Giving New Meaning to Parenting

My kids are pretty amusing most days, but today’s car ride to school was better than average.
Here’s the prelude before anyone gets bent out of shape about our silliness and heretical views: Both kids are taking world history this year- the sixth grader is being exposed to general topics, and the ninth grader is delving [...]

For a good many of you, it’s holiday time at your house. Lots to do, lots to enjoy, especially when you’ve got kids. I’ve spent some time reading through what seems an endless array of web pages focused on Easter and Passover projects for kids. Here’s just a few interesting sites – my hope is [...]

Even when I have time off, I seem to bring my kids with me. Yesterday, I escaped from home for a few hours to get my hair colored. It is about my only indulgence and one of the few times I get to be on my own without kids in tow. While talking [...]

With cold temperatures outside, we are always looking for ways to entertain and engage the kids indoors – without them driving me crazy!  I love this activity!  My kids enjoy helping me make their “paint” and I look forward to half an hour of peace with a book in the bathroom as the kids go [...]

We’ve been having some weather here in SoCal these past few weeks. Interesting to get weather here, as we normally have a steady 72º and Sunny. This new weather consists of gentle rain, with the occasional gusts of wind. The past 24 hours brought us more of this new weather, expanded, with heavier rain and [...]

Those of you who know me (even a little), will not be surprised to learn that a lot of my goals for 2010 circle around taking better pictures. I take pretty decent snapshots, but this year will be about defining a style and studying the craft. I’m chronicling my efforts on my [...]

Somehow it seems we jumped from Labor Day straight into the Holiday frenzy. Of course it’s important to find time for yourself amidst the event planning and hopping. So tell us-
How do you spend a free half hour?
How about a half of a day?
What about the almost unheard of entire day free?
How do [...]

It’s Fair Week. Our annual county fair opened last Thursday, and runs through this Saturday. Best 10 days of the summer, according to the sign. My boys agree.
Every year, they eagerly anticipate going to the fair. They watch for signs of the carnival rides being set up, scrutinizing what [...]

Last weekend we spent a rainy Father’s Day at Fenway Park in Boston. Rob and I went to school in Boston and lived there for 10 years before moving to the outskirts and then finally relocating to Maine. I am pretty sure Boston will be “my town” until I am old and gray, despite [...]