Over the weekend, I traveled to Richmond to help host a bon voyage party for my mom who, in just a few short weeks, will retire after 32 years of enriching young, impressionable five-year-old minds in kindergarten. It was just Lil’ Bit and me, as Jim unfortunately had to stay behind due to a death…
My mom and I couldn’t be together this Mother’s Day. But I know she was thinking of me… Even if she couldn’t figure out “that highlight thing” on Facebook. And I, in turn, was reminded of how very much I love and miss her… Even if she does drive me crazy sometimes. And on this…
Along with chocolate-covered marshmallow peeps and Cadbury mini eggs and a hollow chocolate bunny (Easter candy really is the best holiday candy), the Easter Bunny graced us with another special treat this year – a brand new Fancy Nancy book. In glittery hardcover, no less. As far as books go, Bonjour, Butterfly seemed like a perfect,…
Taking Kylee to her first movie today. Want to come? So read the text from my friend, Arlin, regarding her Saturday afternoon plans with her daughter (and Lil’ Bit’s BFF). Did we want to go to the movies. I don’t know… did we? It’s almost laughable, the surprise I feel at the frequent realization that,…
It’s been firmly established that I cannot do the maths. So, it should come as no surprise that I also struggled in its academic counterpart – science. I rocked language arts and social studies throughout school, built as they were upon a foundation of words and reading. But math and science were based on formulas…
Three is a strange age. A roller coaster ride of whims and emotions that change from one minute to the next – literally – it is a challenging and often frustrating age to be sure. But it’s also adorable, hilarious, and dare I even say… fun? Words cannot do it justice; in order to capture…
Remember last week when I shared how Lil’ Bit had told me that one of her classmates had blown chunks all over the room, complete with a dramatic interpretation of the event that sent my vomit phobia through the roof? Yeah. Never happened. What’s more, it seems this not-so-little white lie was not an isolated incident….
The longer she remained stuck inside the house during our week of sick, the whinier and more insolent Lil’ Bit grew. So it came as no surprise when, late in the week, upon discovering one of her Lambies had a small hole in his foot, her little world fell completely apart. It happened just before bedtime,…
I know… another Elf on the Shelf post. Believe me, I wouldn’t read it either if I were you. But just as that creepy little sprite is a holiday rite of passage for many a parent, so too is it many a bloggers’ prerogative to write about him. Or her. Or it. Whatever. So, here…
Hello! I'm Kristin, a self-proclaimed city girl now living the rural life with my husband, daughter, and a black cat named Boo in eastern West Virginia – or as I like to spin it, the far western suburbs of D.C.
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