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  • August 24, 2025

Do Less: How to Throw a ’90s-style Birthday Party With Less Stress

An old-fashioned birthday party: A vintage image of a child blowing out candles on a birthday cake

My head is spinning with all of the overcomplicated kids birthday parties invading my Instagram feed. Between the egregious cost and time and energy commitments in order to put on these picture-perfect...

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  • June 20, 2025

Only the Best: Kids and Baby Products We Actually Value

Habits for happy motherhood: A smiling mother holding her daughter.

The more kids I have, the more I've honed our list of must-haves for life with these little people. There are certain things that just make the busyness of baby days and...

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  • February 7, 2024

4 Surprising Ways Teaching Prepared Me for Motherhood

A teacher mom and daughter on a trip to the plant nursery!

"Are you a mom?" one of my first graders inquired. "No," I replied. "Do you shop?" was her follow-up question. I answered in the affirmative. Yes, I do participate in the economy...

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  • August 23, 2023

5 Important Tips for Air Travel with a Lap Infant

Air travel with a baby is not for the faint of heart, but it is worth it. Pictured is my husband holding our daughter on the plane to see out the window.

If you're wondering whether it's worth it, or at least tolerable, to travel thousands of feet in the air with your under-two-year-old sitting, laying and gymnasticking over your lap, read on. We...

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  • July 6, 2023

New Motherhood: Adjusting Expectations for Myself

There are many expectations I had for myself as a mom. Here I am holding baby.

I'm a new mom-- and I'm in the throes of a messy breakup with my unrealistically high expectations for myself. This seems like a no-brainer, right? Before my child was born, I...

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Charmaine
Charmaine

Former Teacher ☼ Substitute ☼ Writer ☼ Mom

Recent Posts

  • A person holding a pencil filling out test answers for the STEDI substitute teacher exam

    How to Pass the STEDI Substitute Teacher Exam

    October 4, 2025
  • An old-fashioned birthday party: A vintage image of a child blowing out candles on a birthday cake

    Do Less: How to Throw a ’90s-style Birthday Party With Less Stress

    August 24, 2025
  • The substitute teacher and blogger smiling as she looks over her fourth grade classroom.

    Steal My Introduction From Every Time I Substitute Teach

    August 20, 2025
  • Habits for happy motherhood: A smiling mother holding her daughter.

    Only the Best: Kids and Baby Products We Actually Value

    June 20, 2025
  • A photo of someone completing a colorful puzzle. Brain teaseres, bell ringers, and other puzzles can be engaging time-fillers for substitute teachers!

    Classroom Survival Kit: Engaging Brain Teasers

    May 31, 2025
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