Tag Archive: kids’ birthday

we might be mothering the hard way if …

…we’re still pouring cereal for our 10-year-old child. {Melinda} Guilty as charged. Sigh. A couple of summers ago, my sister, who lives in another city, was visiting. After a couple of days, she looked at me and said simply, “Why are you still pouring Micah’s cereal?” It was as if I’d been struck by lightning….

A Surprising New Recipe For Mommy

The Royal Tea Party was complete except for one essential item: cake. The sweet aroma of her mother’s baking had filled the house all morning. All morning she had been denied. It was nearly more than three-year-old Emma could stand. “No cake until your sister’s party, Emma,” her mother had warned repeatedly. But now she…