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After 3 years of being the part-time nanny for my twin girls, my mom is no longer on my payroll. This is a huge relief on many fronts. My husband, who was so gracious during the past three years, is looking forward to putting “that” money to put into our girls college savings accounts. Something [...]

My kids like to share… when they want to.  Just ignore the “Keep Out” signs on their doors and the lockable safe in my nine-year-old’s closet.
They share their germs, without a problem, with everyone, including me.
My youngest still shares lots of kisses.
They share LOTS of stories.  Around the dinner table the sharing can be overwhelming.
They [...]

Hubby and the boys started something new last week: a Tae Kwon Do class. We’ve been promising to try it out for months, and I finally got my act together and called to get details on the program. It couldn’t possibly be a better setup for us. There’s a beginner class that [...]

My wife and I were sans kids for the evening, so I lit a fire and laid out a bunch of pillows and my wife and I spent some time talking about the future. One part of our future revolves around our ability to explore another place to live, once our youngest is safely ensconced [...]

For the past few months I’ve been attending almost weekly counseling sessions to deal with some issues from my childhood. Issues that I didn’t even realize existed until I became a mother. There have been times over the past 3 months that I have considered stopping the counseling because it didn’t seem to be helping. [...]

As some of you may have read on my personal blog, this week I received the first two offers of admission for Ontario teacher’s colleges. It’s been absolutely exciting, however as the days go by, and the expiry dates get closer, I’ve been trying to wind my brain around the possibilities.
To be safe, I applied [...]

When my older son was three, he loved playing at his friend’s house, conveniently located just across the street.  Loved it so much that it was the focus of most of his waking thoughts.
Can we go to L.’s house today?
Why can’t we go to L.’s house today?
Look!  L.’s car is in the driveway!  That [...]

I am a proud member of a blended family. When I say blended family, I am not only referring to my immediate household. I have two children who have different fathers, and I live with my boyfriend who is biological father to neither. The children call him by his first name and enjoy separate relationships [...]

So, we’ve reached that point.
My eleven-year-old son rolls his eyes at everything I say.
He listens to my words (because if he is to live in this household, he must demonstrate at least a baseline level of respect), but then he either ignores them or actively opposes them.
He seems bound and determined to look scruffy and [...]

For several years, Hope and I had this thing. Every night I was home, which was most nights, I would sit by her bed. We’d read. We’d pray. And then we’d do the oddest combination of hugs and kisses and knocks on the head and head bangs and two or three other things. We would [...]