Breathing Space

Growing up, a common Russian refrain was: wait till you have kids and they will behave towards you like you behave towards me and then you w...

My older boys are sitting at the computer, typing up a shareable spreadsheet of what they would hypothetically want. It was my idea, whe...

Slowly but surely, I am entering a new stage of my life. 5 year old transitioned to showers on his own, so I only have one child to wash. 3 ...

My oldest did not stay up for the second Seder, at all. My daughter, 8yo, stayed up for both sedarim, but we were paid back in an abundant...

Today was supposed to be hiking day. There was nothing scheduled until the evening, kids start school the following week, I need to get int...

We have lived in this new house for six months. There are two stories, so I spend plenty of time going up and down the stairs and I've n...

This is not a foodie blog and I do not have pictures to go with what I am about to post, but I figured it might be helpful to some mom out t...

One of the things that my therapist keeps bringing up is "all or nothing" thinking. In a nutshell, it is exactly as it sounds: eit...

We were supposed to move, to a bigger house, in another neighborhood. I spent most of the summer packing, decluttering, and dealing with all...

I have been on Facebook a lot lately. By "lately", I mean since the baby was born. I spent hours on the couch nursing her, and scr...

-Do you need help? -No. -C'mon, nobody does it alone. Why don't you loosen up, let others help you? All your problems stem from b...

My kids are in camp this week, and I got an e-mail with a waiver for my daughter's field trip. Here is what it takes to print out a wa...

My grandmother passed away on Monday. She was 96 years old. She lived on three continents. She raised two children and had six great grand...

This past Sunday was the height of insanity: we attended an open house for one local dayschool, followed by a movie screening for " Cla...

This week I am not doing formal schoolwork with the kids. 10 yo is on break from mishna, our coop classes are not meeting, and there is no t...

My daughter is reading. Yes, we have been doing a Bob book here and there (she is on fifth book in the first set, I believe), and yes, I kne...

8 yo is all excited about our trip. As I am tucking him in (all deep and meaningful conversations seem to happen at bedtime), he is telling ...

It is November. As one of my veteran homeschooling moms reminds me (every year) it is a time for burning out, wanting to throw in a towel, o...

I am expecting. I am not a fan of such public announcements. There is a part of me where I would want to see you in person and tell you my...

There is this book called " The Schmutzy Family ". Mama Schmutzy lets her kids do all sorts of creative and messy things, until it...