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
Category Archives: Parenting & Family
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
Put me in the zoo
Frequent readers may recall that my 9-year-old asked for a cat for Christmas. He did not get a cat. In lieu of one, he got …Read More
Thank goodness for butterflies
We try to be strategic with our weekend family activities. With four small children, big crowds, lines, and anything overlapping with nap time is just …Read More
Snow falling on daffodils
We woke to a spring snow storm this morning, but it's been a good morning nonetheless. I woke up on my own around 6:15 a.m. (the …Read More
Teaching kids time management
We are deep into March's round of parent-teacher conferences, and one of the skills the forms have teachers talk about is "using time efficiently." I …Read More