by Flora Caputo | Jul 31, 2011 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
Here it is, 3 weeks to the start of the new school year, and I am wondering where the summer has gone. It seems it was just June, with the promise of free time sprawled ahead of me, with the intentions of doing x, y, z in preparation for the upcoming school year for...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 22, 2011 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
Some of you may be familiar with various martial arts. There are different types from different Asian countries. My daughter asked and asked to take some classes for years. We looked at a few schools in the area, but many were out of our budget range. Meanwhile, we...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 5, 2011 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
It’s no secret that reading to and with your child reaps many benefits. I am an avid reader, and wanted my daughter to realize the magic of books. We read books to her from the first day home from the hospital and every day since. It took her until 2nd grade to...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 20, 2010 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
Yesterday TIME magazine published a short article about a recent 50 year study around children with working mothers. The surprising (or maybe not so surprising) news is that children of working mothers are doing just fine-great in fact! Now I want to clarify something...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 2, 2010 | Lifestyle, Motherhood, Uncategorized
My friend Liz asked if I could put together a thorough housecleaning list that is easily printable and usable. This was my effort to do so. I have included a printable pdf with this post. My husband teased my about the irony of the post-because I sometimes don’t...
by Flora Caputo | Jul 17, 2010 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
Well, I am at that point in my life where pretty much, if I am going to have a second baby naturally, I better decide NOW. And after many painful discussions with my husband regarding time demands, health demands, employment demands and financial demands, we decided...
