There’s a lot more Mama Drama rolled into this story, but I’ll give you the short version: 

16yo daughter screwed up, I gave her a 2nd chance – with very clear stipulations attached. 
16yo daughter plowed through stipulations and blew it again, I grounded her for 2 weeks.
Too bad, so sad.  The end.  Or was it?

Now, if this had been maybe even [...]

Looking for a totally discouraging experience?  Follow these proven steps to motherhood angst, and you’ll be on your way!
First:  observe your toddler throwing the most irrational tantrums – knocking down dining room chairs, biting his big brother, hitting the dog, violently pullings plugs out of the wall, and clearing the kitchen counters with huge sweeps [...]

On Friday my 8yo son had the opportunity to participate as a control subject in a research study by the Division of Pediatric Neurology and The Children’s Learning Institute at the University of Texas.  Located downtown at Houston’s world-famous Medical Center complex, we both thought the day-long series of tests, scans, and an MRI would [...]

It’s late, and I know what I want to say, but not how to say it. I’ve had some really ugly and really beautiful moments today – I can’t even wrap my head around the extremes I reached in motherhood over the past 24 hours. But if you follow these three steps, you’ll get an [...]

My apologies for this late post; I had meant to do a follow-up to my Managing Our Family Calendar with Cozi.com post by last Friday, but as often happens with busy families, we got very….busy! I did want to make sure and mention a few other things about the Cozi.com site, though – some tools [...]

In September I was able to attend the Type A Mom blogging conference, where I met Robbie Cape, CEO and President of Seattle-based website Cozi.com, and their Social Media Director, Carol Schiller.  I had already heard a little about Cozi.com through buzz around the blogosphere; the company generously supported many bloggers’ trips to the mega-conference BlogHer. 
Partnering [...]

It’s not a phrase I say at all, so I guess I have my husband and kids to thank for last night’s Funny Toddler Moment at dinner.  We were eating pizza, and had ordered some breadsticks on the side.  My 2yo, who is apparently not very familiar with breadsticks, looked at them and asked:
What da [...]

 I’ve tried to write this post four times now without sounding like I am going out of my mind.  I’m not succeeding.
Bottom line:  I am growing so weary of having to borrow someone else’s time in order to catch a break for myself.  I want the chance to breath without having to find an acceptable substitute [...]

For those who have mentioned the excitement of my daughter turning 16 today, my reaction has probably seemed confusing (I’m referring to the low mumbling and the rolling of the eyes).  I, too, am excited for my daughter and this time of her life, but there is naturally a little part of me that finds it [...]

Last night my 13yo daughter suffered a freak “crush injury,” and I don’t mean the cute boy at school snubbed her in the hallway.
My husband and 15yo and 13yo daughters were coming home with dinner from the store.  My husband had told my 13yo he wanted her to pull the trash can up from the [...]