Now that chilly fall weather has blown in, I, along with all other moms north of the Mason-Dixon line, have been scouting out indoor play places for the kids to burn off energy and have some fun. My friend suggested a nearby spot that I had never been to before. Within a few minutes of arriving, the girls had decided…
Momhood means having to make a pit stop now and then in awkward–er–that is, creative places. Gotta do what you’ve gotta do, as I told my husband the evening after one such stop I made last week. I was dropping off my friend in a busy city that always has at least a dozen major road repair projects going on…
In one of those helpful guides to raising kids, I remember reading that parents should not underestimate all that we will have to teach our little ones. How to drink from a cup. How to blow their noses. And, I now can add to the list, how to ask Mom and Dad for food instead of grabbing it off the counter…
Usually I figure out a way to avoid grocery shopping with all three girls in tow. Yesterday, though, I packed everyone up, and we hit our local upscale grocery store. Either my husband or I will shop there just about every week to snatch up the loss leaders, and whatever we’ve forgotten when we picked up our staples at a…
