No, I don’t have the fever.  The Bieber Fever. Once I got past the solid six months or so of being aggravated by the screaming girls and the insane hair when Justin Bieber first reached super-stardom, thus taking over every news program, talk show, and magazine, I was able to step back and appreciate what…

We know it’s a problem.  We must. I see it all around me from friends’ Facebook updates to traditional media stories to my own life.  Just this morning I grabbed the latest Newsweek to hit the highlights in two minutes or less and found Lisa Miller’s article “Mommy is Busy Right Now.” Darn right she’s…

Over the past two and a half years of blogging, I’ve written several times about children’s nutrition.  The sad fact is, however, that I am much better at keeping my kids from eating what they should not eat than I am at encouraging them to eat enough of what they should eat.  For all the…

Last week I set out on a three day expedition into the wilds of parenting.  I traveled against my will to the land of Consecutive Snow Days.  I learned early on in my journey that it was safest to keep a reasonable distance, let them roam freely.  Periodically I offered food, something to drink, and…

As parents, we all have standards for what words may be used in our homes around our children, and then as our children get older, we set standards for the language they use.  I remember using the word “bottom” instead of “butt” until one day when my son was about two I gave up on…

As I enjoy this holiday season with my family, I’d like to share some of my favorite posts from 2010… You know the old saying. An apple a day…is just about impossible to get my kid to eat. Not the way you remembered it?  When my daughter was a toddler, I was sure nutrition would…

As I enjoy this holiday season with my family, I’d like to share some of my favorite posts from 2010… Summer is a great time of year to experiment with fun and healthy foods. With the kids home for the summer, meal time is more flexible and foods don’t need to be school approved or…

As I enjoy this holiday season with my family, I’d like to share some of my favorite posts from 2010… I have this theory.  Okay, so I have lots of theories, but this particular one involves you, me, and the women of Jane Austen’s novels.  Have you ever felt as though you were raised to…

As I enjoy this holiday season with my family, I’d like to share some of my favorite posts from 2010… I love this grainy old picture of me, and not because I was much thinner and had the long, flowing tresses that twenty-one year olds actually have the time and energy to maintain.  I love…

I need a place where I can hide, Where no one sees my life inside, Where I can make my plans, and write them down So I can read them. – “The Girl I Mean to Be” from The Secret Garden During my junior year of college I studied in London for one semester.  While…

You know the old saying. An apple a day…is just about impossible to get my kid to eat. Not the way you remembered it?  When my daughter was a toddler, I was sure nutrition would never be an issue for her.  She snacked on fruit and even vegetables often as we went about our normal…

Remember all of those moments when your children were infants that were magical in the most simple, easy ways?  This picture of my now nearly seven year old daughter is one of my favorites.  It used to be that all it took to make her happy was a ride in what my husband called “the…

When I held my daughter in my arms six years ago, looking down at her, I imagined little fingers playing the piano, little feet dancing excitedly, a little voice singing to the rooftops with me at her side, singing and dancing and playing my heart out, too.  It turns out that children are their own…

This week I’m resurrecting an old Resourceful Mommy meme, Tricks of the Trade, featuring quick posts with easy tips to hopefully make your life as a parent just a bit easier. I’ve found over the years that come closet clean out/transition time, I am surprised by the clothes that my kids rarely wore and have…

It’s official.  I’m THAT mom.  You know the one.  She wants to know what foods her kids are eating, she limits the amount of television they watch in a day, and yes, she even keeps her kids home from parties where movies she deems inappropriate are being shown. I don’t know when I began this…

I love this grainy old picture of me, and not because I was much thinner and had the long, flowing tresses that twenty-one year olds actually have the time and energy to maintain.  I love this image of me because it captures a particular moment in my life that was powerful and special and to…

My children have always loved to sort and create patterns whether it was with the cereal on their high chair tray or the utensils on the dinner table.  Encouraging their natural inclination to rearrange the objects before them has led us to find creative yet simple ways to reinforce known skills and practice new ones….

I hope that you’ll all be able to join me for tomorrow’s Child Passenger Safety Week Twitter event with experts from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  Be sure to join us from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET with your questions about how to best keep your children safe when travelling in the car. Those…

It’s time again for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Child Passenger Safety Week featuring National Seat Check Saturday on September 25th.  To spread the word about the importance of child passenger safety and the resources available to parents, the Child Passenger Safety Twitter account has partnered with us to hold a Twitter Party!…

Earlier this month I agreed to participate in a fun at-home promotional party for Paper Mate in conjunction with the Red Carpet of the Emmy’s.  Unfortunately, with back to school falling the very next day, it was impossible to get a group of moms together for a night out, even with fun prizes from Paper…

I have this theory.  Okay, so I have lots of theories, but this particular one involves you, me, and the women of Jane Austen’s novels.  Have you ever felt as though you were raised to be a society wife in Edwardian England and then dropped off in World War II era America?  Stay with me…I…