February 2015 archive

Our Kids Are Stressed Out, So What Are We Going to do About it?

My boys and I were hanging out at our friends house two weeks ago when tragedy hit.  We  had lost track of time (by “we” I mean me and by “lost-track” I mean I purposefully forgot to watch the clock – don’t judge) and weren’t going to be able to make it in time to see the […] Read more…

I Got A 94% On My Second Grade Science Fair Project

This is what my husband texted to me when my seven-year-old came home with his graded project.  To be fair, it took a village.  I spent a weekend researching online with my son the sorts of projects that he’d not only be interested in but didn’t involve too much complexity, then spent a day running […] Read more…

The Eight Most Important Lessons I Learned From My Year As a Golfer

For my thirtieth birthday my husband bought me a set of golf clubs and lessons.  Three months later I found out I was pregnant.  I felt motherhood was more than enough of a new hobby to take up at the time.  So unfortunately, those clubs spent the better part of the last decade sitting in […] Read more…