Last spring my daughter played a preschool version of soccer where little kids kicked a ball around for an hour. This Fall, Sydney is playing in a recreational soccer league. She’s in a coed division of kindergarteners where they actually play games. (Well, they play games as much as 5-year-olds can be expected to play [Read More]
Not My Kids’ Lunch for a Month
I was flipping through the September issue of Parenting magazine when I came upon the story, Lunch for a Month. “We’ve packed the calendar,” the story proclaimed, “with four weeks of out-of-the-lunch-box ideas that’ll make prepping your kids’ midday meal a breeze.” Well, that sounds good, I thought. I’ve got 2 school-age kids now and [Read More]
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The Difference Between Moms and Dads
“I got an interesting call today at work,” I said to my husband. We were out on the deck, relaxing after work. “Oh?” “Yes, Little Johnny’s mom called me. She wanted to know if Will had a birthday party. Then she wanted to know if he did, then why didn’t he invite Little Johnny. And [Read More]
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The Hand Sanitizer at the Library
Let me start by saying I love our library. It’s cheery, runs a huge number of programs, and is conveniently located. That said, I’ve had numerous issues at the library over the years. There was the time my son got scolded for tossing a plastic slinky around and another time when he got reprimanded for [Read More]
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Free Sandy
On Monday morning, my daughter, age 5, allowed her big brother to take her new Sandy Cheeks eraser to school to show his friends. On Monday afternoon, after being picked up from school, my son reported that the Sandy eraser was now in the “June Box”. “What’s the June Box?” I asked. “It’s this box [Read More]
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Winter Wonderland
We had our first snow today in our little corner of the world. There’s nothing like snow to make you feel like a bad mom or dad. That’s because my thought is always, “Please don’t snow enough to make it a snow day.” And I bet this morning bad moms and dad all over metro [Read More]
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Leaving the kids behind!
After nearly five and a half years (since Will was born) my husband and I are FINALLY getting a weekend alone. He’s taking me to Chicago (the city, not the band–Cari!!!) and we’ll be staying downtown, shopping, sightseeing, and going to Dirty Dancing the musical. Yippee! Do I feel like a bad mom for leaving [Read More]
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