I have added another “four-letter-word-I-don’t-want-to-hear-from-your-mouths” to our list. The kids are already quite familiar with it. And I think it scares them a bit. And I’m totally fine with that. DEBT. Nasty word. I’ve already shared my little secret how … Continue reading
Back to the basics. That is what September is all about for me. Back to school, back to homework, back to making lunches. Back to routine essentially. I like routine. I like structure. I like tradition. I know sometimes routine … Continue reading
Me: “Great job! You are really good at that”! Child of Mine: “I know”. Me: “Hmmm…how about you just say ‘Thanks’”? Child of Mine: “Ok. Thanks”. Next time: Me: “Wow. You did that really well”! Child of Mine: “Thanks”. Smile.
After our beach walk on the last night at the Outer Banks, we came inside to have dessert (and all the other snacks we had leftover in the fridge). We talked about our vacation and whether we wanted to come … Continue reading
I just finished reading “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua. It is a book that brought up a lot of controversy in the recent past in the media. She got a lot of flack about some of … Continue reading
We spend a lot of time with our kids talking about manners over here. Rob is known at the dinner table as being the “Manner’s Police”. Not that we don’t laugh and have a good time, and sometimes get a … Continue reading