If you can't say anything nice…

I’ve found I often clam up on my blogs when I’m under stress or overwhelmed with my mommy world. It’s too bad because there are so many supportive moms out in the blog world. A couple of weekends ago, I followed many of my online and “in real life” friends who attended the BlogHer 2010…

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Vacation memory: A view into the future

I went straight from vacation and into knee surgery, so I’m still going through all of the video and photos I took during our adventures this summer. I found this video that I had to share. Jordan and I were hanging out on the rocks near one of our favorite coves in Maine when Jordan…

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Free play vs. Scheduled play

When I grew up I had a friend who did everything. She played piano, she danced, she did sports. I thought that was really cool but I never got a chance to play with her because she was always somewhere doing one of her activities. I had one thing. First it was dance, then piano,…

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Helper Arm Buy-In

Jordan’s on track again. She was rude and obnoxious after returning to regular life from a long vacation and a week with her grandparents. To make things more challenging, I’m still healing from knee surgery and Jordan’s dad left to teach journalists in China. Luckily my mom arrived to help me care for the kids…

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