Our neighborhood has an annual 4th of July bike parade — all the kids decorate their bikes and ride down the street following a fire engine…I love it. This year we decided to make matching shirts, because — fortunately — none of my kids are quite old enough to be embarrassed by that yet. Not that […]

Our anniversary is July 3 (yes, it’s coming up! No plans yet. 13 years, thank you for asking. No, I don’t know how he’s put up with me this long, either.) Because it falls on one of the biggest travel weekends in the summer, I once spent my anniversary night here getting kicked in the […]

So talking about summer reading got me thinking about the best books we’ve read around here, which inspired me to make a list. Today — our favorite baby books. 1.) Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann — about a mischievous gorilla (aren’t they all?) who causes trouble when the zookeeper locks up for the night […]

OK, so summer’s here and every sort of teaching person at the kids’ school seems to be obsessed with making sure they read over the summer. They do, they really do. Mostly it’s not even under duress. Here’s what we do: -Enroll in summer reading programs. The kids love getting free prizes. And since the […]