This is the time of year when we’re all supposed to pause and reflect on all the highs (and lows) of the previous 350+ days, right? While this has been an incredible year for my family on so many different levels (Buddy starting kindergarten, Mimi transforming from a chubby infant to a precocious toddler, etc.), […]
Archives for December 2012
We’re Going to Disney World!
I love the day after Christmas. When I was younger, it was all about checking out all the toys and games that you were too overwhelmed to play with on Christmas Day. When I was older, it was about one thing: post-holiday bargains. I would line up outside of Filene’s (remember that?) with my gift […]
Happy Holidays!
From our family to yours! Hope the holiday brings a smile to your face … right, Mimi? 🙂
Favorite Things Friday: Christmas Edition
There are only five days (including today!) until Christmas, and I’m just not feeling it. I’m sure part (or most) of it has to do with last week’s tragedy, but even still, I’ve noticed that each year it gets harder and harder to get into the Christmas spirit – even though I have two little […]
How Do You Get Out of a “Sticky Situation”? Wet Ones Wants to Know!
If you have kids, you have a mess. Somewhere. Maybe it’s in your house or in your car. Maybe it involves cookie crumbs or magic marker on the wall or sticky Popsicle hands (which are usually grasping the ends of your white linen curtains, right?). I’ll come right out and say it: I’m not a […]
A Trip to Mystic Aquarium’s Winter Waterland
Like many parents, I felt the instinctive need to keep my kids close to me at all times last weekend. So it worked out well that we already had plans to visit Mystic Aquarium’s “Winter Waterland” celebration in Mystic, CT on Saturday. I hadn’t been to that aquarium since I was a little girl (I […]
An Open Letter to My Children’s Teachers
I’m not sure that I’ve said it yet, or if I’ll remember to say it in the future, but thank you. Thank you for doing more than just teaching my children their ABCs and multiplication tables and state capitals. Thank you for being their champion, their guardian, their protector for six hours each day. As […]