To me, a family vacation is about escaping from my household routines and spending time with my family. It’s about spending time in the moment, not living on a schedule, and of course, eating way too much ice cream. Before school started, we decided to take our boys to Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island [...]
It’s hard to believe my youngest son is now on his fourth week of kindergarten today. The first day was a little bumpy as I juggled both of my children’s needs. Plus in the eyes of my kindergartener, I made the vital mistake of leaving him with his dad while I walked my oldest son [...]
For the final weekend of summer vacation, my husband and I decided to take the kids on one last getaway. As much as I love the larger quantity of free time I get when the boys are in school, I miss them terribly while they are gone. So we wanted to do something where we [...]
This morning, it happened again: hoping to get the students at the high school where I teach excited about working hard towards graduation, the teacher/presenters at an assembly blasted Pomp and Circumstances. Tears welled up in my eyes. Pomp and Circumstance always manages to make me emotional. Every other year or so, on graduation day, I have to announce [...]
“Kid sized” fields, courts and sports equipment is the growing trend when it comes to instructing kids 10 and under. Smaller fields and balls for soccer, lowered hoops and smaller, lighter balls for basketball, t-ball as a precursor to softball or baseball, and so on. Now even the United States Tennis Association (USTA) [...]
Normally I’m not much of a royal watcher. I read the occasional story about England’s royal family with the same interest I read about the weather. I didn’t get up early to watch the recent wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, although I did watch the news clips. Recently, though, I became a big [...]
Parents often wonder how they can encourage their young daughters to become active in sports and fitness activities. With all of the recent attention to the substantial benefits derived from participation in sports, moms and dads are more eager than ever to assure that their daughters are involved. But how do you encourage your daughter [...]
The humidity was almost non existent and the cooler temperature was a pleasant break from the scorching heat wave of early August. It could only mean that summer would soon be on it’s way out and it was definitely time to pack in all the outdoor fun that we could, before it was time to [...]
Halloween is almost two months away, but now is the time to order your little orange boxes! Trick or Treat for UNICEF calls upon everyone to participate in UNICEF’s mission of achieving zero preventable deaths in children by asking for a trick, a treat, or a small donation to a UNICEF’s good cause. This year, [...]
If you’re a Facebook junkie like me, you must have noticed that the social network giant launched some changes this week. In the name of enhanced “security,” the messages, updates and pictures that you post on your personal page can now be aimed at select audiences. In the past, you had a choice of sharing [...]
When the usher shows you to your seats and the people behind you are debating whether Sweeney Todd was a mass murderer or a serial killer, you know this isn’t going to be your average date night. The Drury Lane Theatre offered us complementary tickets to see the show on opening night. I jumped at the [...]
In life we are confronted with many experiences that occur in stages…stages of love, stages of our children’s development, stages of grief. Today I am adding a new category: The Stages of “Some Assembly Required.” All of us home improvement novices have been there. You find the perfect item and the instructions look reasonable; 5 hours [...]
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