For Mother’s Day I had a great plan, or so I thought. My husband, my two beautiful daughters and I were going to travel to Holland to the Windmill Island Gardens to visit the amazing tulip and flower oasis that we’ve heard so much about. There are over 180,000 flowers ...
The other night after the kids went to bed, I was so happy to finally sit down and relax for a bit. I wanted to catch up on some reading, and I think it was literally the first time that day I had gotten off my feet. Of course as ...
Our second child was born on April 22 - Earth Day. Due to the fact that our first child weighed 9 pounds, 12 ounces, she ended up being born via C-section. That in turn prompted us to take our doctor’s advice and schedule a C-section for our second baby. I’m not ...
I recently decided that this was the year to start an organic kid’s garden at our house. Our oldest daughter Emma is 6, and she can’t wait to get her very girly hands dirty! Last spring, we planted a small butterfly garden with flowers. After success with that, we realized ...
Our second child is 22 months old and has recently been showing an infrequent, but successful, interest in learning to use “the potty." The problem is that she is in the midst of her “terrible almost two’s” and every hour these days brings a new set of power struggles and ...
The other night as I was tucking my daughter in to bed, I realized that this was the first chance I had gotten that day to spend a few minutes with just her - one on one. The mere thought sent guilt waves through my body, and, in a desperate ...
Ok…I’m not sure what is going on exactly with my toddler, but I think she has a case of the “terrible one and a halfs." This is bad in and of itself, but what’s worse is this “developmental phase” has caught me totally off guard. I am not ready for ...
I was recently at my toddler’s 18 month check-up, and her pediatrician asked if I had any concerns. I told him that I was a little worried about her weight and the fact that she is growing so differently from the way her sister did. Our oldest daughter Emma was ...
As I unenthusiastically bundled up my kids for some snowy outdoor play, I realized the Michigan winter blues were already setting in. So I decided to focus on our upcoming family vacation to Walt Disney World in Florida to lift my spirits — until I started my mental list of ...
Illustration from The Christmas Tree Book, Joe Kaufman, 1966 I thought I had at least a couple more years until this topic would be an issue. It wasn’t until a boy in my daughter’s kindergarten class told her that fairies and storybook princesses are not real, that I realized this ...
Hello fellow parents! My name is Sara Arsenault and I am pleased to be one of the new contributors to the Parenting section of AnnArbor.com. I am a full-time stay-at-home mother of two amazing children. I am also happily married to my husband Eric, who contributes to the Food & ...
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