Posts by PacificMar

Oh, I should note that we aren't technically "only" parents, as we have two daughters, but our eldest--whom we adopted a few years ago--is 22 and lives on her own, so Luthien is the only child in the house...and is going to stay that...

We're active, athletic people, and now that our daughter is almost six months old, we've been able to go on longer, more challenging hikes--still not the duration or difficulty we used to do, but at least not just walk in the park...

We're fortunate that we became TV-free years before our daughter was born. Two things that helped us were getting outside more and reading at the times we used to watch evening TV. It makes for an easier transition to sleep for adults,...

I first encountered the story-starter idea in a book on creative writing aimed at adults, but the Scholastic Books website has a story-starter page for children, as do some other educational websites. Story starters can take different...

Tracyamber, I had a similar experience of my first Mother's Day: just a relaxing spring day, reveling in the delight of being with our little girl! 

Welcome to our group! Emily's so beautiful. I love that tutu. 

Our younger daughter is named Luthien, and she's the only one we know. Her name comes from The Lord of the Rings. We adopted our elder daughter, Kathryn, and thus we didn't get to name her, but she likes having such a dignified name,...

My parents had lots of craft supplies available for my brother and me: sewing supplies, different kinds of drawing paper, colored pencils, watercolors, and lots of odds and ends either to glue or to sew onto things. We also had a big...

Wow, I think I'm the oldest new mama...   I was 42 when our daughter was born (she's now five months).  I come from a line of older moms too: my grandmother was a whopping 45 and my mom was the young 'un at 34.

Ana's amazing, Mrs. Koehn! She'll probably be speaking in paragraphs when other children are still working on three-word sentences. I'm particularly impressed with her use of pronouns, which are a bear for most children. They'll refer...