Recently I sacrificed a Saturday night with my family to attend a seminar on Raising Boys. I was so tired and it was an unusually packed weekend, so I really debated on whether or not I should actually go. Thankfully, I chose correctly and went. I learned a lot of things that night from the authors of the book Wild Things, The Art of Nurturing Boys, by Stephen James & David Thomas … [Read more...] about A Valuable Lesson
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Don’t Get Punk’d
Recently I have seen some reruns of Ashton Kutcher's show, Punk'd. As you may already know, we are one of the dinosaur families without any kind of cable, so our late night TV is somewhat limited! Have you seen it? It's sort of like Candid Camera, but instead of something silly or funny, the show usually puts the celebrity in an awkward, slightly victim roll. I think Robert kind of enjoyed … [Read more...] about Don’t Get Punk’d
Time Away Brings Time Together
It’s all so relative, life… isn’t it? A week ago on Saturday we were all looking forward to school starting and having some space away from each other. Well, when I say “we”, I guess it was only me, who would admit it anyways. Now here we are the weekend AFTER school starts and you know what? It is so nice to be all together again. Funny. I wouldn’t have expected it. I guess after everyone … [Read more...] about Time Away Brings Time Together
Traveling Light
We just returned from our summer vacation. It used to be that each summer our vacation time was spent visiting my family in the Chicago area. Although we loved our visits there, we decided 3 years ago it was time to start exploring the fifty nifty United States with the kids. So, we started a new summer tradition of seeing the states. Our first expedition was to Durango, CO via New Mexico. … [Read more...] about Traveling Light
May Madness – the new mommy sport!
My husband is an avid sports fan. Every year he gets so excited for March Madness. He loves the exciting schedule of college basketball and all of the chaos it brings on. Soon March ends and it's wonderful April (birthday fun) and then like a slap in the face comes the event that all moms dread! May Madness! May Madness is the month with chaos, overlapping schedules, overlapping sports … [Read more...] about May Madness – the new mommy sport!
Forget about the finish line
When I was a mom with young kids I remember different times when I thought "phew, we crossed the finish line!" Times like these: both kids finished with diapers! Both kids finished with naps! Both kids in full time school! Both kids sleeping in on the weekends! These are monumental times as a mom with young kids when you think, hooray I made it to the finish line. Lately though I started … [Read more...] about Forget about the finish line
Letting Go of Control
Recently I brought my daughter to a scrap-booking retreat with me. Normally these events are reserved for some "me" time, but my friend and I decided to bring our daughters with us. I kept trying to print ouy photos that week to have ready for her to scrap, but for some reason it failed over and over. So we were left to just bring the photos we already had in our box. The dilemma was … [Read more...] about Letting Go of Control
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