“A good conscience is a continual Christmas”
I spent a lot of this weekend reading Benjamin Franklin. I have been noodling around the idea of creating a reading guide of sorts that …Read More
Category Archives: Parenting & Family
In which I chicken out
So I started the Cub Scout camping trip this weekend with high hopes. I packed rain gear and cold weather gear. I drove up with …Read More
Send a present to Future You
One of the more fascinating discoveries of psychology is the relationship we have with our future selves. We tend to view them as different people. …Read More
The case of the missing egg
After we arrived home on Saturday from Hawaii, my husband went shopping and got eggs and a dye kit. He hard boiled 48 eggs, and …Read More
Hawaii with 75 percent of the children
I am back! We spent much of the past week (spring break) in Hawaii at the Aulani resort. This is a very family-oriented resort run …Read More
Spring storms and reading by candlelight
April showers may bring May flowers, but currently they're going about their job a bit too intensely. Yesterday we had a full on thunderstorm, with …Read More
A gala, the yellow belt, Bob books, Panera
We are still in the lull between sports (baseball starts next week), so that makes for more open space on weekends. It has its ups …Read More
Friday miscellany
I spent several hours last night at the local high school for the Reading Olympics, which my 9-year-old was participating in. The judge asks questions …Read More
One-on-one time
One of my Secrets of Happier Parenting, discovered over years of refereeing sibling arguments, is that being with one kid, solo, is an entirely different …Read More