Tag: kids
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Wuthering Heights – the Board Book
Happy Presidents’ Day everyone! If you are state side I’m hoping you are all enjoying the holiday, if not I hope you having a marvelous day anyway. I visited my local library the other day and saw something that made my jaw drop, a board book of Wuthering Heights. Generally, I consider the sole purpose…
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Surviving Being Off Track – Week 3
This was the week I was dreading most of all, all of the fun things we had planned we had already done, and what was left on the list no one wanted to do, or the weather didn’t permit. On top of that we had three major events to host/attend all sandwiched back to back…
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Surviving Being Off Track – Week 2
The second week of being off track is now over and we are all getting a little stir crazy. With only one week to go there is still time to make some memories and have lots of fun. The moaning about having to go back is already in full swing, especially from my oldest who…
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Surviving Being Off Track – Week 1
We’ve made it through one week of being off track from school and so far everything has gone well. Everyone is still talking to each other and the house has not been destroyed, yet. There is still time for that. My youngest has uncovered an even more stubborn streak than before and is testing his limits…
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Teaching the Next Generation
I had all the intentions of writing a new section of The Man in the Cupboard for this morning but then I got caught up in another project – preparing a mini class for my daughters kindergarten class. Part of being a writer mom means doing my best to be the coolest mom out there…
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A Case of the Grumpies
Today is one of those days where my “Get up and GO!” got up and went. Here in Utah we’ve entered another ice age, the temperatures haven’t even gotten close to above freezing for over a week. Even with the heat on, the air inside the house holds a chill and all I want to…
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An Exercise in Video Game Patience
As with most my generation, I grew up with gaming systems. They came into maturity around the same time I did. Growing up, my brother and I would spend countless hours trying to work through different levels of various games. Even in college I had one semester where I spent more time playing Chrono Cross…
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Teaching Sewing to Kids
I’m a mom first, writer second. I dream of being that kind of fabulous mom who comes up with all sorts of crazy and memorable activities for my kids. Problem is, making up crazy and memorable activities takes lots of time and energy. And, well, writing just takes lots of time. Needless to say, when…
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Salt Dough Gone Wild!
It was one of those long stretches of summer afternoon when it was too hot to go outside. The kids slid around the house, skulking, with nothing better to do than pick fights with each other and in general, drive me nuts. Days like these scream for distraction and that day a movie wasn’t going…
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Don’t do dumb things – Texting and Driving
Although this blog is mainly used for entertainment purposes, today’s post is deadly serious. I happened to come across a disturbing and eye opening public service announcement video that I feel is important enough to share. It is my hope that by sharing this message the current attitude about texting while driving being okay, will…