• Parenting: Am I failing miserably or right up to par?

    I recently came across this fun little list of 12 Commandments for Being at Your Parenting Best over on the Modern Parents, Messy Kids blog and I decided to evaluate myself.  I have to admit, once I started reading the "Rules for Survival", I found myself thinking that I'd go…

  • 2012 Team USA Olympic Swimming + SwimToday.org

    In just a few short days – beginning on June 25, 2012 – the USA Olympic Swim Team will begin broadcasting their Olympic swim team trials nationwide on NBC.  The trials will run through July 2, 2012.  Growing up a Texas gal, swimming has always been a huge hit with…

  • Missing my boys.

    These past several days have been rough.  I so miss my boys!  Well, I do actually have one of them with me, my 2 year-old, but only relying on phone calls and texts with my older two kiddos has been ruuuu-ough! Although I've been enjoying this time with my family,…

  • Breaking it to him easy.

    I have to break my son’s heart tomorrow.  A couple of weeks ago he applied to become one of 12 kids in the Kansas City area to serve on the Junior Construction Panel for the soon-to-be-open LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Kansas City.  And since that day, he’s been asking and…

  • Can your kid dance? Curious George wants to know!

    I have three little monkeys of my own who love Curious George.  They watch it a couple of times a week in the mornings before school.  My older two will rush to finish breakfast right at 7 a.m. so they can catch the latest episode until about 7:25 when we…

  • Celebrating childhood achievements

    I'm what you would call a "celebration mom".  I LOVE to celebrate everything!!  In addition to regular holidays and birthdays, I love to make my own traditions with my kids and celebrate the everyday things with them.  We celebrate things like Brothers Day (made up by my oldest a few…

  • Support No Name-Calling Week. Here’s why I am.

        I don't put up with nonsense in my house.  My boys know that.  Now, whether or not they think about that 24/7, is up to them.  And, as humans, they are known to falter.  But I don't let that excuse them.  Recently there was an issue involving my…