Summer can be daunting. I miss my kids when they are at school, but I can appreciate having that time already filled with activities for their learning. Even though, for me, it’s only two days a week, those are two days that I don’t have to worry about activities. I don’t have to worry about what they’re learning. I don’t have to worry about their development or whether I’m doing things that are challenging how they see the world. I have the confidence that they already have those things built ...
Archives for May 2019
Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day - a day to reflect and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. There is a place at the Korean War memorial that says “Freedom is not free” and that harkens to the lives that have been lost fighting for our freedoms. Sometimes it becomes easy to take advantage or forget how lucky we are for our freedoms. Some may even argue that, in our current political climate, we are lacking freedoms. But the truth is that we are far luckier in America than many ...
Father’s Day Gift Guide
Mother’s Day has passed, the end of May is upon us, and that means that Father’s Day is coming up. With that came the bi-annual conversation (the same conversation that happens at Christmas time) of what my husband would like as a gift. Me: “Do you think you’d want something like this?” I ask, pointing at a really cool gadget for the grill. In my head I’m thinking maybe this would help him make sure the chicken kabobs and burgers are actually cooked rather than still raw on the inside. My ...
10 Must-Have Products for Summer
For those of you who are Game of Thrones fans… Winter has come. And left us. And now it’s hot. Soon, it will be brutally hot. And with that heat, we need to protect ourselves and our little ones. There are so many things out on the market nowadays and so many reports on what you should get, what you shouldn’t get, what is safe for baby and what isn’t, it can get really overwhelming and confusing quickly. So to help try to cut through all of that, I’ve paired it down to the 10 must-have ...
The Night I Called 911…
This past Saturday evening, I called the police. It was one of the first times I’ve had to call 911. Nothing was wrong with me. Nothing was wrong with my kids. But I called and then proceeded to wait for 7 minutes until four police cars and a fire truck arrived. What happened to cause me to need to call 911? I didn’t want to see the news and realize I should’ve done something. On Saturday evening, I pulled into the grocery store parking lot, parked in a spot between two cars, and got out. ...
Social Emotional Intelligence
Most of us have heard about IQ. We generally understand that IQ is our “intelligence quotient” and can be measured by different types of standardized tests. But have you heard of social emotional intelligence, otherwise known as EQ or EI (Emotional Quotient or Emotional Intelligence)? As our kids grow and develop, we want them to understand more than just their letters and numbers. We want them to be able to identify the social understandings around them as well as be able to identify and ...