Sandy's Motherhood Blog: Food, Fun, Fashion

I have always prided myself on being an excellent packer. I figure out ahead of time exactly what I’ll need, I pack clothes in a single co...

When I was expecting my first child, I thought a lot about the various skills I’d need as a parent. I figured I’d need to know how to sing...

One of my favorite commercials shows an adorable baby laughing and playing while a woman’s voiceover says, “When my kids were small, I jus...

Naptime with my son is often a struggle. Naturally, he would much rather keep playing with his toys than lie down in his bed and be quiet....

My son is at that age when boo-boos are fascinating. Which is good, because he’s constantly covered in them. At least once a day he comes ...

I did something yesterday that was either very brave or very foolish. I didn’t have an awful lot of choice in the decision, although I sup...

Remember the old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups jingle, “Two great tastes that taste great together”? And they were soooo right. Peanut butter...

Last night, I gave Katie her first haircut. Before I get demands for before and after photos or a blow-by-blow description of the grand...

I adore my daughter, and in some ways I am (and will always be) closer to her than her daddy. And there’s nothing wrong with that. In some...

When the children are asleep we sit and dream, The things that every other dad and mother dream. When the children are asleep and lights a...

When I got married, I had no idea what I was getting myself into in the in-law department. My mother-in-law is the youngest of eight child...

Since I am a stay-at-home mom and there aren’t many preschoolers in our neighborhood, my son doesn’t have the opportunity to make a lot of...

“Soft” is another concept on the Photo-A-Day list that’s, well, a softball when you have a baby. You’re surrounded by soft clothes, soft b...

I have stuff on shelves all over my house. There are shelves of clothes, there are shelves of toys, there are shelves of vases, there are ...

I grew up in a house with one bathroom (and an older sister). So personal space (and time) in the bathroom was always at a premium. When I...

Going shopping with two little ones is a challenge, so I tend to limit my shopping these days to only that shopping which is absolutely ne...

“Something Cute” has to be the biggest no-brainer of all the 31 photo concepts in this whole month-long Photo-A-Day challenge. Seriously, ...

Today’s photo is another slight cheat, but again, for a very good reason: Today would have been my parents’ 50 th wedding anniversary. Ob...

Today’s photo is a bit of a cheat, because I didn’t take it. (And I can’t lie about that fact, because I am clearly in the picture.) But s...

My son looks up to me. Literally, he looks up to me. After all, I tower over him. I’m no giant, but at 5 foot 8 I’m a relatively tall woma...

Last night was my first night back in my own bed after sleeping in a sleeping bag on an air mattress in a tent for four nights. And oh, di...

Being married to a semi-professional photographer with a great eye and even better equipment, I don’t take a lot of photos. And those that...

Today’s blog entry itself is imperfect, because I am cheating. I am cheating because I am posting a video instead of a photograph. A photo...

A lot of people don’t know that I love to go camping. Growing up, my family went camping for two weeks every summer at a local campground,...

I’m always carrying a bag. I’m a woman, so I’m usually carrying some kind of handbag or purse. I’m also a mother of two children in diaper...