Category: A Mommy’s Life

I often tell my children that my only job as a mommy is to keep them safe.  And I truly believe this is true.  Not only am I responsible for keeping them physically safe, it …

Many dancers face injury in their dancing lives and I was no exception.  As a sophomore in high school I contracted tendonitis in my ankle, an overuse injury.  It plagued me through the rest of …

Any mommy can tell you that children have cycles of behavior.  They will go through phases where they are helpful, amazing, angelic and wonderful and then they will go through phases where they are trying, …

Being a stay-at-home mom is trying on the best day.  The best solution I’ve found to break up the monotony?  Friends.  Mommy friends.  Play groups.  While just getting out of the house is helpful, having …

“Potty Privacy” is a term we use a lot.  We started using it when Honeybun started finding her own way around the house and was constantly barging into the bathroom.  We started telling Honeybun “please give …

  I spend a lot of complaining about being a mommy so in honor of Valentine’s Day I thought I would share a few of the things I love about my children: I LOVE Sugarplum’s …

I love my children more than I could ever express in words, pictures, smiles, tears.  But, being a stay at home mom is by far the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire …

Clean up at our house (as in many others) is not always an easy thing.  Getting my girls to cooperatively clean up has always been a struggle.   It’s easy to fall into the habit of …

I have a dream.  A very small, simple dream, really.  I dream that one day the laundry will be all clean AND put away.  Clothes, linens, everything washed, dried and in its proper place.  Silly, …

Our style of family travel has evolved and changed drastically over the years.  Prior to our move to Dublin (even before having kids) our travel most involved obligatory type things: visiting family for the holidays, …