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This weekend we took advantage of beautiful weather by riding our bikes around the university campus where my husband works.  We stopped at the library and picked out a few books to borrow.  We continued on to the student union, which houses an enormous aquarium that never fails to delight us.  We then looped back [...]

I’m just back from an amazing VIP bloggers trip to Disney World, Florida. Here are the top tips for parents I picked up during the trip, tips that I wanted to share with all of you. Feel free to add your own in the comments, ’cause you can never have too many tips [...]

With three children, at very different developmental stages, it is very difficult to “play fair” when it comes to spending time with them, or being at their events.  With an almost four-year-old, an almost ten-year-old, and a fourteen-year-old, their needs, their interests, and their activities are very different and sometimes, when it comes to parental [...]

I am about to begin my second season of triathlons. I’ve been seriously training for them for the last couple of months, but even in my off time I am proud to say that I was still going into the gym. The other part of the training not surprisingly is watching what I [...]

Before I became a parent, I swore that my kids would never be overscheduled. I was in the know. Hadn’t I secretly read all those articles in my mom’s magazines that teenagers won’t admit publicly to reading for fear of being mercilessly ridiculed throughout high school and at all high school reunions to [...]

I remember when I first became a mother. I considered a day where I had showered and thrown in a load of laundry while taking care of my newborn to be a success. As time went on, things got easier, but I was still really busy. I remember having a sneaking suspicion [...]

When my older son was three, he loved playing at his friend’s house, conveniently located just across the street.  Loved it so much that it was the focus of most of his waking thoughts.
Can we go to L.’s house today?
Why can’t we go to L.’s house today?
Look!  L.’s car is in the driveway!  That [...]

I work for the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir. Children are accepted by audition and parents pay tuition for them to participate in our choirs.  My job is coordinator of volunteers, bookkeeper, and choir cook. I get to spend a lot of time in rehearsals and at performances and baking cookies and cupcakes.
I like the kids. [...]

Last night I went to a moms group meeting on how to save money when shopping. I already knew some of the tips like waiting until a product is on sale and further knocking the price down with a manufacturer’s coupon. Other ideas made sense and consisted of things that I should be [...]

Have you noticed? It’s February. If there’s any one month of the year that I do not enjoy, this is the one. Here in Michigan the novelty of winter and snow has long since worn off, and the routine gloom does not inspire me to cheerfulness most days. What should be the shortest [...]