My son learned to ride a bike a couple of weekends ago. OK, he didn’t learn entirely in one weekend but pretty close to it. He got a bike for his birthday and rode his new bike a little at his grandparent’s house. But this was the first weekend he biked at home. This was the first [...]
Last night, I attended and event hosted by the SITS Girls and sponsored by Invisalign. The event itself was great and focused on the business of blogging. However, that’s not what I want to talk about today. There was one thing that Tiffany and Fran said about how to find balance in life that has been [...]
When I think about my kids – when I watch them navigate the world and their relationships with each other and their friends – I can’t believe how big they are and how they are finding their way into their own personalities. I still get overwhelmed sometimes by the thought that I am a parent [...]
I can usually spot it a mile away. The slightly crazed look. The ping-ponging emotions – super duper happy and giggly to whiney whiney whiney. The swirling ball of energy building up inside their little bodies threatening to erupt and cause a lava flow of emotions and tantrums. As a parent, you become acutely aware [...]
It’s near the end of March, almost Spring Break, and we’ve just been walloped with more snow / sleet / rain / icy mix earlier this week. While it’s melted away, the cold has lingered. To say it’s been long winter is an understatement. I think that I’ve been sufficiently chilled to the bone. My kids [...]
You are now officially more than a handful. 5 + 1 fingers old. You’re a kindergartener. You’re starting to grow into big-kid-dom but still much still a little kid at heart. And what a big heart you have. You offer big and full love to family and friends along with laughter and giggles. Forever the optimist [...]
Do you remember MTV Unplugged? When some of the top musicians would play acoustic sets on MTV? Is the series still on the air? Anyhow, I remember sitting and listening in awe at how these songs and artists (Pearl Jam, Eric Clapton, 10,000 Maniacs and Nirvana – especially Nirvana) that I had listened to over and [...]
Before we had kids, Ed and I would often take weekend trips – to the beach or to the country or to a new city – anywhere really. As soon as we got into the car on Friday afternoon, we would turn off our cell phones. Frankly, there was no need for the phone [...]
