How birth order affects your parenting. Have you ever taken a birth order quiz? Like this one on Buzzfeed? Funnily enough, it told me I was an only child (I have a younger sister). This one pegged me spot on as a first born. [ Who doesn’t love a good online quiz?!] I would say I am a fairly…
Everyone loves fall, right? The pumpkin spice, that quote about how October is the most glorious month of the year, the sweaters, the boots. I get it. I am fully onboard with the autumnal love. But this year, fall has brought with it an apprehension for the coming months that I have not experienced before. In 2015, my sweet youngest…
Dating your kid. I don’t remember this ever being a concept when I was younger. Occasionally, either my mom or my dad would take me out somewhere without my sister. We’d go shopping maybe, or to grab a bite to eat between errands or after a sports event, but rarely with the intention of just being or talking together. In…
When you get a new book in the mail, what’s the first thing you do? Wait, that’s a stupid question. The obvious choice is to rip that box open and tear in right away! Especially when it’s a book about a puppy. Meet Mardi, by Linda Dembo, is a sweet story about how a puppy comes to meet her family, taking…
I am, by very nature, a planner. I love thinking about the future, whether near or far, and I love checklists. I also love really good quality pens and paper (see links to shop my faves at the bottom). So planning my summer in bullet journal form was a natural exercise. Summer for me seems to be a natural time…
Hi. I’m new here. So are you, it seems, and introductions are in order. I’m Sarah. I am and have been a lot of things in my thirty odd years on this planet. The impetus for this blog in particular, though, is my being a mother to a daughter. The youngest of my three children, Penny, arrived about a year…
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