Sporty Daughter Adventure Boy Crafty Daughter So, it’s Mother’s Day. As I lay scrunched up under the covers, I could feel the soft blanket up by my neck. Nothing was exposed except my head. The fan whirred overhead. Not too…
Category: Preteens and Tweens
Musings on Kids Sports: T-Ball and Beach Volleyball
We’re on Day #4 of solid rain. T-Ball was a washout on Saturday…although there was a break in the weather briefly which meant the fields were open. But since the coach cancelled the game earlier in the day, the team…
Baby Food: Some Like It Hot and Some Like It Not
My baby was a picky eater from the moment she was first able to eat food. Actually even when she was breastfed she was fussy. I had some issues breastfeeding. She was never satisfied and I never could pump enough.…
National TV Turn Off Week Is Over!
Some of us might have wielded a Nerf Dart Gun during a TV-free moment. Some of us might have been in the firing line of the Nerf Dart Gun. Oops. Some of us might have played with our box of…
Burning Car
So, today I was the walking dead. Kids off to school. Mommy off to bed. I did not sleep all day, but did have a nice snooze in the afternoon. Woke just a minute before my daughter got home. Good…
Take Your Daughter to Work Day
Coach Dad is a stickler for a myriad of things. He likes things just so. To him there is his way or the high way. Take Your Daughter/Son/Child/Offspring is a major pet peeve for him. “Peeve” is not the right…
Musings on TV Watching by Toddlers
Adventure Boy — aged around 2 — in our family room/playroom. You can see the train table in the window for our Thomas the Tank Engine fan. I responded to a HARO request about TV viewing of toddlers. The perfect…
DrWeigh.com: Giveaway!
A few weeks ago I met Dr. Joanna Dolgoff at the Subway/NIH We Can! PEP Rally. Dr. Dolgoff runs an Online Weight Management Program for Children and Teens called DrWeigh.com. Dr. Dolgoff’s Weigh is a traffic-light based nutrition plan in…
Fashion Diva
Summer garden party? Going to a stylish restaurant? Getting down? School clothes? With my 10-year-old…you just never know what she will come out of her bedroom wearing. Stripes and plaid. Paisley and fluorescent. Everyday is a mystery…except mismatch day at…
Williamsburg — It Never Gets Old to Me
May Day, May Day! Tired, cranky 2-year-old in need of a nap sitting by the maze at the Palace Gardens! Noncranky, perfectly contented 2-year-old taking a ride on the bus — his favorite part of the trip by a country…
