Little Girl Love
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, August 27, 2010
This week I had an awesome privilege: the chance to be present at the birth of my very first niece.
Only one of my siblings is married, and Bryan’s an only child, so my sister’s kids are (so far) my sole chance at aunt-hood. She has two boys already and I’d have loved another one just as much, but I am thrilled that Branwen had a girl instead.
(I’m already plotting matching Christmas dresses for our... READ MORE
Pretty… Boys?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, July 29, 2010
A college friend of mine came from a family of six girls followed by two boys.
She told me a story of a time her father came home and his son tripped into the room to meet him. He’d been playing dress-up with his sisters, and he was decked out in a skirt, heels, and jewelry: the whole dress-up package.
Apparently this kind of dress-up was a common occurrence in their home (with six girls, of course... READ MORE
No One Beat Me Up
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, July 22, 2010
“If I had to use two words to describe my childhood,” my sister said the other day, “they would be: pink belly.”
I was unloading the dishwasher and almost dropped a handful of forks. What?!? Pink belly? What was she talking about?
Apparently, “pink belly” is a game wherein the perpetrators hold down the victim and smack him on the belly until it turns pink.
I am the oldest of six children, and Tirienne... READ MORE
Sweet and Sour Siblings
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, June 01, 2010
I’m all about making lemonade, but the thing is: lemons aren’t enough. You’ve got to have sugar too.
Both my kids have been on a major Mama kick lately. My daughter turns “I-want-MA-ma!” into a whine that sounds like one four-syllable word. My son babbles it almost without ceasing, “Mamamamamamama…” They both want me to hold them, feed them, cuddle them, and read to them, every waking hour of the... READ MORE
Any Decent Books for Teen Girls?
Posted by Danielle Bean in Reviews on Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Yesterday, my 15-year-old daughter Kateri announced to me that she had “read out” our local library. Anything more she chooses to read, she explained, will have to come from inter-library loan.
I believe her—this happens to be the second local library she has read out. She really enjoys reading and our libraries are smallish.
Inter-library loan is do-able, but will require more planning ahead than... READ MORE
Princess Balducci Update
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Thursday, April 08, 2010
Isabel Annemarie Balducci was born at 10:00 pm last night, April 7, 2010.
Mother, father, brothers (and the entire internet) are on cloud nine.
Scouting Questions
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Following the publication of the news this week about Planned Parenthood distributing explicit materials at a recent Girl Scout gathering, my inbox has been filled with emails from concerned Catholic moms.
For those unfamiliar with the story, you can read the details here. There appears to be some question about the accuracy of news reports, but the original story inferred that extremely graphic... READ MORE
Little Boy Mischief
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, December 01, 2009
One day when Camilla was around a year old, a friend and I changed our babies in tandem. Her little boy is the same age as Camilla, and I remember feeling a tiny bit smug watching her struggle to fix the closures on his diaper as he tried to crawl away. Why doesn’t she just make him lie still? I thought. My daughter cooperated sweetly while I changed her, and I felt pretty sure it was because I’d... READ MORE
Too-Thin Model Sparks Controversy
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Thursday, October 08, 2009
Oh my goodness, this is ridiculous. And sad.
When I read about the controversy surrounding a recent ultra-thin model in a Ralph Lauren ad, I figured it was more of the same old thing—fashion models that are dangerously thin is hardly news any more.
But when I clicked the link to see the photo, I laughed out loud.
Can this possibly be real? If it is, we are looking at a seriously unhealthy human being.... READ MORE
Boys and Pink
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, August 31, 2009
When we had Camilla, it felt like we’d waited forever for her. We didn’t know when we’d be blessed with another child, and we were determined to thoroughly enjoy having our little girl.
So we bought a pink stroller.
It’s actually mostly gray with pink accents (see the picture above). We knew we wanted that particular model, and we didn’t like the only other color in stock when we bought it. In... READ MORE
