Adventure Boy wants to get back to the laptop… Sporty Daughter loves www.WebKinz.com Crafty Daughter spends time on the computer doing schoolwork. With as much time as I spend on the computer it is no wonder my kids are computer…
Category: Preteens and Tweens
Could the Music in Hollister Be Any Louder?
My daughter can think of nothing better than shopping at the mall. At almost 13 she is the prime target audience for mall stores, such as Abercrombie, Aeropostale, Hollister, and American Eagle. As her mom I can think of nothing…
Maryland Science Center: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and Titanic Are Responsible
When Crafty Daughter was 7 we started a new birthday tradition for our children. As if the birthday wasn’t complicated enough what with the friend birthday, the family birthday, the cupcakes to school, and the “you get to choose what…
A Little Bit of This and That
Musings from me. A something and nothing post. Bulleted items are all I can manage. Nothing is wrong, just getting caught up in reading other people’s blogs while not attending to my own. – Two out of the last three…
Twilight and a Limo: A 12-Year-Old’s Dream Night Out
So, last night was the Great Limo and Movie Night. To back up a bit, I should explain that crafty daughter is a 12-year-old reading whiz. She literally reads books in one sitting, often reading several books at once. She…
Teacher Conferences: What Do You Get Out of Them?
Every year since my children were in preschool I have scheduled conferences with their respective teachers. In elementary school, fall conferences are for meeting the language arts teacher and spring conferences are for meeting the math teacher. Often I schedule…
Wordless Wednesday: My Family
Mom on the Run — My son took this photo after begging for the camera. He had sat through not one, but two volleyball matches. I was humoring him so that he would sit still for just one more minute.…
Motrin and BabyWearing
I jumped on this Motrin bandwagon late, so never saw the commercial before it was taken down. I, too, was never a babywearer. Like every other mom I purchased a Snugli. To me it seemed a necessary article of baby…
What To Do When a Little Tikes Playhouse Crashes in to Your Kitchen Window
Our swingset was crushed by hail in 2005 (see above). It looked as though a giant stepped on the swingset. So, today it was light, then dark, then windy, then dark again, then light rain, the torrential, soak-to-the-bone rain, then…
Gray Hair Does Not Equal Grandma
When my oldest started kindergarten I was a 30-something mom. I had a younger child in preschool. I instantly meshed with most of the other moms. We set up playdates with each other’s kids and socialized outside school. I found…
