A few weeks ago my son became obsessed with the idea of Turbo, you know, the snail that becomes super fast. The idea of a snail racing cars had him tickled, and even though he hadn’t gotten to see the movie in the theater, we had read the picture book from the library […]
Putting the “Trick” in Trick-or-Treat
This year we were tricked. Well, maybe not exactly on purpose, but when it comes to “Trick or Treat” this Halloween — a trick is what we got. It all started on the school steps when I was waiting to pick up my daughter from kindergarten. A few other moms were talking […]
Carving Pumpkins
Yesterday we finally got around to carving our pumpkins. In years past the kids have enjoyed painting their pumpkins, but this year they armed themselves with permanent markers to design their pumpkins. I tried to remind them to draw their designs big enough to cut… The kindergartner not only drew a wonderful […]
Smiling It Forward
I have received information and products from McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., the makers of TYLENOL®. The opinions stated are my own. This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks. *** We had been up all night — most of it filled with cries and screams from my four year-old that just […]
A Moment to Remember
I stepped out the garage door in time to see her twisting lug nuts off the rear left tire. “I’m helping Daddy!” she announced proudly. At first I wasn’t real sure that her daddy knew the 6 year-old was “helping,” but he soon appeared from the other side of the truck and told […]
