mommy daughter time Archive

I love making things. It doesn’t matter what it is. It’s the creative process I’m in love with. Specifically I love creating with textiles, mostly because I made costumes for the stage in my before kids life. I’ve introduced my kids to …

  Sophia is a girly girl. I stopped fighting long ago and embraced it. Sort of. She would love to wear make up outside the home, but I think 7 years old is way too young for anything besides clear lip gloss. …

Last night Sophia and I went to the theatre. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to be exact. I’ve been planning this mother-daughter date for a couple of months. Sophia has voiced quite often how much she misses time with just the two …

I’m a roll this week with video games. This time I’ve been playing Ubisoft’s Funky Barn 3D for the Nintendo 3DS console. First I tried to pawn the game off on my husband, but he’d rather play sports and action games. Once …

Sophia and I have been long overdue for a mommy daughter date. When I heard Victoria Kann, author and illustrator of the Pinkalicious series,  was doing a book signing,I knew we had to go. She was reading her Halloween themed book, Pinkalicious …

I have no idea why I felt compelled to tell Sophia about Weinergate. We were in a donut place and the story came over their television. I explained the incident to her. We’ve had conversations about body parts and privacy before. So …