Month: May 2015

Celebrating Good Parents: Creating Meaningful Traditions for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day

Celebrating Good Parents: Creating Meaningful Traditions for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day

At our house, traditions are the rule of every holiday. Actually, traditions are just plain the rule. You have to be careful of doing something once, because the kids might deem it a tradition, and you better darn well do it again the next year, exactly the same or you’ll have some outraged children on…

My 2015 Summer Reading List

My 2015 Summer Reading List

Want to know what my very favorite part of summer is? It’s reading—preferably while sitting on the beach soaking up the sunshine. Even though the kids still have about a month of school left, my summer has arrived. I finished grading finals last week, just in time for my parents to come to town. We…