As talked about in my previous post, my husband and I have started a list of skills and knowledge that we want our daughter to learn as she grows up. These are areas we think are important in order...
Kindergarten redshirting has been a hot topic lately, so I wanted to explain why we decided to redshirt my amazingly smart five-year-old. Redshirting is a term people use when talking about delaying kindergarten for a year. Most states have...
On July 16th, 1969, around 9:30am ET, Apollo 11 was launched through the Earth’s atmosphere and the three astronauts aboard, plus hundreds of scientists below, set the course for the moon and history. 50 years later, this event remains...
No one who knows me now will believe this, but I spent more time outside when I was younger than inside. In fact, my best memories from early childhood in Charleston all take place in the great outdoors. We...
I love travel! Before kids and a husband (aka responsibilities), I was always on the go. If you could find it on a map -- who am I kidding? -- even if you couldn’t, I was in! Since the...
We are so excited that the big day is FINALLY HERE!
The Chattanooga Moms Blog site is now LIVE and ready to connect moms in the Chattanooga area. What will you find here?
You'll find resources for around town, events...guides for...
We have a full-on love affair with the library at our house. Despite having two full bookshelves of their own books, my kids prefer to only read books from the public library and the library at their school. It's...
I didn’t really understand the extent of food allergies until my baby was diagnosed with a life threatening food allergy.
At one point, I was that mom who didn’t quite understand why peanut butter wasn’t allowed in my child’s class...
Summer vacation! The days are hot, the nights are long, and kids are free. The last thing on their minds is school, education, and learning, but as a mom and educator, it’s always on mine. I'm not one of...
Disclaimer: In case you begin to compare your precious progeny's intellectual ability with my own, this post is not in fact published by my dear son, and I have taken some liberties writing facetiously in his name.
A couple months ago, my mother wrote...