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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With Valentine's around the corner, I've been filling our family chalkboard with words about love! Interestingly, I noticed when searching for love quotes that I disagree with a ton of them! Maybe that would make a good future post—Quotes About Love that I DON'T BUY (& Why). That said, I did …
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I gave myself most of January to pin down my goals for the year. They're pretty simple; not many are even quantifiable. But I think they'll help me move in the right direction in 2014! I may even pop back in at the end of each month with a quick progress report. I mean, SOMEone's gotta keep me …
I notice that the same few things continually put me on edge as a mom: nonexistent personal space, constant noise, and bedtime burnout. (You too?) Today I'm sharing three strategies for dealing with each—for a total of nine sanity-saving ideas. I don't manage to do any of these all the time, but …
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1. Keep working a job I don't like. As some of you know, for the last five and a half years I've managed our building of 53 condos. It is a part-time job I can do from home, with my kids, but it wears on me. It also makes a huge difference for us financially, because of the high cost of living in …
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The day our first baby was born was meant to be my husband's first day of work. He was fresh out of grad school, and our bundle of joy decided to make his debut 15 days early. (For which I will always adore him.) The five years that followed were a blur of diaper blowouts and bonked heads for me …
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