As our children settle into their sleeping bags on the living room floor tonight for a camp out–a frequent Friday night occurrence–we bring to a close a full week of nightly family game times.
We didn’t do this on purpose, no one dared us to, it just sort of evolved and took on a life of [...]

I just wrapped up my second season as coach of our school’s FIRST Lego League Robotics team. I won’t go into details here about what this program is. If you’re interested, look here. I’ll just say it’s a phenomenal program that teaches children 9-14 about science, technology, engineering, public speaking, teamwork, research skills and more.
That’s [...]

I wish I had a better memory. I wish I had taken more time over the last 11 years to journal all of the wild, wacky and wonderful things that my kids have said and done so I could remember them all forever. But alas, I don’t have a great memory and I didn’t have [...]

Disclaimer for those without small children in your lives in the last 10 years: much of this post will make no sense to you and will likely bore you to tears. However, if you’re curious about how those of us with little kids spend our time and money, read on!
My husband and I and our [...]