9 to 5 to 9: Food fight? Nah, I'll just wait for the surrender
There are picky eaters, there are picky eaters who border on neurotic and there are wannabes.
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Just like millions of other children, my kids, Cady, age 10, and Hudson, 8, ride a bus to school each morning. Yet we never really thought about its mechanical marvels until we watched "How'd They Build That? School Bus."
There are picky eaters, there are picky eaters who border on neurotic and there are wannabes.
If you plan on answering the door tonight, be prepared to see some skin.
Daylight Saving Time ended this week, with most of the country "falling back" an hour to return to Standard Time. This time change marks the end of the harvest, and store shelves and road side stands should offer wide varieties of squash, apples and pumpkin during this time.
Empower: one of my least favorite words--is the key word in the mission of Maria Shriver's annual Women's Conference, held this week in Long Beach: We Empower Women to be Architects of Change.
What could be a greater gift to bestow on your daughter than a name with a heroic namesake, someone with an inspiring story to add a layer of pride to your little girl's feelings about her name - and give her great material for a school report?
Dear Scholastic VP Responsible for the Book Fair:
I never dreamed I'd find math games that my 5-year-old, Tom, couldn't wait to play. But that's exactly what happened when we logged on to Dream Box Learning, a fee-based Web site (with a two-week free trial) that delivers fun math lessons.
I was recently asked if I felt like I had different relationships with my biological kids as compared to my stepkids. And I know what the politically correct answer is. And I know what the truthful answer is. However, as stepmom I am subject scrutiny under the wicked myth and thus, to avoid it, I must be fair and blind in all things.
Everywhere I turn, every parent I know is talking about H1N1. It's okay if you are rolling your eyes at that very first sentence. I cringed just writing it.
My mom laughed at me when I was 5 years old, and I've never forgotten it.
Help your tot commemorate autumn with this change-of season collage, which uses fallen leaves to decorate a lovely handprint tree.
It's one of those ideas that makes a middle-aged musician smack himself in the head for not thinking of it first.
Hee haw. Do my ears look like they're growing longer, like Pinocchio's when he ran away?
Joanne Cantor's son was 5 years old when he passed an elaborate Halloween exhibit with a scarecrow oozing "bloody" macaroni-and-ketchup intestines.
Lane Carsh of Walnut Creek calls her daughter, Dawn, her biggest blessing. They are close, share the same wit and love of family. However, she is careful not to call Dawn her best friend. They tried that briefly when Dawn was 18, Lane says. They went shopping, dancing, and talked about "everything." It didn't quite work.
Stay chic without spending a fortune - we've got four fall looks all for under $50.
I am not the perfect mother, which I'm sure you've already figure out if you've read any of my past Rocky Mountain Moms Blog posts. I don't profess to be the perfect mother but I do know areas in which I could - and should - improve and am trying to work on them one baby step at a time. (I learned that life-changing philosophy from Bob Wiley in What About Bob?)
The grand ballroom at the Capital Hilton glowed neon purple, and Idol-er David Archuleta's "Crush" pulsed from giant speakers.
Now that just about every flower in the garden has been dug up and used by baby namers for at least a century, maybe it's time to look to their more imposing cousins. There's a very big difference between the two: Where most floral names are frilly and feminine, many, if not most, arboreal names are strong, sturdy, and much more masculine.