Fitting it all in — the long weekend report
Our school district gives days off for Rosh Hashanah, so we just finished a 4-day weekend. In my last blog post, I wrote about our …Read More
Category Archives: Planning
Friday miscellany
I have been watching (mostly via Twitter) Hurricane Irma's progress toward Florida. We don't get too many hurricane experiences here in PA, but we've had …Read More
Long weekends with small children are not relaxing, and other truths about parenting
We just survived a 3-day weekend. While 3-day weekends imply relaxation, for our demographic it implies three days with no school or other such breaks. …Read More
Friday post: Deconstructing the week (plus my blog vacation)
I am on vacation next week and will not be blogging much (if at all). Try not to miss me too much :) Some ups and …Read More
Planning the fall activity schedule
Yesterday, my 7-year-old tried out for, and made, a competitive swim team around here. It's the same one the 10-year-old is on. After he was …Read More
Cheez-its for breakfast: Parenting and the fourth child
I would never claim to be the super-mom type. I have never made my own baby food, or fretted much about the material of my …Read More
Weekends with kids: Benihana, Sesame Place, waking up before 7 a.m.
Weekends with kids are a wee bit different from weekends without kids. I was thinking of that as we were driving back this afternoon (Sunday) …Read More
Off the clock this weekend
The 2-year-old continues to be a handful, and to wake up too early. I also had a rather ugly showdown with the 10-year-old about bedtime …Read More
Weekend highlights
A few highlights from this past weekend: On Friday, I went to Princeton for a low-key version of Reunions. It is not a major one …Read More
Over the castle on the hill
If you've listened to pop radio lately, you have no doubt heard Ed Sheeran reminiscing about the town where he grew up. The restless guitars lead to …Read More