Margaret Sarver

Editor of Kansas City Parent Magazine and Kansas City Baby Magazine, Margaret Sarver, enjoys the joys and challenges of raising two daughters. A former elementary school teacher, she currently spends her days at play group, swim lessons, soccer games and leading Daisy Scout meetings. Her favorite TV show is "The Office" and her favorite movie is "The Shawshank Redemption". In addition to being a busy mom and wife, Margaret enjoys reading, trying new restaurants, traveling, attending concerts and weekly date night with her husband, Ty.

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• 100 Smiles

  published: 2/3/2012 1:00:00 AM

       This was a busy week at school. We celebrated Catholic Schools Week AND also celebrated the 100th day of school. To mark the 100th day, the first graders are asked to put together a 100s day project-find 100 objects and display them. When Tori was in first grade, we came up with the idea to do 100 faces of Tori. We scoured photo albums and online albums to find 100 of our favorite Tori ...

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• Friday Night Fun

  published: 1/27/2012 1:00:00 AM

     It's Friday! Woot! Woot! I love the weekend and as you may know from earlier posts, I believe less is more, so we typically don't have games or practices to hustle to and from on Saturday or Sunday. One thing I love is our Friday night tradition. We began several years ago, and keep at it to this day. It's really quite simple. Every Friday is pizza and movie night. We all change into ...

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• Leave Them Alone

  published: 1/20/2012 1:00:00 AM

      Here's the set up...I've been out of town for 3 weeks, celebrating the holidays and then helping my parents as my dad recovered from surgery. I come home late on Friday, spend the weekend doing laundry and cleaning the house. My first full day back to work is Monday...a school holiday. In addition to it being a day off for my girls, we're having the boys we carpool with over for the day since both ...

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• Sound Familiar?

  published: 1/6/2012 1:00:00 AM

      I'm spending some time with my mom and dad while my dad recuperates from surgery. The other day I went to take a shower. Simple enough. I turned on the water to let it heat up when I notice that there's no more soap in the shower. I go looking for a bar of soap (which should be an easy task, but my parents have drawers full of soaps from hotels and what I want ...

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• LOL I'm Learning to Text

  published: 12/30/2011 1:00:00 AM

      For Christmas I asked for a new cell phone, to update my 1990's version flip phone that I've had for several years. My main reason for wanting to upgrade was to be able to text. Now, I didn't want to (and still don't want to) be someone who is on my phone on all times (and don't you hate it when you are out with someone who is constantly texting/checking email/updating FB, etc, etc), so ...

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• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

  published: 12/23/2011 1:00:00 AM

      Ready or not...it's here! Are you ready? Luckily, I think (fingers crossed) I've got everything ready for Christmas. Our celebrations begin Christmas Eve and run through New Year's Day. It's a whirlwind of family, fun, food and festivities! I have high hopes that this year's Christmas break goes a bit more smoothly than last year's. We began Christmas break last year with a bang, a trip to the emergency room. Then, during the two week ...

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• Sarvers vs. Sarver's and Other Pet Peeves

  published: 12/9/2011 9:29:37 AM

      As a former teacher and current editor, I spend a lot of time with words. I can't read through something without checking it for errors and am often correcting both Tori and Ally's grammar. I am often heard asking, "Are you a turkey? If the answer is no, then you are finished with your homework, not done." To which they both chorus, "We know, we know. Food gets done and people get finished." Just this ...

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• Christmas is Coming!

  published: 12/2/2011 1:00:00 AM

      Well, it's December. And as we enter the last month of the 2011, we prepare and get ready for Christmas. Every since I had Tori 10 years ago, my mom has come up for a week during December to watch the girls while I knock out my shopping and Christmas preparations. Last year, with both girls in school, we were able to spend the week shopping together. So much fun! Mom's been in town this ...

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• Don't be Fancy, Just Get Dancy

  published: 11/18/2011 1:00:00 AM

      I've decided my life should have a soundtrack and that I need a theme song. In the Sarver home we love music and listen to all different types. A good song can turn your day around and put you back in the right frame of mind. There are lots of songs out there that speak to me, but recently I've enjoyed Pink's "Raise Your Glass" (don't listen to it with the kids around). The line, "Don't ...

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• Answering "Those" Questions

  published: 11/11/2011 1:00:00 AM

      So here's my not-so-great mom moment of the week. The girls have just come home from school and we are all at the kitchen table having snack when Tori asks, "So let's say you don't want to have kids. How do you make it happen so that you don't have any?" Insert crickets chirping. Then Ally pipes up with, "I think you just tell God you don't want any and then he doesn't send any ...

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• As Seen on TV

  published: 11/4/2011 8:49:56 AM

      My younger, Ally, loves TV. I, of course, limit what and how much she watches, but I do let the girls watch Saturday morning cartoons. One morning I came into the family room as the girls were watching their cartoons and noticed Ally had a piece of paper with some numbers written on it. I asked her what those numbers were and she replied, "Mom, just two more numbers and I'll have the phone number ...

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• Life Lessons from Sesame Street

  published: 10/28/2011 1:00:00 AM

      I don't watch Sesame Street very often. My girls are no longer of the age that enjoys the show and well, it's not really one I sit and watch by myself. But, I have many nieces and nephews who are the Sesame age and recently my sister in law, Anna, sent us a sweet note along with a link to a video from Sesame. Her son, Michael, who is 20 months, loves both the video ...

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• Fancy Fingers

  published: 10/21/2011 1:00:00 AM

      I love jewelry. And, unfortunately, my preference is for the real deal. I wish I could love the darling pieces from some place like Charming Charlie's, but when it comes to my jewels, I'm wild about diamonds, rubies, emeralds and so on. So I was sad when I "outgrew" many of my rings (and by "outgrew", I mean "gained weight" so that my rings-including my wedding rings-no longer fit). And since my 'losing the weight to ...

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• I'm Not Cool

  published: 10/7/2011 1:00:00 AM

      I've always suspected, but recently got confirmation that my 'cool factor' is pretty low. I made this discovery the other day at my daughters' school. Tori (my older) was walking out of church with her class and I said "hi". I didn't get much of a reply so I walked over and gave her a hug (which she quickly ducked out of) and gave me a dismissive wave. Huh? What's up with that? Actually, I ...

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• Still a Child

  published: 9/30/2011 1:00:00 AM

      I am 41 and last time I checked, I was considered an adult. But it seems that as if in my mom's eyes, I am still, and will always be, a child. We recently traveled to St. Louis for a baptism. The lunch after the baptism was at my parents' home. They were going to be out of town and asked me to get the house ready for the party. This involved multiple phone calls ...

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