Sometimes, the lines between writer and blogger blur. It definitely depends on the blog or blogger. Some bloggers are journalists with paid jobs. Some journalists cringe at the idea of a blogger being held in the same regard as them. I don’t think of myself as a journalist or a food critic. I am uncomfortable…
Category: Parenting
I’m your parent not your friend.
Dog Days of Summer Camp
Whether you’re a full time working parent (okay, we’re all full time working parents, but what I mean is if you have another job outside of parenting) or you just have spent way too many blissful, blisteringly hot, days with your children, summer camp in August is sometimes essential. It is especially those last days…
Movie Night: Monster University
After a very hot week with one child home, one at tennis camp and husband busy with a crazy week at work, we planned a first ever family movie night at the cinema. I have come to terms that movies are expensive these days and now that we are four tickets instead of two it…
DADS DO GOOD INAUGURAL EVENT – FOR THE LOVE OF MATH
On Saturday, we had a jam packed family day. With ski team at the Weston Ski Track and piano lessons at two different times on Sundays and my husband training for an Ironman we don’t have much family time an any given day, so this was a real treat. We started off with Dads Do…
…and they lived ‘appily ever after: Apps, iPhone, Life
I am a bit if a clutter bug when it comes to my house and my iPhone. In an ideal world it is all organized, I have what I need where I need it and I recycle or donate the rest. The reality is that I have piles or folders here and there and not…
Family Movie Rating System: Real Life Guide
So now that we get to watch movies as a family. I will do my best to blog what we see and I suppose a rating system would be helpful. Source: theatre, drive in, independent movie house, Hulu Plus, Netflix, IMAX Age: Current age if the children when we watch the movie. On average our…
The Perfect Party Dish: Lettuce Wrap (Recipe)
For a small party of 6-8 people. This recipe can be doubled or tripled for a larger party, but you likely won’t need to double the sauces or cucumbers unless you want leftovers for a nice bahn mi sandwich or something. Ingredients (all of them): 1 rotisserie chicken 2 large heads of butter lettuce 1…
Keeping Cool With a Tool Belt: Home Depot is a Parent’s Best Friend
I love free family events and from the day I got home from the hospital I knew every mom’s group, baby friendly movies, drop in group, story and sing-a-long schedule in a fifteen mile radius. I also thought I has a pretty good radar for what was worth traveling for and which activities were just…
Movie Night: Opposite Day (Hulu Plus)
Opposite Day (2009) Source: Hulu Plus Age: 9 and 6 Parent Rating: painless Child Rating: one thumb up Other: One of the main characters is Ariel Winter (Alex Dunphy in Modern Family). You’ll also find Rico Rodriguez (Manny in Modern Family)
Movie Night: Theatre, 3D, Netflix, Hulu Plus, and IMAX
Movie night in our house is a whole lot of drama and that’s before the tv goes on. We’ve all got different tastes and tolerance. Everything is too scary for the kids, or so they fear. Everything else is too trashy for the grown ups, or so we fear. One child wants only animated the…
Let’s Hear it For the Boys: Gender Stereotype is a two-way street
I saw a business man running across the street yesterday. He was heading to a business lunch, had his laptop bag over his shoulder and wore a navy suit. Somehow, no matter how professional, how business-like or how old the man is, there is a second image I always see:alittle boy dressed up in his…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 