Author: Jill Berry

Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.

Star Wars and 5-Year-Old Boys

At Halloweentime my son announced that he wanted to be Darth Vader. I found this odd since he had not seen any of the Star Wars films, nor expressed much interest in Star Wars. In the weeks before Halloween he…

Who Am I?

I’ve been a SAHM since 2002. This year at the same time as my youngest child started kindergarten, I started looking for work opportunities during the school day. Part-time jobs are hard to find in my semi-rural area. Many jobs…

Circus: A Good Night To Be a Kid!

Last week we attended the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus courtesy of MomCentral and Feld Entertainment. The night was a wonderful experience for my kids. When my children were little I resisted attempts to take them to the…

Ultimate Blog Party

Janice and Susan from 5minutesformom.com are hosting the Ultimate_Blog_Party_2009. Mommybloggers, daddybloggers, mompreneur bloggers, and other bloggers can post about their blog on the 5 Minutes for Mom site at the Mr. Linky links. Over the next week I plan on…

Love Thursday: My Hat Collection

We love this story in our house: Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business In fact I wrote about my hats over at JessicaKnows For more Love Thursday go to https://www.chookooloonks.com/blog/2009/3/12/love-thursday-scattered-hearts.html