Have you looked at the calendar? My goodness! The first day of fall has passed and Halloween is not far behind. Are you having a home party, or do you have to plan a party for your child’s school? It can be a lot of work with a lot of planning. ...
Activities for kids
A Dozen Easy DIY Halloween Costumes
Is your Pinterest board already filled with easy DIY Halloween costumes? Yes, it's that time of year again. Has it caught you unprepared? There are three kinds of Halloween moms: Those who buy the lastest movie or ...
Days of Small Things
How much have you learned from doing small things for others? For me, plenty. When I first became a mom, I bristled at the idea of doing the million mundane things of motherhood. I felt resentment as I picked up the Cheerios under the table and ...
Kids and Books
When I was a kid, I practically lived at the library. I grew up on the South Side of Chicago and we had one of those grand, old, stately marble libraries. It was set in a big old city park called Sherman Park with a lagoon and stone bridges and ...
What will you do with the grandkids?
Summer is coming! For some of us, that means we will have an extended time to spend with our grandkids. I look forward to it! Grandkids are a special blessing. But they are different from kids of prior generations. My kids were happy ...