A few days ago, Charlotte came padding down the hallway to me.  “Momma?” she asked.  “Momma, can you teach me how to write?  I want to learn how to write.” “Sure, sweetheart,” I said.  “Do you want to grab a piece →MORE...

Christmas at the beach!  (She found a crab shell!) At some point in November, Charlotte came home from preschool with a laundry list of questions about Pere Noel (Father Christmas).  I answered them as patiently and honestly as possible, which is →MORE...

Over the past three years and change, one of the aspects of parenthood that I have personally found both enjoyable and rewarding has been reading about topics that pertain to my parenthood.  From homemade art supply recipes to analysis of the →MORE...

This weekend, Charlotte was introduced to both roller-skating and bowling and I feel that calling these activities RAGING SUCCESSES really underscores how much she loved them.  Certainly roller-skating made her list of Absolute Favorite Things In The World EVER EVER EVER →MORE...

    1.  Every time I get her dressed to go out, if I blink my eyes she strips and dresses up in a princess dress.    2.  Her imagination is taking off.  The stories she tells me are increasingly elaborate →MORE...