My name is Kate Vokoun. I am a virtual elementary teacher and homeschoolish, stay at home disaster by day, a child development professor by night, and a butterfly shepherd to the wildest of little creatures 25 hours a day (Zoe-6, Mia-4, and Wes-2.  I am proof that reading the books, knowing the books, and even teaching the books, will never prepare you for the real adventure that is parenting. My mission is to start a revolution to STOP THE MOMMY WARS, by confessing to every sinful parenting scene and then searching for the joys (or at least laughter) in the uphill battle that is mommyhood. My theory has always been that if you aren’t exhausted and humbled at the end of each day, you are probably not parenting that well anyways. So, let’s liberate each other with those one-liners our kids said, that both humiliated and humored us, and share every shameful snapshot with the world. Or just read mine and delight in the comedy I call my life. Half-hilarious, half bittersweet, I am finding my own personal mommy metamorphosis, as I begin to see the beauty in the loudest of tantrums, the grandest, guilt-lathered gaffes, and the dirtiest of diapers, that are my days in Mommyland. Parenting is not about perfection. It is about survival!

Want to know more? Take a peek at my first post, “The Revolution Begins…with French Fries,” to see how it all started. Or search by whatever dirty little secret you swear you’d never share…because I probably already did.