Tweet Two weeks ago I told you about an incredible program that AT&T has to help families manage cell phone safety. That week I attended a virtual AT&T Mobile Safety School and learned so much about current cell phone statistics for tweens and teens and how to better manage phone safety as a parent. …
Tweet I never used to like Halloween. From bad experiences as a child working in haunted houses, to nightmares from horror movies, dressing up as Bob Marley and going dateless, and being mugged one year…yeah, not my favorite memories. Having children though is slowly changing me because it turns out that most kids love…
Tweet Okay I’ll come out and admit right now that I am a bit of snob when it comes to television programming for kids. But there is one show that I always say yes to and that is Phineas and Ferb. I love that show. It’s just the right amount of kid fun, adult humor,…
Tweet You know that old story about the man who goes to the doctor, moves his arms and says “It hurts when I do this” and the doctor responds with “Well stop doing that!” ..well that’s how I’ve been feeling lately about a lot of things. And then a very wise friend said to…
Tweet Well here is something that I bet you never thought I would blog about? Trains! I know, with three little girly-girls you would think I would have no business talking about trains today. But here’s the thing. My grandpa worked nearly his whole adult life on a train. He would work…
Tweet It’s difficult for us as a family to go spend a full day having fun in the Summertime. Jed works nearly every day during this season, and it seems we always have something going on to interfere with family time. Somehow the stars aligned a few weeks ago and all five of us went…
Tweet I missed my kids a lot this weekend. It’s rare that I leave them for a few hours so it’s incredibly rare to find me leaving for a few days. My momma heart ached being so far away, so feeling them in my arms could not come soon enough today. It was a…
Tweet ******* Eloise has said to me many times “Mom, why don’t I look like my sisters? I mean I’m the only one with dark hair and dark eyes and they are both blond with blue eyes. It’s not fair that we don’t look alike!” And my response is “But Eloise-you look like us –…
Tweet I know this picture is like almost a month late in posting. But whatever. Blame it on the heat or on me reading the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy or on my obsessive shoe shopping lately. Maybe all three at once because I can multitask since I have that extra X going on. …
Tweet I like to think that my mom is quite famous. Many times during our visit last week people would approach her and tell her that she looked familiar or maybe they recognized her and forgot her name. Many thank her. All share their personal story with her and usually get her up to date…
Tweet I know you are all jealous that we vacationed in Indiana this year. All of you “oh we went to Disney” and “the ocean was fabulous” and “doesn’t everyone go to a dude ranch?” and “wasn’t Europe fabulous this year” people. I am happy for you. We went to the middle of a few…
Tweet I think I’ve lost my ability or maybe my will to multitask. Or maybe I’m just old. I’ve been away from home for 11 of the last 15 days. Needless to say my online time has suffered. I have barely read a blog, I’ve barely written in my own, twitter- what’s twitter?, Facebook…
Tweet I don’t do well in heat. Truth be told I would rather live on an iceberg with a polar bear most days. I can picture the conversations we’d have over toasty grande non-fat lattes from Starbucks. Of course this would be right before she ate me. But still – the weather would be just…
Tweet Our gift to Jed on Father’s Day was that we would do anything he wanted to do ALL.DAY.LONG. (there is lemonade in their cups…not beer) When you’re a dad of all girly girls you sometimes find yourself getting a pink pedicure, shuttling gossipy girls to dance classes, and spending a ridiculous amount of time…
Tweet I live two blocks from Grand Avenue in St. Paul. This means nothing to you unless you are from Minnesota and either live in the Twin Cities or come to “The Cities” for shopping. Well Grand Avenue is St. Paul’s urban shopping and restaurant district, it’s near all of the colleges, and frankly…
Tweet We have a little disagreement in our household. Four people in our home are in agreement but the fifth will not assimilate. One of my favorite bloggers has a series called “I’m Right, You’re Wrong” that I would love to use for this post to discuss an important subject. You need to go…
