Sandy's Motherhood Blog: Food, Fun, Fashion

Roughly two weeks into my home schooling journey with my son, I have discovered what is easily the skill with which he struggles most: writi...

I'm sure I've blogged on this topic before. I've probably even used this exact title before. But when you have small children,...

Back in March 2013, I wrote a blog entry about the results I got when I Googled myself.   I divided the results into categories: hits that ...

Before my husband and I got married – before we got engaged, actually – we had a number of frank, open discussions about what our marriage ...

My son is not quite 5, and therefore he missed the kindergarten cutoff for this year. So I’m dipping my toe (and his, as well) into the hom...

Over the years, I have discovered that I have a rather unusual talent, a talent which I have developed into a skill. The best description I...

My son turns 5 this November, so he misses the cutoff for starting kindergarten this year. But he’s already reading on about a second grade...

I am in the process of potty-training two children at once. (Go ahead, make the sign of the Evil Eye. I know I just did.) Every mom – or da...

With the advent of fall comes – what else? – fall cleaning. It’s the time to wash and put away the summer clothes, bring down the boxes of ...

Many of my friends are extremely surprised to find out that I am an introvert. Being an introvert means that I get recharged by being alone...

I’m not a big television watcher (other than, obviously, all PBS kids’ programming, Nick Jr. On Demand, and everything on Sprout), so the E...

When I was pregnant with my oldest child, I heard a lot of old wives’ tales about pregnancy, some of which I’d heard before and some of whi...

(Dov Severinsen and Tommy Newsome performing "Here's That Rainy Day") Boy, is it ever a rainy day today. It started raini...