In the Mom Lane: How I Get Things Done…In Five Minutes (or Less)
My favorite efficiency tips and life hacks as a stay at home/ work from home mom of three boys 🙌
In the Mom Lane: Grief and Guiding Lights
A friend posted a copy of this picture the other day. It wrapped my heart in a cloak of sadness and sucked the breath right out of my lungs. I know that grief. That crushing weight, the one that clouds your mind and squeezes joy out of your heart. It finds you…when you expect it…
Life in the Mom Lane: Toddlers vs. Locks, Part II
The other week we were gathered in the kitchen after dinner – me, hubby, Big Dude, Little Man and my in-laws. My father-in-law stepped into the garage to take some food to the overflow refrigerator and shut the door behind him. (Little Man is lightning fast and LOVES to play out there.) Well, it turns…
The Mom Who Runs…Takes a Break.
My regular readers have probably noticed the missing book reviews of the past couple of weeks. I’m still reading and mentally making notes, and the pile of to-reads mounts at a faster pace than the “have reads,” so I’m not without material! What can I say? Life happens. Baby Boy arrived almost two weeks early from…
Life in the Mom Lane: Toddlers vs. Locks, Part I
When Big Dude was two, he did not speak much. In fact, he talked so little that we ended up in speech therapy for an evaluation. During that evaluation, the therapist gave him a set of keys (real keys) and observed his actions with them. At one point she turned her attention to me for some additional…
Book Review: Otis (Long)
Otis Author / Illustrator: Loren Long © 2009 Publisher: Philomel Books Genre: Children’s Books Subgenre: Farm life, Cars, Trains & Things That Go, Friendship Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Gift Synopsis: Otis the tractor loves his farm and the work he does there. His beloved farmer brings home a calf one day who…
Book Review: Snowmen at Night (Buehner)
Snowmen at Night Author: Caralyn Buehner © 2002 Illustrator: Mark Buehner © 2002 Publisher: Dial Books Genre: Children’s Books Subgenre: Winter Sports, Nature, Beginning Readers Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Gift from family Synopsis: The often pondered questions of “what do snowmen do at night?” and “why don’t they look quite the same the…
Life in the Mom Lane: Diaper Drama!
Little Man is coming into his own. He’s been able to take his pants for for awhile now. It’s happened more since I switched him into the 24 month clothes, as some of the pants are too long. I spend a fair amount of time re-rolling the cuffs and pulling them up. But the 18 month stuff…
Life in the Mom Lane: A Date With Big Dude
A couple of weeks ago, during our nightly bedtime routine of one of us lying in bed for a few minutes with Big Dude after reading, he asked if we could go on a date. Be still my beating heart! What a sweet guy. The answer, of course, was YES!! He wanted to go “to…
Book Review: Pirasaurs! (Funk)
Pirasaurs! Author: Josh Funk © 2016 Illustrator: Michael H. Slack Publisher: Orchard Books Genre: Children’s Books Subgenre: Dinosaurs, Family Life – New Experiences, Action & Adventure Reviewer: Sara Book received by: Purchased at writer’s conference Synopsis: The Pirasaurs are a pirate crew of dinosaurs in search of treasure and up for a little…
