Just wanted to mention that I have an article appearing in the September/October issue of Mothering Magazine.  It is an article about pampering mom so take a few minutes to check it out. I know the September/October issue is going to be an excellent one. Thanks Sirena Van Schaik

“Guess what? Today’s my birthday.” The voice whispered from my son’s room, I cracked an eye open and glanced at the clock, quarter to 7. The first time in 7 years that my son was up before I was on his birthday. Usually birthdays are like Christmas and Easter, where I get up around 5:30 [...]

About a year ago, I wrote this creative non-fiction and it has sat on my computer for a while.  I wanted to share it because my post last week for 2 year old development made me think of it. I am a firm believer that rain boots is a necessary staple of not only childhood [...]

Often, when we look at the development of children, or watch our own children develop, we are often mystified as to how something occurred. One minute our child was laying on the floor and the next, he was flipped over. We tend to forget the practice involved in the whole experience, the weeks of the [...]

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I am often amazed on a daily basis on the overall dependence in cell phones that society has.  I have a cell phone, actually I have two, and both are sitting on a shelf without any minutes to them.  The first because I never used the plan that I had purchased so I didn’t renew [...]

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to touch base and apologize for the lack of posts over the last week. I have been off with a horrible stomach flu. Thankfully it is over and also thankfully, my husband was able to take a few days off while I was disposed. There is nothing worse than being [...]

As I mentioned in a previous post this week, I am a reading fan.  I actually think that it is much worse than that and I am actually a book addict.  I love the smell of books, old and new, the crackling sound as you open the book for the first time, the neatly lined [...]

That Parent Place wishes all of you a very Happy Father’s Day We hope that you have a great day filled with everything you enjoy whether that is sitting outside with the kids, hitting the golf course or grilling up some steaks. Enjoy the day and everyone that you get to spend it with. Sirena [...]

With the warm weather now upon us, hopefully, I have been noticing more and more garage sales setting up shop every Saturday and Sunday.  Many people dispose of old unwanted items and tend to make a fairly good profit on the sale.  I remember a garage sale my mom put on where she ended up [...]