Articles by Kim

  By Kim Blakely, soccer mama When I learned I was carrying a son, the thought that my presence might be required at a few sporting events did cross my mind. I’m not a big […]

By Kim Blakely, mama to two Watching my superhero-crazed Mojo crashing his action figures into tables, cars and each other makes me cringe. Fighting is just not my thing. He asks me to play sometimes, […]

By Kim Blakely, mama to two Mojo just turned 5. I don’t know why, but I’ve been as nervous at Mojo’s birthday parties as I might have been at my own. Of course I’ve gotten […]

By Kim Blakely, mama happy to be on diaper duty When I tell my friends I’ve decided to cloth diaper Moxie, the reaction I get is always something like, “Why?!” or “Ewww.” Some of them […]

By Kim Blakely, mama blogger With all the debate swirling around the H1N1 vaccine, I thought long and hard about getting Mojo vaccinated. I armed myself with all the information I could find about what […]

By Kim Blakely, mama blogger For so long, I searched every night sky for the first star. When I found it, I would say, “Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight …” and […]

By Kim Blakely, blessed mama Today has been one of those days. Not one of those days, but one of those days I wouldn’t mind having over and over. I don’t have any more money […]

By Kim Blakely Is there something about being 4 – almost 5 – that makes kids exceptionally moody? Or is there something about having a 4-month-old sibling that causes the emotions to go wild? Maybe […]