Tips for Navigating Mornings and Bedtime with Siblings with a Big Age Gap
Being the mother of a big kid and a little kid has been an incredible experience. After having spent so long as a mother of one, learning that I would soon have another precious hand to hold was a...
View Article12 Ways I Want to Be More Like my Baby
Everyday my children inspire me to be better. They embody many characteristics that I want to have. Some of them are characteristics that seem to have waned in my journey through adulthood. Others not...
View ArticleA Love That Is Always There
This past weekend, my husband took the girls and I to the park to ride the merry-go-round. At just $2.00 a ride, it was a fun and budget-friendly treat. It was an older carousel with a rich history,...
View ArticleRecreating the Magic
Ever so often we are presented with a chance to recreate magic. This month I was given the opportunity to do that. Our family traveled to the Magic Kingdom in celebration of Lola’s second birthday. We...
View ArticleMemories over Merchandise: What Downsizing Taught Me
About a month ago my family and I moved from an almost 1400 square foot house to a 900 square foot apartment. When we talked about the difference in square feet I kept telling my husband and myself it...
View ArticleToday
Just for today I will let my children climb into bed and I will watch the sunrise as I kiss their foreheads telling them how much I love them. Even if it means breakfast crumbs in the car. Even if it...
View ArticleWhat No One Tells You About Parenting a Tween
Everyone is quick to offer pearls of wisdom for the baby years, and words of sympathy when that baby seemingly overnight turns into a teen … but no one really talks about what happens right before....
View ArticleThe Tough Question Every Parent Should Ask Themselves
How will you be remembered? It’s a question that is often at the forefront of my mind these days. See, it occurred to me recently that I’m doing more than just living — I’m creating a legacy. I’m...
View Article(Some of) The Worst Things That can Happen to You as a Parent
You know those things that happen to us as parents that sting a little and, in the moment might feel pretty awful/annoying/frustrating but in retrospect perhaps aren’t so bad? I’m sharing some of those...
View ArticleA Few Questions Worth Asking Before the Next Playdate
As a little girl I spent many school day afternoons and summer days at my friends’ houses. We had slumber parties and beach trips, and so many of my greatest childhood memories take place in their...
View ArticleUnreasonable Requests I Make, According to My Kids
Sometimes I have the nerve to ask my kids to do things that they just can’t do. At least not right now. By the sixth or seventh time I’ve asked them, things begin to look more promising. I, on the...
View ArticleThis Is How You Win at Mornings
For the most part I feel like I am at odds with mornings. I suck at them and I hate it, especially as I watch my husband seemingly glide through them, checking off his imaginary to-do list with...
View Article19 Things Toddlers Love That Parents Loathe
?8.11.15 A photo posted by Krishann (@hismrshermr) on Aug 11, 2015 at 3:15pm PDT One of the fun things about life with a toddler is getting the chance to see your kid discover their interests. Of...
View ArticleSmall Victories for Today’s Parents
Sometimes life presents us with moments that rock our parenting world even if in reality they aren’t that big of a deal. These are the moments when we find ourselves saying “yes” quietly or aloud,...
View ArticleHow You and Your Threenager Are Basically the Same Person
A photo posted by Krishann (@hismrshermr) on Oct 4, 2015 at 3:38pm PDT Do you ever have moments where it seems as though you and your threenager are living parallel lives? It’s kind of funny to look at...
View ArticleBittersweet Milestones All Moms Encounter
One of the inevitable truths of motherhood, if one can be so fortunate, is that your baby won’t stay a baby. If you’re like me you will feel as though you’re at odds with time as you watch babyhood and...
View ArticleIf I had ten wishes…
There are a few things I wish other parents would stop doing when it comes to my kids—or at the very least in front of them. With some things, when I clearly know the intent, it’s much easier to let it...
View ArticleThe BEST Gift You Can Give Your Kids
“Do you remember when?” These words make their way to our table at dinner time, in the car and into the covers during bedtime cuddles. Lately they have meant so much, mostly because they are strung to...
View Article12 Things I Love Now That I’m all Grown Up
As a child there are several things that I wholeheartedly believed were the worst ever. They were a threat to my right to a fun and exciting childhood—a childhood that was free of structure and where...
View ArticleThose Parenting Moments That Come Out of Left Field
A photo posted by Krishann (@hismrshermr) on Feb 21, 2016 at 9:58pm PST Over the past couple of years I’ve encountered some parenting moments that seem to have come from left field. Or at least it...
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