Elizabeth
In 2009, Elizabeth got pregnant and quit a Ph.D. program in English, where she taught writing and served as an Assistant Director of First-Year English. Now she stays home with her three boys in a house full of art and learning and books and dogs and fossils. An amateur naturalist, paleontologist, and artist of all kinds, she unschools her four-year-old and serves as a Volunteer Babywearing Educator with the local chapter of Babywearing International. Her MFA in fiction gets put to use writing blog posts and that novel she’ll finish once her boys stop interrupting her. Elizabeth has won numerous writing awards for her short stories, novellas, and novel-in-progress, and blogs at www.manicpixiedreammama.com.
The Best FREE (and almost free) Summer Activities for Kids in Columbia
It’s 99 degrees with 99% humidity. Summer’s here, and it’s still awesome - those golden weeks before the boredom sets in, before you’re climbing...
Breastfeeding :: Sometimes It’s Easy, Sometimes It’s Not
I was ready for everything to go wrong.
When I found out I was pregnant with my first son, I knew I wanted to nurse....
That Conversation :: Kids and Firearms
You know you have to ask it. You can’t let your child play over there until you do. You swallow hard, take a deep...
Handling Allergy and Multiple Food Intolerances
The worst part, aside from seeing my son in pain? People think I’m making this stuff up.
I see the side-eyes, the raised eyebrows, the...
Creative Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Columbia with Kids
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Picking a Baby Carrier :: Advice From a Babywearing Educator
Your house looks like a frat party gone wrong and you ran out of clothes baskets two weeks ago. Basically, you need to wear...
Why Babywear?
I admit it: “babywearing” is a ridiculous term. You can thank Dr. Sears for the awkward portmanteau, which basically means “strapping your kid to...
Richland Library Main Branch :: It’s Not Just Books!
Libraries are always magic. But some libraries are more magic than most. Some make it easier to slip into the dreams of books, of...
When Numbers Don’t Make Sense: Life with Dyscalculia
Go back to third grade. You remember those multiplication drills, right? Timed: 100 problems in 10 minutes. Then 7 minutes. Then 4 minutes. Rows...
15 Fun Facts About Riverbanks Zoo
Let’s be honest: Riverbanks Zoo just might be one of the best reasons to live in Columbia. Very few mid-sized cities can boast zoos...
How to Raise a Hipster (in Columbia, SC)
We can’t all live in the waxed-mustache capital of the Confederacy (looking at you, Richmond) or the chest-tattoo mecca of the South (ditto, Charleston)....
What Normal Looks Like
"Oh, I can’t have you over," other moms always say. "My house is a mess." I arrive for a play date and as soon...