Ages + Stages

The kids are back to school! Those little ravenous rascals have been eating you out of house and home all summer long. It’s finally time to take a break from being snack monitor 24/7. Well don’t close the fridge...

Denim jumpers. Fourteen children crammed in a fifteen-passenger van. Colorful letters-of-the-alphabet signs doubling as home decor... This is what I thought the homeschooling mother was all about. That is until I became one.  I had read other posts about how great homeschooling...

Today my five year old son and I will go to a kindergarten readiness meeting. They will ask him some questions about shapes, letters, and colors and then we'll be on our way. But, I'm a little upset that...

The kids are out of school and summer is upon us here in Texas. Parents all around the metroplex are trying to find a good balance between keeping kids both occupied and cool in the summer heat. Well, look...

Social gatherings are not what they once were. It’s easy to embrace technology and host a virtual party. Not only is it safer, but it also makes it possible to include people who ordinarily wouldn’t be able to join...

I think I psyched myself out when it came to breastfeeding Miles.  I had 3 sisters who'd breastfed and I had heard ALL the horror stories.  I knew it wasn't going to be easy breezy and that it would...

**This post has been sponsored by The Brain Performance Center to Bring you this experience.  All opinions are 100% our own!** Students and educators alike are preparing for the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness, or STAAR test this...

How about this crazy Dallas weather we have been having lately? Rain, rain go away please! During the weeks-long rainy days we were having I found myself and my kiddos becoming bored with endless unstructured play and repeat movie...

**January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Each Friday this month, in honor of those babies, we wanted to use this time to share a few stories from local moms who’ve dealt with these trials and tribulations and provide some...

As a parent I have found that I suck the fun out of my kid’s life on the daily.  Opportunities for me to disappoint my child are lurking everywhere; at the grocery store, at Target and even around the...

Their wings are beginning to spread, and they are ready to take the next step to independence by getting their first job. Not only is it a great way for them to see the essential connection between labor and...

Five years ago, I sat across from my 3-year-old's preschool teacher as she gently told me my son needed more practice putting on his own coat.  I quickly thought back to how I shoved his coat on him that...