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Category Archives: Parenting
It’s May!
The relief is palpable. For some reason this year it felt like Spring was forever just around the corner. But now it’s May and we can all relax. Temperatures are still cool at night but the sun … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Socialization, blogging, holidays
Tagged cherry blossoms, daffodil, family, flowers, life learning, May Day, may tradition, riot of color, Spring, tulips, unschooling
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Tips on travel
A few days ago I read an older post from Penelope Trunk titled “4 Reasons traveling is a waste of time”. In it, she mentions that, as a kid, her parents “took her all over Europe and the Caribbean” … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Parenting, Travel
Tagged camping, couchsurfing.org, domestic, expedia, family travel, foreign language, great reasons to travel, homeexchange.com, international, kayak, life learning, parenting, penelope trunk, travel, travel personality, waste of time, why travel is a waste of time
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Ben is 9 today
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Parenting
Tagged 9th birthday, baby ben, Ben, ben is nine, bowling, ds game, family, happy birthday, karaoke, life learning, Maya, minecraft, parenting, super mario bros
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Living by example
Sometimes the best thing we can do for our kids is to live a full life. It doesn’t have to be a big life, full of grand events and flashy achievements; it only needs to be genuine. This past … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Movies, Parenting, Photography, Unschooling, Writing, blogging, books
Tagged becca fitzpatrick, books, Central Park, clare vanderpool, django unchained, don johnson, hush hush, judging a book by its lover, lauren leto, life learning, movies, navigating early, quentin tarantino, the academy, the last runaway, tracy chevalier, twilight, unschooling
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Here’s to a better week
I think of myself as a positive person, overall. Last week tested that theory. The main contributor was an abscess in the root under a crown on the upper left side of my mouth, which called for emergency dental work. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, blogging
Tagged emergency dental work, endodontist, Facebook fray, family, golden globes, life learning, Maya, parenting, root canal, teen hangout, Twitter fray, x-rays
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Happy day
We had a lovely Christmas, and are happily awaiting a blizzard which will top everything off nicely. Here are the photos from today. Hope yours was happy too! You might take a little pause and peruse viagra online them very … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, holidays
Tagged blizzard, family, happy day, life learning, merry christmas, parenting, unschooling
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Family and friends
I love Christmas. It has long been my favorite holiday, ever since I was a kid and thought I might explode from excitement in the days leading up to Santa’s visit, to the times I would lay with my head … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Socialization, holidays
Tagged breakfast, Christmas, family, friends, life learning, relax, santa, tradition, travel
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While having my car serviced
Oh West New York, New Jersey. Home of the closest Honda Dealership and where I get to spend anywhere from 2-6 hours every three months – or before every extended road trip – while the mechanics make sure none of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Travel, Writing, blogging
Tagged anderson cooper, Ben, dr. oz, eggs, family, honda, hudson honda, life learning, mess, nate berkus, wash your face, wet hair
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Black Friday
Earlier this week Maya and her friend Greta announced that they really wanted to go somewhere for Black Friday shopping. To be more specific, they wanted me to drive them somewhere for Black Friday shopping, our local stores not … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Parenting, holidays
Tagged Arlo Guthrie, black friday, Carnegie Hall, ds game, family, jersey city, newport centre mall, parenting, Pete Seeger, wii games
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