I snuggled up to my son last night and told him the good news. “I just booked us a room in a fancy hotel for our mini-vacation!” His little body wriggled with excitement, and I should have anticipated his response: “Does it have a pool?!?!” It does. And boy am I excited to don a […]
summer
5 Ways Kids Drive Moms Crazy In Summer
There are many ways in which a mother can go crazy over our children’s own insanity throughout the course of the summer. It is inevitable. Kids turn into plain old jerkwads when they get that first taste of summer freedom.They will go out of their way to re-hardwire our nerves every which way until we […]
Ruining Summer Fun: Can’t My Kids Just Sell Some Damn Lemonade?
My kids asked me this week if they could have a lemonade stand. My first reaction was “YES!” and I was excited at the thought of them earning their own money and learning a little about the value of work. I remember doing summer lemonade stands as a kid without any help from my parents, […]