August 23, 2023 See the stars up close at Perkins Observatory Stargazing is an amazing way to spend an evening. I got to do just that recently thanks to Perkins Observatory‘s public astronomy program. Last…
July 24, 2023 Kings Island vs Cedar Point: which is better? It’s time for an Ohio amusement park showdown. When choosing a day at an Ohio theme park, do you head north and visit Cedar…
May 24, 2023 We’re big on nicknames in our family Everyone in our house has at least half a dozen or more nicknames. We just love nicknames! All three of us are likely to…
May 10, 2023 Top 10 animal encounters in Ohio Blast from the past: this post was originally published on February 16, 2014. We love animals in our family – I mean LOVE them….
April 28, 2023 Raise your hand if you want to end school shootings Kids being killed in school shootings – and our government continually doing absolutely nothing about it – is a uniquely and exclusively American problem….
April 15, 2023 The Pez dispenser is almost 100 years old Do you remember eating Pez candy out of a flip-top dispenser as a kid? I do. I mostly preferred English candy as a child…
March 8, 2023 How to nail the “birds and the bees” talk with kids It is so hard to know when to have “the talk” with your kids. You know – THAT talk. The one that makes every…
February 1, 2023 I really miss those Father/Daughter dances All through elementary school, E and Z went to annual, magical Father/Daughter dances together. They started going to dances together in kindergarten and stopped…
January 30, 2023 Have you ever had a house struck by lightning? Once when Z was just about five years old, lighting hit our neighbor’s house. It was early morning and the weather was storming outside….
January 23, 2023 Being a strong swimmer affords unforgettable life experiences If there’s one thing we’ve done well as Z’s parents, it was encouraging her love of swimming and the water. We started Z in…
