me being me and making my way through life one day, one book, and one recipe at a time
The kids didn’t have school today in honor of Veteran’s Day and so last night was the night of the Homecoming Dance for my daughter’s high school. I know Monday is a weird night to host a dance but with no school on Tuesday it sort of made sense and I bet the cost for [...]
Tue, November 11 2008 » kids, parenting » No Comments
i love being a mom. i’d love to say i love everything about it but there are times when being the grown up, being the parent, is not what i love.
last night was one of those times. my daughter started high school this year but she also started taking junior company classes at a new [...]
Thu, October 30 2008 » kids, parenting » 1 Comment
Yesterday, I put all three of my children on a plane to Michigan – without me. They will spend the weekend there visiting my brother, taking a tour of the University of Michigan campus and attending a U of M football game. They were so excited in this last week as the day of their [...]
Fri, October 10 2008 » parenting » 1 Comment
I’ll be the first to admit that teenagers offer their own special challenges but for the most part, I think they get a bad rap. My son turns 13 this coming weekend and each day this week I have been gifting him 13 of things. Nothing too fancy but just fun things to have some [...]
Wed, October 8 2008 » kids, parenting » 3 Comments
I wonder how much longer I’ll be able to call you that before you start to complain that you aren’t so little anymore? You’re not you know – you are not so little any more Enrique - you are getting so big. I find it hard to believe that you are nine years old today. [...]
Sat, September 27 2008 » from the heart, kids, parenting » No Comments
