Happy School Year’s Eve! I know I’m a little late with this post, but a few things got in the way like the actual preparation for the first day of school and a blogger event that you might have heard…
Category: Kids
Musings on Calming the Savage Kindergartener
Another of my “I left a long-winded comment on someone’s blog post so I may as well turn it into a blog post.” Yep, it’s a copout, but at least I get a post out of it. Does your kindergartener comes…
Ode to the Afterschool Schedule
Schedules, hectic, racing out the door No time for dinner Grab a Pop Tart and let’s gooooo CLEATS! Where are your cleats? What do you mean you can only find one? No goggles — can you swim without? It’s just…
Disney with Kids
We have travelled to Disney twice: once with a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old plus 2 nonenergetic grandparents AND a second time with a 10-year-old, an 8-year-old, and a 3-year-old. Disney is magical. I posted here about doing a Disney trip…
Santa’s Lap and the Toddler
I wish I had digital pics from the 90s. My oldest was about 1 years old when we attempted to have her sit on Santa’s lap. The photo that we got from the mall was a Polaroid — OMG, could I be any…
Back-to-School with Peter Walsh
It’s that time of year again. Time to get kids ready to go back to school. Time to clear out last year’s backpack of papers and binders in time for this year’s papers and binders. I’ll let you in to…
Review & Giveaway: Trix Swirls Are Definitely for Kids!
The new box of Trix Swirls® was on the pantry shelf for a nano second before the preteen found it. She has a nose for the sweet things. I implored her to please save some for her older sister and younger brother.…
Should Little Kids Use Mommy’s iphone?
I’ll state at the outset that I have issues with little kids using grownup devices — cell phones, ipods, iphones, Blackberries. Perhaps my children at 6, 10, and 13 were born too late to have had the opportunity to play…
Review: Parentsconnect.com
Have you checked out ParentsConnect.com from Nickelodeon? As a parent of a kid, a preteen, and a teen, I found lots to interest me. Message boards. Tips. Advice from other moms and dads. Expert advice. To get the best out of www.parentsconnect.com,…
Musings on England Trip: Hope for Youth
Editor’s Note: I will post on our trip to England in a series of short posts. So much to write about, but I want to make it manageable for myself to write. Stay tuned. Today: Hope for Youth I was…