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]
Free Tiny Prints Thank You Cards
What’s something that can make even me feel like a good mom? Free thank you cards! In my dreams, I imagine me and my kids taking an adorable thank you card from the stock of thank you cards I have on hand and lovingly scribing words of thanks to anyone who gave a birthday or [Read More]
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I’m bento out of shape about Dean McDermott
Dear Dean McDermott, Aren’t you the guy who married Tori Spelling? You really haven’t been on my radar, but then I stumbled on your blog. In particular, I found myself reading your post Think Outside the Brown Bag, which is all about making food cute and packing it in cute bento boxes. Dean, I’m going [Read More]
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A Sibling Story (or what I called my brother after he pushed me)
Will, 9, pushed Sydney, 5. It was over something trivial. She got mad. “You’re a big butthead who doesn’t like chicken nuggets and doesn’t like yourself!” she yelled. So, there!
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Brown Braggin’
I appreciate the brave souls who, after reading my lunch post the other day, reached out to me and assured me that I am not the only one who does not send their kids to school with cranberry sauce and brie on cinnamon bread for lunch. (That sandwich concoction was suggested in September’s Parenting magazine.) [Read More]
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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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Teacher’s Pet?
My son enters 4th grade next Tuesday. In preparation, he filled out the “getting to know you” questionnaire he got from his new teacher. Of course, I had to take a peak. The following questions and answers from the questionnaire are true. Nothing has been changed to add humor — or correct his spelling. — [Read More]
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Tips for Surviving the Giant Indoor Water Park
Those of you reading along know that all my son wanted for his 9th birthday was a trip to the giant indoor water park. Well, I’m back after surviving two days and 1 night in the world’s largest indoor water park, Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. Not only did I survive, but I had fun, [Read More]
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John Hughes is the reason my son needs to go back to school
We were in church last Sunday, closing out the hour-long service with a rockin’ Presbyterian hymn. It was “God of Grace and God of Glory”, #420 in the Blue Hymnal. My husband smiled as he leaned over and pointed to the name of the hymn’s author, John Hughes, born in 1907. Ha! Memories of The [Read More]
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Back to School? Yes, please!
I found Will like this the other day: I’m so proud. I mean, that’s a bag of PRETZELS splayed all over the floor, people. It’s not potato chips or something with (gasp) trans fat. Kidding aside, could this picture scream any louder “Hi, my name is Will and I’m being raised by a bad mom [Read More]
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