My kids discovered E.T. Well, rather, my husband and I were going through the list of movies we enjoyed when we were younger and we thought they would enjoy E.T. too. Their television time has moved to more parent selected movies and away from commercial television. One of the reasons, my “trigger finger” can’t seem to change the channel quickly enough before a commercial not fit for a 35 year old comes on the family-friendly station. My oldest son has even picked up my queue and rushes to change the …

Well, first of all, he’s not two yet and second it’s just not possible. Children are victims of their parents. Their only hope, but they don’t realize it until they’re adults, is that we don’t totally embarrass them to the point where looking through a family album makes them cry about being alive.
Schubaboobaly still has his baby hair. He has not yet had that first real haircut and I’m not sure how soon, if ever, he will have “the cut.” My oldest son came to this same point in his …

Is it too much to ask to have my bed to myself? Our children love sleeping in our bed. On most nights, they start in their beds after already asking several times if they can sleep in our bed. Some days, I start early in the day with my, “no!” I might as well get ready because I know they are going to ask. Other times, we’ll let them start in our bed and move them later, but they always manage to make their way back into our bed. It …

I don’t know what I was expecting when I moved to the country; green grass, waking up to the morning sunlight, birds chirping…Well, I did get those things, but along with all of that comes other elements of country living which include field mice, rattlesnakes, and lots and lots of bugs.
After a few months of living here, we started noticing mice in our garage. The weather was getting cooler and just like humans, they were searching for a warm place to stay. The only problem is that our house doesn’t …

My sister Karen is pretty cool. All of the cousins love her and her niece and nephews totally adore her. She is fun, quirky, the defender of all people, and the perfect playmate. She can imitate just about anyone, which sends us all rolling on the floor (I’ve told her to stop doing impressions of me if she wants to continue seeing her niece and nephews.) in laughter and in the next moment, bring a tear to your eye. How can so much fun be wrapped up into one person? …