In the Allen family, I am the fisher woman. Every summer I would head out to the fishing dock with my three kids, four fishing poles, a tackle box, four hand towels, a sharp knife and a box of frozen squid. It is a true test of your momma skills to put your three kids […]
In the Bennett household, flip-flops are a summer necessity. My kids squeal with delight the first time the thermometer climbs even one degree above 60 because they know we’re getting close to flip-flop season. Gracie and Jack love it when their toes have been set free! For me, flip-flops mean more nagging at the kids […]
Our family has been summering in Florida for the past 20 years. Every June we packed our computers, printers, boxes of files, office supplies, suitcases for five, toys, blankets, pillows and three children into our Suburban and headed south with five bicycles hanging on the bike rack bringing up the rear. The trip to the […]
Two minutes. For all of you out there still in the throes of “time out,” you know exactly how long two minutes is. On a daily basis you tend to a child in the middle of a nuclear meltdown by sitting them firmly on the “naughty” mat and setting the timer on the microwave for […]
Pam here. One night as I passed Gracie’s closed bedroom door I heard both of my children talking in there. They were discussing tomatoes. I listened at the door because I was incredibly curious as to my kids would be having a tomato discussion in the first place. It was that night I learned that […]
Holy Cannolis Batman. Kae here. Just about the time I start feeling like I’m all hip and happening something comes along to remind me that I am techno-challenged. I was really impressed with myself. I was using a debit card on a regular basis, paying my bills online, e-mailing and adding computers to my network […]
