I was casually chatting with our girls’ first grade teacher about their assessment scores. There seemed to be a discrepancy between the three different assessment tests they take each semester, with one test lower than the others. It wasn’t terrible, but it was different enough that I wondered why she thought it happened. She said, [...]
I’m a big fan of summer. I’m the kind of person who fights to keep the air conditioner off. I like the heat and sunshine. Still, I have a big summer problem. While others are anxioius to pull off the winter pants and throw on some shorts, I dread it. You see, my skin is a [...]
If I could stand on a mountaintop and force people to listen to me, I’d read this CNN column over and over and over again. I read it until parents understand that girls shouldn’t look like hookers and boys shouldn’t be raised to think girls should look like hookers. I’d print this article and send it [...]
Some day we’re going to want to retire and our daughters are going to want to go to college, so I’m always on the lookout for a good deal. I don’t remember how it started coming to my inbox, but I’ve been getting an email from FamilyFinds Chicago that is worth sharing. The tag line is [...]
When I step outside, I’m in Chicago in February. It’s cold and snowy and, well, cold and snowy. It’s February in Chicago after all. Somehow when I come into my house, I’m suddenly in the Valley where California girls reign supreme and “like” is used every other word. I’m not sure when, how or why, [...]
The girls really want to learn how to jump rope. They asked me to teach them as soon as we could get outside to practice. You know what this means, don’t you? I need to practice jumping rope. As a child, I could jump rope, but I was never a jump rope expert. No one [...]
The girls’ teacher (Mrs. P) has been on emergency leave since Thanksgiving. Her husband was in a serious car accident while patrolling on Thanksgiving Day. As a result, he broke both legs, an arm and a wrist. He’s in bad shape and we all understand that Mrs. P needs to be home right now. The girls had [...]
We’re starting my favorite two weeks of the year. It’s not just Christmas and New Year’s that make it special. It’s not just that the girls are going to be home on break. It’s that my husband is on vacation for the next two weeks. My husband has a lot of vacation, a perk that [...]
When our twin girls were born, and I was in that sleep deprived, giddy bliss of new motherhood, a friend laughed and said, “Yeah, they are cute now. Just wait until they are teens yelling I HATE YOU. We’ll see how happy you are then.” Those words have stuck in my head. I know the [...]
A few years ago, another mom at our girls’ preschool thought I was their grandmother. It was a humbling moment to be sure. When I called my husband to tell him I said, “Well, this guarantees that I won’t go grey for a long time.” It’s one of the downfalls of being an — ahem [...]
My father is in the hospital. For more than a week now we’ve been on a roller coaster of days that often start with the phrase “Are you kidding me?” We also seem to say, “How did that happen?” a lot these days. There’s no end in sight right now. Even with this all swirling [...]
We’re big amusement park fans. This year alone we’ve been to four different parks in three states. I’m embarrassed to admit our theme park adventures didn’t take us to Six Flags Great America until a representative from Discover Card emailed and invited us to Fright Fest. Fright Fest was a different adventure from what we [...]
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