Category: Family Holiday Time
Today Was a Stay in Your Jammies Kind of Day
Day two of my “no morning carpool week” dawned. I could feel the weight lift off my shoulders. I didn’t have to leave the house at the crack of dawn with my two kids and pick up two other kids en route to…
5 Tips for Prepping for the Holidays for the Organizationally Challenged
The holidays are busy and stressful. Don’t get me wrong I love spending time with my family, especially at the holidays. I enjoy time with family throughout the year, but the holidays are a special time of the year. Time…
Gifts for Preschoolers: LeapFrop Explorer Games (Giveaway ends 1/28/13)
One minute we were an entirely “video game free” home and the next minute we seemed to have a game systems in every room of our home. How did it happen? And I’m not talking about small electronic “busy” activity…
Gifts for Toddlers and Preschoolers (Giveaway ends 1/28/13)
Once upon a time I volunteered in the church nursery. I helped another mom wrangle the one- through four-year-olds while their parents were at church. I thought that looking after little ones would be easy, especially since I looked after…
Musings on Downton Abbey from a Brit
Some of you may be surprised that I am British. I mention my British-ness here and there. A memory. An anecdote. A tale of my childhood. Probably most obvious when I meet someone. I always hear “You have the faintest…
Wordless Wednesday: New Year’s Eve Photobombing
If you have a little kid, you’ll know that when you want them to cooperate when you take a photo, they have no interest and can be quite awkward. But when you are taking a photo and don’t want them…
Happy New Year 2013, Tax Writeoffs, and an Announcement of Winners
The last couple of years our NYE plans have been low key. Staying at home. Eating snacks. Playing games. Watching TV. Celebrating the ball drop. Sipping sparkling cider. Shooting off party poppers. Nothing elaborate, but just what we like…good, low…
I Miss the Old Days…
…the old days when Christmas preparations began December 1. The whole month of December built up day-by-day to the celebration of Christmas Eve and Day. We had craft making, tree trimming, and gift wrapping. Fast forward a few years to…
Family Online Safety: Keeping Your Kids Safe With their New Mobile Devices #SafelyGo #digitalwellness
These days I’m not surprised by the items on my kids’ Christmas lists. A couple of years ago though, I was caught off guard when my oldest asked for an iPod Touch. She was young…only 9 or 10. Why did…
