Tweet The end of the school year is approaching, and I admit that packing lunches is getting old and my kids have pretty eaten the same lunch for the whole school year. My creativity is just done and I’m frankly ready for the school year to end. This really makes me think about the kids…
Tweet I’m still smiling about the comments and tweets I received from my post last week about one of my favorite teachers, Ms. Merrick. I hope, if she is now retired, that she’s earned herself a beautiful and long life of beaches and umbrella drinks. A great teacher will make an impact on your…
Tweet As you know, we decided to spruce up Esther and Astrid’s room a bit when we took Astrid’s crib down, bought some bunk-beds and now wanted to personalized Esther’s space a bit. She loves sleeping in the top bunk – but wanted a nightlight or something so it wasn’t so far away and dark…
Tweet Ms. Merrick wore jeans. This might not seem like a big deal to you, but in 1980, in a small, conservative town and tight-knit school – jeans were a very big deal. All but one of my primary school teachers were women. They all had the ‘teacher hair’ -either high on their…
Tweet I love to take pictures. All of y’all on my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feed are now like “Yeah, we see the cat pictures ALL of the time!” So, yes, I love to share pictures too. That’s why I’m thrilled to tell you about the new Donate A Photo app from Johnson & Johnson….
Tweet I hate milk. This is not a well-guarded secret. I’ve always hated milk. I remember fighting with my parents nearly every night as they would ‘make’ me drink my milk because it was like good for me, or something crazy like parents always make-up to get us to do healthy things. I remember them…
Tweet We just redecorated Esther and Astrid’s bedroom this past year. Esther was involved in all the planning – the color choices, the bedding, the pictures, the entire feel of the room. I think it’s important to have kids completely involved and making their space…well, their space. We are now finally completing the space….
Tweet I’ve written a lot lately about the importance of education, access to good health care, and how we as good neighbors and global citizens can make a difference in the world. The issues – crime, war, poverty, disease, death – seem so overwhelming sometimes that I see so many of us do nothing because…
Tweet I think I’m turning into my mother. I used to be able to pack for a one week vacation in a small carry-on bag. Now I look like I’m leaving home for good. I blame it on motherhood. You know that panicked feeling that you won’t have everything you need for your baby so…
Tweet Unless you are a parent, you probably do not have minivan envy. Because I had minivan envy. I had it really bad. Like an envy that would keep me up all night thinking about eight cup holders and under-floor storage kind of bad. So bad that I used to pretend that my SUV had…
Tweet You all know that I am a runner. I’ve been running now for over 20 years and the good news is that it’s never been from the cops or any bad guys! I run almost daily and besides my investment in running shoes, I go through a lot of running clothing. And I…
Tweet Okay – I’m going to start this post asking you to raise your hand if your child loves stuffed animals? I swear every time we leave this house a stuffed animal fairy somehow takes hold of one of my children and ‘blesses’ them with some magical power to make me buy them another stuffed…
Tweet Hi, My name is Tracy and I get the nervous shakes when I enter Michaels, get angry at the daily emails from Martha Stewart, hide under the table when my kids say ‘hey Mom let’s do a craft’ and generally spit fire if I see glitter within a two mile radius. You may…
Tweet It’s been five months since Eloise had her braces ‘installed.’ She used to laugh when I said that, but now she just rolls her eyes and walks away from me quickly. Sometimes I do believe she’s afraid my humor is contagious and she would truly hate to catch that. You know how those tweens…
Tweet You know what I like about Winter in Minnesota? I like that it’s usually too cold to go on long walks and hang out outside watching the 100′s of dogs walk by with their owners. In the Summertime it’s all “OMG he’s so cute” “Oh Mom we need a dog!” “Look at this little…
Tweet You may have read my post last May where I documented the Five Stages Of Planning A Disney Vacation. You may have also noticed that we are not currently, have not been, nor are currently planning on vacationing at Disney because The Mouse did not make it into our budget this year. So…
Tweet Did you travel this past weekend? We did and an easy 150 mile drive up to see family for Thanksgiving. However, the drive home was not so easy. A steady snow began that immediately followed rain and ice and 40 mph winds that turned our easy two hour drive into a white-knuckle five hours….
