After trick-or-treating with my brother and sister-in-law, we sat around their kitchen just socializing. My cousin and his family live in their neighborhood also and stopped inside to warm up during their trek around back home. My cousin’s wife reminisced about their recent trip to Chicago to American Girl to celebrate their daughter’s ...
Mornings around here have been less than perfect. Miss K, I’ve discovered, is not a morning person. As I try to wake her up, she moans and says “not yet mom” and all I see is a teenager grumbling “Just five more minutes.” Need I remind you that she’s only in kindergarten… it’s going to be a long road ...
Everybody has heard the phrase “Stop and smell the roses.” Do you? Seriously stop and smell the roses? If you’re a parent, you’ve probably had people tell you “Enjoy them (your kids) while you can because they grow up fast.” I lost count of how many times I’ve heard it. But only now, as my daughters are in ...
I love music. I’ve gone through different stages in my life where I gravitated to different styles of music – Pop, Rock, Oldies… But I’m at a point now where I love listening to almost any kind of music. My late uncle, Ken, summed it up best when he said to me “Am I singing because I’m happy or am I happy because ...
My six year old daughter is currently weighting in around 38 pounds. Her 5 year old sister is in the upper 20s. While they are small for their age, they are both very healthy. Their small size runs in the family and we’re confident that as they get older, they will catch up with their peers just as I did. It’s interesting that when new ...