Category Archives: Parenting

Scotts Miracle-Gro Premium Plants make me seem like a good, constant gardener

Posted on by June 21, 2013

Not too long ago, we planted some flowers in our little patch of a garden and they’ve since been growing like, well, weeds. I would like to brag and say that it was my green thumb, but alas no.

Though this post is sponsored by Scotts Miracle-Gro, I have to be honest when I say I think it’s their Premium Plants. I first got the plants plants as part of a giveaway I held and my 5-year-old was so stoked because he has a … Read more ...

Honoring the Plants I’ve Killed With a Vow to Improve My Green Thumb

Posted on by May 7, 2013

There’s something therapeutic about working with my hands and now that Spring has somewhat arrived in Chicago, I have started making fragile promises of developing my green thumb by planting flowers and other greenery.

I call the promises “fragile” because I’ve made them before, only to watch them break as little sprouts wilt away.

It’s really sad because my 5 year old loves plants and watching things grow. He was going through a

The little green leaf in the middle belongs to a random seed

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Spongebob, Freddie Mercury and Facebook

Posted on by February 6, 2013

Hubby had a Facebook post that was so reflective of conversations in our house. See it below:

Logan: Dad, have you heard the song “We Will Rock You!”?

Dad: <Proud> Yes, definitely – that’s a great tune, Logan! How did you hear about that?

Logan: Dad, it’s by Spongebob, Squidward and Patrick, so it was on one of the cartoons I saw.

Freddie Mercury: <Spinning in Grave>

*sigh* I wonder what songs will appear on my grandchildren’s cartoons? Some how I just don’t see Flo … Read more ...

Talking About Race With My Biracial 5-Year-Old

Posted on by January 21, 2013


It’s interesting being a parent of biracial children in that like with most things with motherhood, I’m fumbling around in the dark.

Digging through my 5-year-old’s backpack, I ran across a worksheet on Martin Luther King, Jr.  Curious, I asked him what he learned about King in school.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Image from mattlemmon.

He told me that white people used to not let brown people do things and King made a lot of white people mad because he was helping the brown people.

Hmmm. Well, kinda.

Since … Read more ...

Practical Advice on How to Talk with Your Kids About Newtown Massacre

Posted on by December 17, 2012

Today was the first of the funerals. The beginning of seeing the heartbreakingly small caskets as families start laying to rest 20 innocent young children and six brave adults.

Image by dosbears.

We’re all still shocked that the unfathomable has happened in Newtown, Conn. As parents, many of us have been stumbling through talks with our kids about this massacre. On the afternoon of the shooting, my son’s school sent out a link with advice on how to handle this.

It was generally helpful, but … Read more ...