My baby just turned three! Can I call him my baby anymore? He says "No!" But do they ever stop being your baby? My oldest turned 16 only days later and in my mind he's still my baby. I know my son is probably gagging at that thought right now but just hold your horses [...]
Music. It can move you in ways nothing else can. It can bring back memories long forgotten. It can move you to tears at the most inexplicable times. It can make you drum your fingers and bop your head or completely let loose and dance like no one's watching. But when the music is coming [...]
Privacy is a word that has no meaning in a house full of boys. Perhaps it's just in a house full of Brandsma boys, I can't be sure, since my husband also grew up as one of six boys. But as the only female in my house it seems I have no right to expect [...]
Being that this is my second year with a high schooler, a middle schooler and an elementary schooler, my assumption was that adding a Kindergartener would be a breeze. They only go to school twice a week, how hard can that be?! I mean, he doesn't have early morning band practices, no after school sports [...]
