November weekend + sonnet
This was a fairly chill weekend, at least compared with the past few. The kids were off school on Friday, and my sitter went to …Read More
Tag Archives: Parenting
Best of Both Worlds podcast: How to fall in love with your weekends
When you've got little kids, weekends are not naturally relaxing -- though they can feature relaxing times if you plan ahead and make some smart …Read More
Weekend in Boston
This was officially parents weekend (OK, "friends and family weekend") at Northeastern, so my husband and I both went up to Boston to see our …Read More
Weekend: Biking at the beach and Palestrina
This was a very full weekend, but I was quite pleased with how it turned out. Everyone got to do something fun, including me! On Friday, …Read More
Little things making life easier, plus a mini content round-up
Life is featuring some circus-level logistics these days. That's a reason I'm a big fan of making life easier whenever possible. As I've been making …Read More
Weekend: A visit, a birthday, a concert
This was one of those weekends that involved making a lot of puzzle pieces fit together. The good news is that they mostly did -- …Read More
Weekend: Solo Longwood trip, kindergarten choral music, etc.
One of my goals for weekends is that everyone -- including me -- has something fun happening that they are excited about. This weekend all …Read More
July 4th weekend plus Boston trip
I didn’t mean to take a week off blogging, but here we are. I have been compulsively hitting refresh on news about the horrible floods …Read More
Various, mid-June edition
I guess one upside of blogging is that there's no need to string random thoughts into a coherent narrative. Today will just be a miscellany …Read More
Two graduations
Yesterday featured not just one but two graduations. The 5-year-old graduated from his "kindergarten readiness" preschool program, and the 18-year-old graduated from high school. They were …Read More