Category: Mommy Time

I just finished watching the first episode of Big Ballet, Ovation network’s newest mini-series which chronicles a former Royal Ballet dancer’s mission to stage Swan Lake using ballet dancers that are considered too large for …

Today marks 488 days of Beyond Mommying and this is my 500th post!  It’s hard to wrap my head around what that actually means. I started Beyond Mommying for pretty selfish reasons.  After 6 months …

If you haven’t seen this ad for Free People’s Movement line, you should watch it.  And if you aren’t deeply offended by it, let me tell you why you should be: It makes a mockery of ballet and …

One of the hardest parts of babies getting bigger and coming into toddlerhood is the unavoidable separation anxiety that indicates a secure attachment.  While my kids have had varying levels of anxiety through their little …

Today is going to be a tiring and possibly very trying day.  I will be taking my first all day long road trip since becoming a mommy.  Up to now, we’ve never driven with the …

I’ve been trying to read more blogs, to support the other “little guys”.  People just like me that have things to say and just want someone to read them.  I usually get sucked into spending …

Hubby has been gone the past few days and it’s always stressful when he’s away.  I don’t really have much to complain about, I know there are mommies all over the world that have it …

Doodle has come fully in the separation anxiety phase.  While most of his anxiety surrounds my absence, he’s usually ok if others are around.  He will panic if everyone leaves him but is happy even …

I have a confession: I really like Frozen.  I took the girls to see it for their First Film, and we even went back to see the sing-along.  Then I bought them the soundtrack and we …

Mommying is Hard. It’s no joke, it’s no gimmick, it’s not a catchphrase:  Mommying is just plain hard.  The expectations put on mommies these days are ridiculous.  As a group, we mommies are each just …