My husband showed me the text on his phone. I gasped in surprise. It was from the mother of a female player on my son’s freshman team. She hinted that her daughter needed a date to the Homecoming dance. Wouldn’t our son like to ask her? Her request took me aback. But so did the [Read More]
Why Disney World is Tops for Teens
“I’m so glad he still enjoys it!” enthused a friend on Facebook, commenting on a picture of my teen at Disney World. I had just posted our family’s pictures from our annual trip. Her comment made me curious. “Why wouldn’t he enjoy Disney World?” I thought. Perhaps folks who don’t go to Disney World as [Read More]
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Of Pedicures, the 80s, and Midlife
My daughter, 11, and I went to get pedicures the other day. It’s a little luxury that I splurge on in the summer when people actually see my feet. The nail salon we go to is very nice–nothing scary or dirty, and the nail “stylists” are professional. (Is that what they are? What is their [Read More]
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Six Things All Kids Say on Vacation
Here are six things all kids say on vacation, no matter how old they are. Yup, I don’t care if your kiddos are three or thirteen, they will say these things. My kids, now 15 and 11, have been saying these things on vacation since they were old enough to talk. And they haven’t stopped [Read More]
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SNL Sayings to Annoy Your Kids
My daughter helped me chop broccoli recently. I was trying out a new recipe, she was bored, and I put her to work. You know what comes next. “She’s chopping broccoli!” I sang with glee. “She’s chopping bro-cco-li”. My daughter looked at my like I was crazy (I am) and asked me to stop. But [Read More]
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5 Things I Like That Are Obsolete
“Insert Reward Card.” Insert. “Swipe card.” Swipe. “Pay here or inside?” Here. “Debit or credit?” Credit. “Enter zip code.” Enters zip code. “Scan your retina and sacrifice a pigeon at the gas pump.” Wait…WHAT? Okay, so the gas station pump at which I was filling up my car didn’t ask me to lay a sacrifice [Read More]
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Watch What We’re Watching This Summer
My daughter, 11, and I look forward to America’s Got Talent every Tuesday night. There are trained cats this year, folks. What more could you want? There are also the usual plethora of singers, dancers, magicians, and weirdos. We like AGT because there is always something new, entertaining, and it’s light. What I mean by [Read More]
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That End of School Year Craziness
We are officially done with the school year in our neck of the woods and I couldn’t be more pleased. No more packing lunches. No more nagging children to study. No more racing around to one billion year-end school events. This last item, the racing around, is where I failed most often in the last [Read More]
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Fantastic Gift Ideas for Father’s Day
He burps the baby. Or drives the tween to every sports practice. He feeds the cat and he mows the grass. Given enough notice, he’ll attend those mid-day school assemblies or sell Girl Scout cookies at his workplace. He is Papa, Pa, Dada, Daddy, Father, Daddio, Dad and it is time we celebrate him. What [Read More]
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Math Word Problems for Moms
Kids have been finishing up the school year all across America these last few weeks. But for moms, there is never a break from math, particularly math word problems. That’s right, Moms don’t need to fear the dreaded Summer Brain Drain. Because if they are like me, they’ll be flexing their quantitative skills all summer. [Read More]
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