My birthday is in the summer and I remember every year having a great backyard birthday party with all my neighborhood friends. However, all three of my daughters are born in the fall and winter so we usually have indoor birthday parties. That’s why when my daughters asked to have a half birthday party this [...]

My girls wish we could have a puppy, but since three kids are more than enough to take care of around here, luckily I have a great excuse to fall back on . . . I’m allergic to dogs! (Yes, I have friends with those kinds of dogs that are supposed to be dander free, [...]

My eight-year-old recently studied Australia in her third grade class. Each day she’d share at dinner some interesting fact she’d learned about Australia, its geography and of course the wildlife. One of her favorite animals she learned about was the duckbill platypus. Not only did she love its name and its webbed feet, she loved [...]

I’m thrilled that I have daughters who love to cook, especially on those nights when I’m not up for making dinner. And last night was one of those nights! So my eight-year-old, yes 8 year old!, made us all dinner using a lasagna recipe she got from her new cookbook from Betty Crocker called Kids [...]

The kids are off school today and the weather is lousy. So I decided to take them on an outing. And while that sounds simple enough, I needed to find a place that would be entertaining for my toddler, eight-year-old and middle schooler! Hmmm.
Then it came to me! Kids of all ages love a good [...]

Each year my daughter’s school has their annual science fair. Which is great because my girls love doing science experiments! Therefore, we have various science kits and books of science experiments because we’re always on the lookout for cool science fair projects. So needless to say I wasn’t surprised when my eight-year-old daughter was so [...]