I've been holding off on writing about the invitations to my twins' B'nai Mitzvah until they went out. But now that it's done: Ta da! These totally original, customized viewmasters were made by Image 3D. I can't even take credit for the idea, Amy from Chandelier Events told me about it. It's pretty Continue Reading
Recently, I saw a local news broadcast about “The Hidden Dangers in Your Child’s Cell Phone!!!!!” (Exclamation points, theirs.) The story was about how, when you take a picture from your phone and posts it to a social networking site, the GPS location function of their phone can pinpoint - for Continue Reading
As I write this, it's 10:15, and both of my 10 year olds are still awake. Oh, they're in bed. Have been for 45 minutes. But they're up. Isn't there a law, or something about this sort of thing? Don't my parental duties - legally speaking - have to end sometime around 9:30? (Barring blood, vomit, Continue Reading
My daughter came home from school the other day with a very important question: “Why would anyone call a vagina a p***y?” “Where did you hear that word?” I wanted to know. “Puberty Ed.” The fifth graders at my kids’ uber-expensive private school have started what used to be called Sex Ed, but is Continue Reading
Not Me. Not my kid. But look! She's a mom! Here's something I've noticed at Mom Blogger events: to most PR companies, "Mom" means "mother of a baby." At most Mom-Blog events, all of the products are geared towards babies. It was such a relief at Blissdom this past weekend, to see Unilever there Continue Reading
Not too long ago, I went on a cleaning binge. One of the things I threw out was a poster-sized blow up of a picture of me from my wedding. My husband had blown up pictures from several different stages of my life to decorate the room in which he threw me a surprise 40th birthday party. The Continue Reading
So sleepaway camp was supposed to be for four weeks. Four weeks of no tooth brushing, rare showering, mediocre (at best) food, and fun fun fun. For them. I'm talking about them. For me, those four weeks went almost exactly the way a friend of mine told me they would: week 1 - I was tearing up Continue Reading
In fourteen days, my kids will leave for sleepaway camp. You'd think I'd be excited. They are going to have this incredible experience, make lifelong friends, enjoy the mountains, and a lake, and the camaraderie that's practically exclusive to being at camp. You'd think I'd be looking forward to Continue Reading
At the end of every day, I feel like I have done nothing. Oh I've been busy all right. But doing what? So one day last week, I decided to keep track of my day -- how could I have been so busy during all those hours when the kids were at school and have nothing to show for it? Here's how. 6:50 Continue Reading
Yes, it's true! I am just that fabulous! So fabulous that I have been awarded not one but TWO blog awards in the past few weeks. The first is The Sunshine Award and it comes from Dawn at Dawning@blogspot.com, and I have to admit, this one means a lot. Why? Let me count the ways: 1. Dawn is Continue Reading