Tag Archives: kids

At the End of the Day, It’s All the Same

Posted on June 7, 2016 by mama one to three

Today was a total shit show an interesting day. My son completely lost it was in quite a mood after he dropped a donut on the floor of a coffee shop. He ran out and away from me, and I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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What Was Really Done This Break

Posted on January 4, 2016 by mama one to three

Tomorrow is back to school after a long holiday break. And about one hour before bedtime tonight, one of the girls found her homework, meant to have been easily done one page a day over the break. I, of course, … Continue reading →

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Unsteady Trajectory

Posted on March 5, 2015 by mama one to three

Some mornings I ignore email until my kids are in their classrooms and I have returned, coffee in hand, to sit at my laptop at the kitchen counter. Others, I am unable to keep my fingers off my phone the … Continue reading →

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7 Ways to Make Mom Friends, or Be the Weird Mom

Posted on January 8, 2015 by mama one to three

Motherhood can be a lonely endeavor. However fulfilled we are with our children and jobs and families, we are often without meaningful adult conversation for hours or days at a time. The most common complaint I hear from fellow moms … Continue reading →

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When the Mask Falls Off

Posted on September 11, 2014 by mama one to three

Last night, I received an email, and then a note outside my apartment door. Each made me a little weepy and a whole lot grateful to know even in the ugliest moments when all the masks come off, I am … Continue reading →

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Don’t Say This To My Five Year Old

Posted on August 10, 2014 by mama one to three

I have always wanted to write a “What Not to Say” piece–“What Not to Say to Pregnant Women,” “…to New Mothers,” etc. I figured being a mother of twins was my best shot. (I’ve also drafted “10 Things You Shouldn’t Say to … Continue reading →

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6 Reasons Camp and Math Don’t Mix

Posted on July 24, 2014 by mama one to three

1. I have three children in camp this summer. For six weeks each. That costs one million dollars. 2. My children buy lunch every day at camp. We give each child 10 dollars in the morning. Each comes home in the afternoon with 12 to … Continue reading →

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Education of a Vacation

Posted on July 23, 2014 by mama one to three

“You’re not getting food until the pillow is back on the couch.” My husband stands at the refrigerator in our beach rental. “YOU’RE NOT GETTING FOOD UNTIL THE PILLOW IS BACK ON THE COUCH,” my five-year-son repeats back. My husband looks back … Continue reading →

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Missing Preschool

Posted on June 6, 2014 by mama one to three

These are the last days of preschool for us, and I’ve resisted writing about them, embedding them with meaning and sentiment with which I am not sure I am in touch. And then today I took my oldest daughter back … Continue reading →

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A Review of the Bronx Zoo by Molly

Posted on May 8, 2014 by mama one to three

This is a review by six-year-old Molly; it was a school assignment. The second part of the assignment was for parents to post the review online (or at least type and print the review). For months, Molly’s was lost among the papers … Continue reading →

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