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
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Twitter Leads to Missing Ring?
I saw a tweet from @ritaarens about a missing wedding ring. I read back a few entries to see that she had lost the ring at a Dick’s Sporting Goods in Missouri. The story was that she tried on a…
Wednesday R Us: Ex.Cuse Me!
10-year-old giving me the eye at a volleyball game. She used to be a real ham when it came to taking photos, but as time goes on she wants to be left alone. Sigh. Not that this stops me from…
Best of Both Worlds: Housing Development in Rural Area
Our neighborhood Halloween Parade group — mine is the Darth Vader in the front row.I live in a housing development in a semirural area. Best of both worlds scenario. Neighbors close by yet bordered on three sides by protected land…
Ballas Hough Band featuring a song by American Idol Judge Kara DioGuardi
I’ve been listening to a new CD while I work on the computer. This is unusual for me since I work in silence except for the dishwasher, phone ringing, kids screaming… But I digress… I was asked to review the…
Full-Day School Is Hard on 5-Year-Olds
First day of school balloons with Grandad I think my son may have hit a wall with school. Oh, he has fun at school. He has his Star Wars buddies at recess. He loves his teacher. He’s doing well in…
IHeartFaces: The Grass Is Always Greener at the Soccer Field
Is there anything cuter than a team of 5-year-old boys playing soccer? Nope. Nothing is cuter. Mom and dad love watching 5-year-olds play soccer. For the 5-year-old it is all about the snack–the sweeter the better. Submitted to IHeartFaces: Kids…
March Is National Reading Month
10-year-old reads Teen magazine on plane to Disney while 8-year-old looks over her shoulder. If you have kids, hop on over to https://www.leapfrog.com/readingmonth/ to pledge how many minutes you will read to your child. I have one nonreader — I…
But, Mommy Melted!
Like most children, my children have their times when they don’t want to go to bed. Overall we have had an easy time of the bedtime woes, but every now and then we have a night of excuses. In random…
Like American Idol, Sunday Was a Winner
Sunday Blast from the Past — My 9-year-old with her Monkey Toaster Strudel circa 2005.Sunday could not have gone any better. Let’s review shall we… Kids let us sleep in. Kids did not argue — too much — while downstairs…
