So as part of Lovebug's birthday celebration, I took him and a couple of friends to the local trampoline park and to his favorite dine...

Today you are 12. TWELVE.  I mean, it's pretty obvious from your sense of humor. And the fact that you're (slightly) taller tha...

I tried to clean out my drafts folder. I was moderately successful, but there were a few half-written things I just couldn't delete. I c...

Heathers came out soon before I graduated from high school. It was so dark, especially when compared with my other beloved high school movie...

*With apologies to Salt-n-Pepa .  Ever since I miserably failed at not letting my tiny people watch TV (Ironflower was 7 months old and te...

Dear Lovebug,       I haven't blogged in a long while, but you've inspired me. You are such a great kid; though with all th...

This was the second year we were lucky enough to go to the KidzVuz  Holiday Party. I can only hope we're lucky enough to go again n...

Thanks to an email from Sandbox Strategies , Game Mill Entertainment and Disney Interactive , the kids and I got to go to a screening of Bi...

Even though my kids still have almost a month of school left, I spend part of every day prepping for their summer vacation. Some of it is ju...

I never would have described myself as conventional until I had kids. Open-minded. Tolerant. Unwilling to judge based on looks. That'...

Dear Lovebug,      It seems like just yesterday you were that little boy in the picture above. But now you're an amazing 8 year...

There is a line, which has probably been stepped on by so many parents that we can't see it anymore, between lying to children and being...

Ironflower and Lovebug appeared in their Theater Week play Friday night. They were, of course, wonderful and it was adorable and I am so pro...

I don't care if this makes me sound like I'm kinda full of myself.  I recently discovered this post I wrote during my first year of ...

For a lot of reasons, I did not send out holiday cards this year. Even though I so love getting them. Especially if they have pictures. So, ...

Okay, technically it's called "Lego Kids Fest" , but really it's a Lego convention. I don't know where I heard about i...

Just writing this post probably makes me an asshole. Ironflower's repulsed face. Sure, in this photo it's about pumpkin guts. B...

So, as we all know, I am not exactly a domestic goddess. When it comes to cooking, I'm not even a domestic priestess. Or noblewoman. O...