Absolutely mortified
Have your kids ever said something, public or private, that is just absolutely mortifying? I’ve felt the occasional embarrassment when my little guy pops his head underneath the bathroom stall to have a little “chat” with the person one over. ”Did you make a big poopie or a little poopie?” Most of those I can laugh off, [...]
The future star of whatever
At gymnastics, a tween girls’ class was practicing vaulting next to my daughter’s beginner class. The parents were observing from an upstairs deck, and one mom literally shot up out of her seat when it was her daughter’s turn at the vault. She started shouting down to her daughter, “Run faster! You need to run [...]
For better or for worse
My friend recently revealed to me that she and her husband are expecting their first baby, and though this is absolutely welcomed news, she asked me what was the most difficult thing for me about having a baby besides sleep deprivation. I had to think about this. Sleep deprivation really brought out a whole cascade [...]
How much is too much?
Do you ever ask yourself the question, “How much is too much?” when it comes to the activities that your children want to do or what you want your children to do? Lately I’ve been reading some articles about helicopter parenting which seems nowadays to run synonymous with the terms “tiger parent” and over-scheduled. Like [...]
Curses you, Oak Tree!
I used to think that trimming my kids’ toe nails was the worst recurrent mommy-chore ever. My kids would (and still will) kick and fight which only makes the task worse. The clipper is a potential weapon in my hand, and one bad turn, goodbye some skin. This chore always has to wait until the [...]
What can we do as parents to help?
I received a few emails asking what parents could do to help right now. Because the problem stems from a budget deficit, I don’t know how individual citizens would be able to resolve that issue in a time table fast enough to save all the schools and teachers this year. I wish that I have [...]
Save Texas Schools
March 9, 2011 by Julia
Filed under Austin (downtown), Community, Parenting
As I am sure most of you have heard on the news, Texas schools are under budget constraints severe enough to impact the classroom. This means it impacts our children. It impacts our educators. It impacts our future. I am feeling and witnessing the stress the budget crisis is having because I am a teacher [...]
Who knew I was a life coach?
I’ll admit that “life coach” is a career that I’ve secretly poked fun. Somehow in my head I get visions of a person with a cheesy grin, standing in front of a large crowd, making the audience play bad icebreaker games before dispensing some fortune cookie advice for how to get from point A to [...]
Mama, who is “The Beaver?”
My daughter asked me if I knew who “The Beaver” was yesterday. I gave her this drawn out explanation of June Cleaver, et al, and she gave me this very strange look like, “Mama, you don’t know jack.” She asked me why her friend would wear a shirt with “The Beaver” on it, so I [...]
When mama gets sick…
It’s never more apparent what my “jobs” are around the house as when I get sick and am absolutely out of it for several days. Mama, meet Virus. Family, meet Sick Mama. Sick Mama, meet Bacteria. Family, meet Sicker Mama. Lying in bed, under the covers with the chills and 102.5 degree fever is fun [...]
