Homecoming 2015
We made our travel plans to Switzerland before I realized it coincided with Homecoming. Then I had a little panic attack. And then I consoled myself that Dave would be…
high school football season
Normally I wouldn’t take a whole blog post to write about football season, but seriously, I have no choice in the matter when there is as much hoopla surrounding it…
MORP and how much fun teenagers are
In honor of the fact that two of my three teenagers are kicking off their sport seasons this afternoon, I thought I better do a little ode to teenagers here…
5 Tips for Parenting Teens with Attitude
Parenting teenagers is tough enough, but when they start to have an attitude, as most teens do, it makes life even harder. After parenting 5 teens, I’ve got a few tips for parenting teens with attitude up my sleeve.
high schoolers
Sometimes when I look at my children time stops. Just for a split second. I’ll catch a funny joke, or one putting an arm around another, or a funny…
homecoming
A couple weeks ago Max attended his first ever high school dance. Are they cute or what?? It just so happened that Max had a volleyball tournament all day on…
NYC part 2–plus Elle’s great video
(part 1 is back HERE) Other things we did there: Central Park: One of my favorite places to people-watch. Ever.We only got video footage of the most interesting people so…
Friday Q & A — teenagers
I am hoping/praying you will consider devoting a few blog posts to the whole mystery of parenting a teenager. My oldest is 15 and we are entering uncharted territory. …
on teenagers and the “dance phase”
I was nervous to have teenagers. All I ever wanted were those cute little newborns and toddlers. All the stars in my eyes about motherhood centered around that. (more about…