Here in Houston, we’re under a tropical storm warning. Advisory? Threat? I’m really not sure anymore. This isn’t something I’m used to. I moved here from the desert, and it rained twice a year there if I was lucky. This morning it was raining so hard I couldn’t see more than the outline of myContinue reading “Parenting Indoors: Tricks to Manage Your Kids’ Inner Energizer Bunny”
Category Archives: Kid-ventures
No One Ever Said It Would Be This Hard
Something I never prepared for as a parent was routine sickness. I don’t mean chronic or terminal illness, I haven’t had that experience, and I don’t want to misrepresent the post. Also, if stomach virus symptoms make you queasy, don’t read on. By the time this blog is published, my rough night will be aContinue reading “No One Ever Said It Would Be This Hard”
Alexander and My Red Truck
One morning as we sat in the carpool for his school, my son Alexander, the 4-year-old, told me he wants to grow up to drive a red truck. As I opened my mouth to ask him why, he continued telling me he knows I really miss my red truck, and if he gets one, weContinue reading “Alexander and My Red Truck”
What My Kids Inadvertently Taught Me About Choosing Family
Aaron’s last duty station was in El Paso, TX at Fort Bliss’s medical detachment. Because he was there for his general surgery residency, we were there for a total of six years. Five years of residency and one year of research in the surgical field. In that time Aaron bought a house, we got marriedContinue reading “What My Kids Inadvertently Taught Me About Choosing Family”
The house with no doors
This week as I waded around moving boxes, my husband swept in and stole my thunder. I had planned on building a playhouse with my children as a fun new idea that might help to break the monotony and pent up energy that came from a week straight of heavy rain that kept us indoors.Continue reading “The house with no doors”
“Kid-ventures” – A category introduction
I’m not the world’s best stay-at-home-parent. I’m not patient, I have a short fuse, and I hate cleaning up the same messes over and over and over and over and… I’m sorry I got distracted. The point is, I’m not getting any better at it by wishing I was a better mother. So I decidedContinue reading ““Kid-ventures” – A category introduction”
Fire In Wonderland 