Raising Children to Weather the Storm
Every family has a camera shy kid. I should know, I was one of them, and videography certainly wasn’t my strong suit growing up. I have since broken out of my shell. However, O has inherited my shy gene. However, recently he made a special request that surprised us all. He told me that he wanted…
The last time Princess did tornado in a bottle experiment, Youtube viewers didn’t respond so well. On the one hand I’m like, she’s only four – give this little girl a break. Then I think to myself, this is good. I’m all about keeping it real and I can certainly appreciate people being upfront (as long…
When I first saw my son take a brush to his curls, I nearly freaked out. When my daughter began styling her naturally curly hair on her own and got a hair tie stuck in her ringlets, I almost lost it. As you can probably imagine, I take my children’s curly hair seriously. Some may…
Can you imagine a one-year-old refusing to wear an outfit you selected? Well, that’s exactly what our daughter did when she didn’t want to wear what we picked out for her, and her little brother is no different. The constant tug of war has got me wondering if we should just give in and let…
When my daughter offered to run the half marathon with me, I was tempted to say, “Okay, let’s do it!” But clearly there’s no way I’d allow my 5-year-old to run long distance. However, after reading the responses to my BabyCenter post regarding 12-year-old LeeAdianez Rodríguez accidentally running the Rochester Regional Health Flower City Challenge,…
From time to time people ask me about baby No. 3. But to be honest, I’ve had my mind set on training for the half marathon these past couple months. I’ve just been way too busy to even think about having another bun in the oven. Speaking of marathon, I’ve managed to complete a 12…
My daughter recently received an assignment to create a recycling project. Since she has a ton of hair bows and headbands laying around the house, we thought it would be a great idea to create a video tutorial on how to make a hair accessory organizer. There’s no need to go out and buy anything…
When a co-worker told me about The Today Show running a piece on moms crowdfunding maternity leave, the first thing that came to mind was “why didn’t I think of that?” NBC News Correspondent Olivia Sterns spoke with a couple moms from Virginia with a financial dilemma, each facing maternity leave with no support from…
