I can't think of anything I have enjoyed more about motherhood than watching our children's relationships unfold. Eighteen months apart, our boys have never really known being without each other. When someone asks the …
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