Real Life

As a parent, it’s hard to imagine anyone else loving or taking care of your children as well as you can. Yet, for many families, circumstances or career ambitions require us to be away from our kids for part...

I think we can all agree that eating together as a family at home is a positive thing. Sitting down together fosters an environment for sharing and communicating and can help us feel like a close-knit family. Not to...

August is a time for firsts. The first day of kindergarten. The first day of preschool. The first time you realize your little boy isn’t so little anymore. It was on our weekly pilgrimage to Target that my eldest son had an epiphany. We...

The dreaded month of August is here and at our house that means only one thing: summer is officially O-V-E-R! Our house is a two-teacher household so August is the month that we start preparing our classrooms, adjusting our...

"Congratulations, i'ts a healthy, big baby boy!" I held his perfect little body in my arms and embraced being a new mom for the second time.  Another flawless labor and delivery-check. Healthy baby-check.  They took him from my arms...

Time to find your shoes! Where are your shoes? Please put your shoes ON!!! Sound familiar, mommas? Well this actually is NOT a post about the kids. The tables have turned, and this time it’s about YOU – ICMB readers and ME! It is...

I am a “one and done” parent. This is the phrase I have come to use as my standard response to people who ask, ‘Do you have kids?’ ‘Is she your only?’ or the probing, ‘Are you having any...

Remember when ICMB contributors took over the ICMB instagram page for a day?  When Kaitlyn and Sara asked for volunteers to take over the page for 24 hours, I volunteered!  It sounded fun! I was first up for the instagramming...

When I was growing up, I had big dreams for my future. If you had asked me where I might end up, I might have said a big city on the East Coast, or a beautiful mountain town in...

Our family loves to watch TV. I realize this isn't an earth-shattering confession, but you have to keep in mind we live in one of the most well-read, highly educated cities in the country. Sometimes admitting you're a TV junkie...