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Making Mud Pies – Kids Sensory Play

You know those things that seemed like a good idea when you first thought of them, but then they turn out to be a little more involved than you expected? This was one of those. We live in suburbia. We have a third-acre plot of grass with a house in the middle. There’s no field [...]

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7 Old Things My Kids Will Never See

I’ll turn 34 in a couple of weeks; I am a young woman. I was an infant during the last six months of the seventies. I’ve grown up in a high tech world. Yet, thinking back on the ways in which the world has changed in the last 20 or so years boggles my mind. [...]

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75 Ways to Love Your Kids

A long time ago, a wise friend told me that love isn’t something that you feel; it’s something that you do. I like that definition because it emphasizes that loving is a choice, not something that strikes you – or doesn’t. Don’t let this list leave you feeling guilty or inferior. No parent can do [...]

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Our 2013 Summer To Do List

I know you’ve been looking forward to my fourth annual Summer To Do List! (Here’s 2012, 2011, and 2010.) I have never, and will never, call this a Bucket List (even though everyone else seems to be calling them that these days). I’ve always heard Bucket List used as a list of things to do before you kick the bucket, and [...]

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Recipe Mishaps

I share recipes here at least a few times a month (except lately, when I’ve hardly been posting at all because I’m preoccupied with my mother’s progressing illness). I share awesome recipes. I explain how to get great results. I encourage you to try out my recipes with your own families. We are no different [...]

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The Little, Slow Roller Coaster

This post is not sponsored by anyone, just so you know. You know Grace. She has anxieties. Incidentally, when I was a teenager, our neighbor’s wiener dog had anxieties. They had to medicate him or else he chewed his fur off. How weird is that? Joe and Grace have been discussing roller coasters a lot. I guess [...]

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My Car Washing Crew

A year or two ago, my sister and brother-in-law gave Grace a car washing play set. Ever since, Grace has been dying to wash my car. Finally, last week, Joe got around to the job. They filled buckets with soapy water, procured rags and sponges, and opened up the car washing kit. I was inside working when [...]

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Allie and Grace and Zeus

Something happened this week that is so typical of Allie right now. One of our cats, Zeus, is testy. He has a giant personality, and he always has. He doesn’t like men at all, and he has always pushed Grace around. Grace is afraid of him. She won’t walk over him in the hallway; she [...]

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Hersheypark Happy

I would have posted these photos anyway, but this is a sponsored post for Hershey, PA. Last summer, Joe’s brother gave Grace Hersheypark tickets for her birthday. We spent eleven hours at the park, staying from before the park opened until almost closing time. We all left exhausted but excited for our next Hersheypark adventure. Shortly [...]

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Toddler Button Craft

Need to entertain your toddler for an hour? Give her a bottle of glue and a box of buttons. Okay, it might not have been an hour, but this was definitely the longest-lasting activity Allie has ever done. It all started because Grace was working on her rainbow button craft, and Allie was not content [...]

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