Daniel's lack of sleep caught up with him during dinner. Serves him right. --Misty

I'm usually not weird about my age. I would never lie about how old I am - but that doesn't mean I can't be a little sensitive. ...

Per my earlier post about Daniel getting up earlier and earlier: This morning it was 3:30. After going to bed at 8:30. Mom's about at he...

Two weeks in a row now we have told the sad story of a child who dies while waiting for a school bus. So perhaps it's time we all sat do...

Sometimes I think we forget that everyone was once someone's baby. And whether they are 2 or 42, no child should pass before their paren...

Most mornings, Daniel is up, ready to go and hopping out the door without so much as a whimper. But every now and then... He didn't want...

Daniel has never been big on sleep. Or as I call it, "recharging." When he was a baby, he'd catnap - 20 minutes here, 30 minut...

Daniel has taken to speaking very, very softly. The lips are moving, but if sound is coming out, I can't tell it. So I have trained him ...

I like that it's just me and Daniel in the mornings. We have our little routine, and we each have our jobs to do. Roll out of bed, he fe...

Move over Martha Stewart. Watch out Mark Ballard. Faith is creating something beautiful - at least in her eyes. I love to have fresh flowers...

Just when Faith's closet is bursting at the seams, there's another big consignment sale this weekend. The Mothers of Preschoolers at...

I'm secretly thrilled whenever someone calls me a good mom. Especially if they do so behind my back. I overheard Daniel's pediatrici...

Whenever possible, I try to teach Daniel the realities of life before "life" does. What am I talking about? For example: "You...

Faith might not have been frightend, but I'm scared. Last night she was sitting at the foot of my mother's bed watching "Wheel ...

Me, too, kid. But on the big day of Daniel's first field trip, I had to drag us both out of the bed to get to school on time. Which mean...

There's a new magazine out from the editors of Family Fun magazine. It's called Wonder Time, and it's only $10 for two years (te...

Here are a few things coming up on the calendar: For those of you who missed Disney's Cars in theaters the first time around, it's p...

I realized this morning that Friday is the only day I don't have to hustle Daniel through his morning cereal and into the car to get to ...

You've all seen it: the note coming home attached to a slick booklet and order form. Here we go - it's the fall fundraiser. From $10...

I crashed Grandparents' day at the Kidz Replay consignment sale today. Located in the shopping center behind Wendy's on Riverside Dr...