Life With Ladybug

By Shannon Magsam I don’t really like the word resolutions. So at the beginning of a new year, I prefer to set “goals” instead. Instead of a bunch of random ideas, I plan one or […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama  I got a horse! I got a horse! I mean, my daughter got a horse. My parents actually went out and bought the grandkids a horse. Unfortunately, they live 2 […]

By Shannon Magsam So, apparently in the Fayetteville School District you have to fill out an absence form if you’re going to pull your kid out of school for, say, a family vacation. Or, in […]

By Shannon Magsam, Elf-sized since 5th grade So I know many of you have an Elf on your shelf, too. We named ours Elfis (he has some crazy hip action when he sings Blue Christmas) […]

By Shannon Magsam I had been dreading this day since our daughter’s first Christmas in 2002. For nearly 10 years we’d side-stepped questions about  Kris Kringle’s existence with vague answers like, “What do you think?” […]

By Shannon Magsam Several months ago, I promised Jennifer Irwin and Gwen that I would try Spanx. They were both shocked that I’d never shimmied into a form-slimming shapewear garment. I had always pictured a […]

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama So many times we want to change people. We marry our husbands and expect to just “tweak” them a little as we go along. We have kids and we try […]

By Shannon Magsam Ladybug went for a well-child checkup on Friday (only six months late since she’s 9 ½ now) and I found out she’s only FOUR inches shorter than me. As in, I’m only […]