A few weeks (months? what day is it?) ago, I mentioned one of our pre-baby coping mechanisms for our daughter…

May 30, 2017

Ever since we found out about Bean’s food intolerances four years ago now, I’ve wondered if we’d do anything differently…

May 15, 2017

A couple weeks ago, Dave and I were at our wit’s end with what had become of our previously lovely…

May 3, 2017

I’m not sure why I haven’t written about mystery bags yet. On one hand, it’s almost too simple to write…

May 1, 2017

Apologies for the back to back baby posts this week. If you looked inside my brain, it’d just be “baby…

April 25, 2017

As we get ready for baby to arrive, all my memories of Bean’s sweet Montessori infant rattles and bells and…

April 24, 2017

As we approach Baby Watch 2017, I’ve started to think more and more how to handle our time in the…

April 18, 2017

Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been immersed in Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. There have been…

April 11, 2017

Race, and race relations, is a topic that can feel inherently complicated and difficult to manage. What is age appropriate? How much…

March 16, 2017

How is your weekend looking? Dave managed to score us some San Jose Sharks tickets for tomorrow, so we’re gearing…

March 10, 2017

With Bean’s latest interests looking skyward and beyond, I racked up a stack of books about space at the library…

March 8, 2017

Have any of you heard of “spillover tantrums” before? I just came across the term last week and it was…

March 6, 2017

Parents, I need some advice. How do you talk to and give advice to your kids when their friends turn…

March 2, 2017

Before Bean started her Montessori school, I had gotten used to trying to replicate the Montessori school experience at home.…

February 13, 2017

“Practical life” activities are very important within the Montessori at Home sphere. And for good reason — kids really love…

January 25, 2017