Took H and a friend to the movies tonight. Actually, we dropped them off an hour before the movie started, because we had a fundraiser to go to for H’s school. They were going to eat, shop, then go to the movie. Being the overprotective mom that I am, I have H call me when …
I just read an article on the kidshealth website about Kids and Food:Kids and Food: 10 Tips for Parents There are ten things parents can do to help their kids eat right and maintain a healthy weight. I wish I had learned these lessons earlier. When H was little I made all the classic mistakes. …
WU?NMU?JCHEY, DUHAB?NNY? URSS!THX…WAYN?@MALL. WFU!BRT…CUL8TR! Having a teenager in the house has introduced me to the gibberish above, but I still have to look up some of the acronyms that they use like a second language. I wish French or Spanish came as easily to them as this language does! Here’s a link to a website …
I drove H to Target and Bed, Bath and Beyond today so that she could finish her Christmas shopping. She had something very specific in mind to get…wouldn’t tell me what it was. She is SO excited about Christmas this year. I think it’s because she has done all her own shopping, with her own …
Anytime H gets sick, J gets it twice as bad. She came home from school on Friday with a very slight fever, coughing, feeling crummy. By Saturday night she felt much better. She’s still coughing, but playing basketball and studying for exams just like normal. J stayed in bed on Sunday, and didn’t go to …
I woke up this morning with a lump on my hip, and it really hurts, which reminded me of the thing I tried to act like didn’t happen last night. Went to a bar mitzvah party…our friend’s son. He was awesome, really. He sang his torah portion (or chanted or whatever it’s called), and he …
This weekend H had a friend stay with us. Her parents went out of town, so we picked her up from school on Friday and she stayed till Sunday. Of course, H loves having friends over…since she’s an only child, friends become like family to us. Luckily for J, they stay confined pretty much to …
Researchers have found that 10 basic social skills such as taking turns, listening and simply being nice are just as important to children’s academic success as the subjects they study, and that students can and should be learning these skills in the classroom. “If we increase social skills, we see commensurate increases in academic learning. …
We decided to sleep in and watch the Titans on TV, even though this was a huge game against Jacksonville, also in our division, only one game behind us, and even though it was probably the last game with semi-comfortable temperatures. I know, fair-weather fans and all that… It was ugly. I think being there …
Teenage girls…what a bum deal they get. Just at the time that their bodies are being overloaded with hormones they learn how mean some girls can be. It’s heartbreaking to see my daughter get hurt by someone. It’s such a cliche’, the whisper/point/laughing thing that girls do. She has no idea what it was about, …