Yesterday (Sunday!) my oldest daughter had a soccer tournament. So we got up at 6:00 a.m., and left at 6:45 a.m. without eating breakfast, so we could drive 45 minutes to the soccer fields and unpack our chairs, cooler, soccer gear, diaper bag and stroller in time for a four-game tournament in 90+ degree weather. [...]

This past weekend my daughters and I ran our first 5K in the 30th anniversary of the Freihofer’s Run for Women. More than 3,000 women showed up to demonstrate the force of girl power! Here are the three of us crossing the finish line.

Yes, both my girls beat me! I was so proud of them!!!

My seven-year-old daughter is the only girl on her travel soccer team. She frequently shows those boys what girl power is all about when she dribbles circles around them!

4:00 p.m. Kids get off school bus.
4:05 p.m. Using drill sergeant tempo, get kids to unpack their backpacks, use the bathroom, eat a snack, put on soccer uniform, grab violin/music and get into minivan, while checking homework, packing diaper bag, then frantically changing baby [...]

This is the second in a two post series about what went wrong at Girl Scout camp this year. Here’s the first harrowing story if you missed it.
Both my seven-year-old (Feisty Girl) and nine-year-old (Sweet Angel) participated in this year’s Girl Scouts camping weekend. When I say participated, I mean that Feisty Girl’s troop was [...]

This is the first in a two post series about what went wrong at Girl Scout camp this year! I couldn’t fit it all in one post!
Two of my girls are in Girl Scouts, but only Sweet Angel gets to sleep overnight at the annual Girl Scout Encampment weekend. This is not because Sweet Angel [...]

In order to balance out my last post that was way too long, here is a short diddy inspired by my conversation this morning at the bus stop with two other mommies who, like me, are desperately hoping the rain will mean no soccer, softball or baseball tonight.
Rain Rain, Please Please StayNot Another Evening [...]