Writer's Block

When I was a teen, my mom would take my sisters and me to visit my grandmother (mom's mom) in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where she lived....

Here's your (non)helpful Tip o' the Day from Ethan at age 4 or 5:

Tradition! Tradition! Tradition! [Click here for a video of this famous song of the same name from "Fiddler on the Roof."] Anyo...

...second grade! One day down...179 to go. Only kidding. It was an awesome day!

Ethan's special birthday adventure was to the National Air & Space Museum "Annex" (which, ironically, was the same place E...

From the First Day of School on Tuesday: Love these sweeties with my whole heart!

...our second-grader, Ethan Samuel, Class of 2025:     Time's a'flying!

...our freshman, Edward Stuart, Class of 2018:      Sigh.

...our senior, Emily Susanne, Class of 2015: How did we get here already???

This doesn't apply to us, of course. But it was funny, nonetheless. :)

What a difference seven years makes, right? The little guy on the left was 6 1/2 when he first started playing soccer. Now, at 13 1/2, Ed...

I suppose it was my own doing, since I was the one who wished for a summer of boredom. Instead, we got a summer of chaos, in which we fel...

Happy Monday! It's hot. Very hot. But then it's July, and it should be hot, right? It's funny to remember how much time...

Happy Monday! Wow! Is July really speeding along...nearly the middle of the month. Sheesh! It was amazing to go to Target yesterday an...

Our nephew, Erik, graduated from high school this past Wednesday. Today, his parents celebrated his accomplishments with family and frien...

Here's a handy tip to remember: What a difference a comma makes, right?

Starting today, I've been invited to try Time4Learning for one month in exchange for a candid review.  (We're considering our opti...

We're finished. Capoot. Done. Fini. WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO! The beginning-of-school photo (3rd and 7th graders, respectively): The end-of-sc...

Today, we went to our end-of-school picnic... ...and came home with two hamsters that the kids "won" in a raffle. Sigh. I guess I ...

Edward's working on a poetry unit in Composition...and we think he might have a hidden poet inside of him. In honor of his hard work and...