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GNMParents is closing out 2007 with a vacation! There’s a lot of traveling and celebrating going on this week and we’ve decided to sink a little deeper into our families.
To be politically incorrect we wish you a very Merry Christmas, and even if that’s not your thing, we’re pretty sure that you won’t be […]

Eeyore’s main studies are math, science, history and language arts. We do science and history together each day, reading from books and finding the answers to questions together. Language arts involves him reading on his own or out loud to me. He also does a writing assignment each day, spelling (usually), and phonics. For the […]

Is there anything more beautiful than hearing your child laugh? My favorite is when the boys start giggling about something and let me in on the joke. Ooooh, or if I make a joke and they get it. I love that too.
Sometimes I listen to them talking when they’re not aware of […]

The house next door to ours has been for sale since the summer. Last night at the dinner table, Ben suggested that we buy it, or, if not, that at the very least we buy one of the houses on the cul-de-sac nearest to our house.
When my husband and I asked him why we’d […]

I can still remember my middle school days. I remember feeling chubby, and unpopular. I remember that, although I had some nice clothes, it seemed like everyone else dressed way better than me. I can remember that I had two good friends that I hung out with all the time and we […]

This year, we started what I hope is a new tradition. We took a brief overnight getaway, with our kids, out of town. We walked around. We went to museums. We swam in the hotel pool and ordered room service. It was amazingly restful and fun. All of this […]

Like so many of you, I’ve been fully immersed in holiday preparations for what seems like years. I guess it’s only been weeks, but it sure seems longer. Now that we are approaching the 11th hour, I am excited to celebrate with my family. To see the Punks pass out the gifts […]

This most wonderful time of the year can be stressful for those of us with children, as we try and cram work, friends, shopping, cooking, and fun all into what seem to be shorter and shorter days.
It’s hard on us. But think how hard it is on kids! Just tonight, shopping at 8pm, I heard […]

In our neighborhood, as the weather gets colder, I see my neighbors less and less. We pass each other while driving through the neighborhood or in the local grocery store, but not like during the summer.
During the summer, parents watch the kids as they ride their bikes and scooters up and down the driveways, […]

I did it again. I bought too many toys.
Each year I start buying toys for my DS for Christmas. Each year I make a list, calculate the cost to ensure I’m staying in budget and start buying. This seems like it would be an analytical and thoughtful process but, it isn’t.
Each year I start […]