Kid: Mom, I need…a new ruler…new pair of scissors…a box of tissues for the classroom…cupcakes for my birthday…a science fair display board… Mom: When do you need this by? Kid: Tomorrow! If you were a fly on the wall in my house, you would hear this conversation quite frequently. Different kid. Different item needed. Sometimes…
Only toddlers are picky eaters, right? I used to think that this was true. My oldest was a terribly picky eater. At 2, she had her orange-only food phase. Unless her food was cheese, cantaloupe, or carrots — she wouldn’t eat it. By 2 1/2, she moved to her “I will only eat food dipped…
I know birthday parties. With a kid, a preteen, and a teen, I have organized close to 40 birthday parties since the mid 90s. Some years I organized two parties; one for the birthday child’s friends and one for family. It’s a whole lot of work, but when the birthday child is grinning from ear…
As a college student, I flew many times. I would head home for the holidays by trains, planes, and automobiles. I would hop in a taxi headed for the train station. Take a train to the airport. Fly for 7 hours. Hop another plane to my hometown of Manchester, England. Traveling by myself was…
