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…
January 16, 2023 Why we got our kiddo an official state ID card “May I see your ID, please?” is a pretty common question asked by law enforcement officials. Typically, people then hand over their official state…
October 15, 2022 Math is a breeze with “Multiply” from The Wise Channel Do you have a budding mathematician at your house? We do not. I have found it can be hard to get these modern kids…