I took my 10-year-old daughter (Sporty Daughter) to the orthodontist today. Here’s my thoughts: Taking one child anywhere is so relaxing. I could talk to my daughter and not have to listen to my son’s incessant talking. Picking my daughter…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Progresso Gift Basket Winners!
I was a contacted by a representative of Progresso Soup about doing a giveaway of a kitchen gadget basket about a month ago. I love soup, so I was sold on the giveaway! The giveaway generated a whopping 117 comments…
Tomorrow Is the Day…
The children have been home for over two weeks. Tomorrow is the day all three are dreading. Back to school for all of them. Crafty Daughter’s bus time is awful at the best of times, but throw in many late…
The Last Gasp of Christmas
Razor ride-on…here comes Crafty Daughter! Pajamas on Christmas Eve. Two-wheeler time for Adventure Boy. Toe socks and flip flops, but of course. Christmas will officially conclude tonight as Crafty Daughter has her volleyball Secret Santa dinner. It has been a…
New York in Pictures: Part 1
The ferris wheel at Toys R Us. You can never have too many Barbies…the Barbie Dream House at Toys R Us. Feeding time at the Central Park Zoo…with Gus the polar bear. Eloise at the Plaza.
Giveaway and Love Thursday
Wow! I am overwhelmed at the response. 117 comments! I need to go through the comments and pick three winners. Hopefully I will have time tomorrow to do that. Once I have the winners I will e-mail all three and…
I Bet You Didn’t Know I was Crafty…
Angela Moore over at A Month of Stuff featured my post. Check it out: https://amonthofstuff.com/2008/12/31/mom-on-the-run-31-days-of-holiday-crafts-day-31/
Wordless Wednesday: Sticker Shock
Both of my younger children chose a book called Spyology for their book fair wish list. The book is a whopping $25. I purchased the book despite the price with the intention of giving it to them to share. The…
Books and Children
I LOVE Books! Plain and simple. Some of my best Christmas gifts through the years have been books. When I was in middle and high school, I would look forward with great anticipation to my Christmas books. The only problem…I…
Build-a-Bear: the Second Greatest Place on Earth
I downloaded a sidebar from twitter moms that contained a link to Feels Like Home. I twitter with Feels Like Home and feel like I know her…except for one teeny, tiny insignificant detail–the fact that I don’t know 100 percent…
