Hi! My seven year old boy is in first grade and loves to read. He reads a lot and reads well - about a fifth grade level. We're running out of ideas for decent boo...
I always explain to my kids what we are saving for. I posted before about my sister getting married in St. Lucia, and I am doing my best to save the money to get ther...
My husband is insane. He wants to buy a Kindle Fire for his 10 year old daughter. I believe she is too young to deserve or fully appreciate an adult-oriented electron...
So my friend has 2 kids - a 12 year old girl and a 10 year old boy. As a family, they take two weeks off during the summer.
For the other 6 plus weeks, she plan...
I have just dealt with crying hysterics from my 9 (almost 10) year old because she has 2 giant knots in her hair. Her hair is thick and wavy, below her shoulders. S...
Hi mamas! There are 2 questions in this post. We are going on 2 family vacations this summer, one 8 hour car ride (each way) and and one 8 hour plane ride (each way)...
For the first three years of our marriage we lived way outside our means. When we found ourselves $45,000 in debt three years ago we were pretty shocked by the whole ...
I never understood (as a nonParent) why parents were so hipped on potty training. 10,000 bathroom trips a day? Hullo! Diapers rock.
Until I was a parent, and the ...
My husband's friend(the complicated one from my previous question) called him to ask if our son would mow a yard as a job. He agreed, and the friend immediately hande...
I have 9-year-old twin girls who share a room. The "older" of the two cleans up after herself pretty well, but the "younger" one is a complete slob. She has not bee...
