Tag Archives: motherhood

Reading War and Peace at Chuck E. Cheese

My husband took the older two boys to Texas this weekend for a Texas A&M football game. This is a near-annual pilgrimage for them, and …Read More

The new school year brings new rhythms, but I feel like this week -- the first full week of classes -- we are settling in. …Read More

The toddler years can be tough. It is also really cool to watch a little human being figure out how to talk. From 18-24 months …Read More

First, thank you so much to everyone who has joined the Best of Both Worlds Patreon community. We've got an ice breaker thread going over …Read More

I am writing this in a hotel room, on my first business trip in approximately 21 months. It is not my first night away from …Read More

There is dust everywhere. The house smells like paint. A truck comes to pick up the dumpster frequently. On the plus side, we've paid for …Read More

Since school doesn't start until tomorrow around here, we decided to stretch the summer season a bit and do a Labor Day weekend trip to …Read More

We are still over a week from school starting around here, but I've gotten the bus schedules, and I’m trying to figure out what school …Read More

We spent the past week at the New Jersey shore, in Ocean Grove, the same small town we always visit. We have now been there …Read More

One of my goals for the summer was to do "Mommy Days" with all four big kids. This would be a one-on-one day doing something …Read More