Musings from Me on Kids, Preteens, and Teens

More often than not, I had kids at three different schools. That’s 3 sets of emails, different days off, multiple health and safety alerts, and a slew of grading notices from three schools. At one time, I had 1 kid… Read more → The...

10/14/2013: I’m no stranger to writing. As a kid, I wrote several “books” about being a kid who moves back and forth from the UK to the US and even to Italy. I haven’t stopped writing since then…English major and…...

When you have tweens, you can forget about strolling the aisles of your local Walmart or Target. While tweens are adamant about what they don’t want, finding what they do want is tough. Tweens do not want toys…of any kind.… Read mor...

One of our family mottos is nothing is every lost…missing permanently…but never lost forever. I AM the finder of lost stuff. I usually find whatever it is that is missing in a place where someone (usually me) stashed it for… Read mo...

I will never forget how messy the early years were. I had no idea… the number of diapers I would change…3 kids…3.5 years each in diapers…pullups at night for a bit… the mouths I would wipe… the clothing I wouldR...

Another in my series of “giving new life in to old posts” saved in draft… Today’s post…tips for a successful yard sale. Over a period of months, start the process of sorting items to be sold at your yard sale.… Rea...

Another in my series of “giving new life to old posts” saved in draft… People who change babies on top of picnic tables. Gross. People who change older kids behind a towel instead of going to changing room. Give your child̷...