by Stephanie | Jun 3, 2014 | family life, funny
It’s swimming pool season again! Here’s an old post from last year- learn from my experience and prepare yourself for a positive swimming pool experience with your toddler by following these 5 tips! (Just don’t take them too seriously…and make...
by Stephanie | May 27, 2014 | family life
Tomorrow is the last day of school for my second grader, and the official start of summer vacation. You might remember that a few months ago I announced that I was going to try to scale things back here at Mommy, for Real, in an effort to hold onto my sanity. One of...
by Stephanie | May 20, 2014 | family life, motherhood
I love Brain, Child magazine. I have a big-time crush on them; one day, I aspire to write for their website or magazine. Their essays always succeed in either making me think, laugh, or cry, or any combination thereof. So I knew that their new book, This is...
by Stephanie | May 6, 2014 | motherhood
Last year on Mother’s Day, my husband and I stupidly optimistically decided we should take our kids to a popular chain restaurant. The girls were six years old and 19 months old (without a doubt the worst age for taking a child.. anywhere.) at the time, and...
by Stephanie | Apr 10, 2014 | funny, motherhood
Last week I wrote about an epic meltdown I had while traveling alone with my two kids. I was so touched by the outpouring of support in the comments from people who assured me that it was normal and not necessarily a bad thing that I lost my sh*t in front of the kids....
